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单词 uncultivated
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Definition of uncultivated in English:

uncultivated

adjectiveʌnˈkʌltɪveɪtɪdˌənˈkəltəˌveɪdəd
  • 1(of land) not used for growing crops.

    (土地)未开垦的;未经耕作的

    these meadowlands have lain uncultivated for centuries
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He pushed through a law which enabled the landless to take over some uncultivated land last year.
    • The Earth's rice production must expand by about 1 percent annually to meet increasing demand, and almost no available uncultivated land is suited to intensive agriculture.
    • In a census year a piece of uncultivated land was not taxed until the following census.
    • The land is mostly uncultivated and, the driver tells them, when the monsoon passes, the area is a desert.
    • Under these systems, one third to one half of the land was uncultivated each year, while the cultivated land yielded only four or five units of harvested grain for each unit sown.
    • The characteristic landscape of Merovingian villages is a settlement composed of scattered little hamlets, with a multitude of little fields separated by uncultivated lands.
    • Most farmers could only harvest one crop per season due to the minimal rainfall common to the area, and thus left their land uncultivated and searched for alternative sources of income.
    • Much of the land remains uncultivated partly because its ownership is questionable, partly because its owners have moved away or are dead and mostly because there is no machinery to do the heavy work.
    • Native prairie grasses and plants blanket the uncultivated tribal land.
    • Usually uncultivated and fallow lands need cleaning and leveling.
    • They grew up together on the moors: the wild, rough and uncultivated terrain.
    • Nest boxes were on strips of uncultivated land planted with young trees among three cultivated fields, adjacent to a wooded area with large trees.
    • It is also one of the reasons why these signs may be taken to signify uncultivated territory and places where wild animals roam.
    • Nearly all processed nuts came from uncultivated trees growing in wild populations.
    • We are aware of no such studies of wild legumes growing in uncultivated soils.
    • An appeal has gone out to farmers not to plough uncultivated land.
    • They leased uncultivated land to the owners of huge flocks of sheep.
    • He, too, knew what it was like to look at an empty, uncultivated piece of land and imagine it blossoming with trees.
    • Leaving one-half or one-third of the land uncultivated each year had become a widespread practice in the Middle Ages as a way to restore nutrients.
    • The power of feudal lords was reduced, and the richest settlers progressively gained control of uncultivated land.
    Synonyms
    unwanted, excess, superfluous, left over, scrap, extra, unused, useless, worthless
  • 2(of a person) not highly educated.

    (人)无教养的;未开化的

    an ignorant and uncultivated soldier
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Who was this uncultivated person to introduce such base objects to a serious discussion?
    • This book does a fair job of describing the loggers themselves, uncultivated men for whom an ancient tree is nothing more than a potential fee.
    • ‘How can such an uncultivated man govern the country?’
    Synonyms
    untaught, unschooled, ill-educated, untutored, untrained, unread, unscholarly, illiterate, unlettered, ignorant, ill-informed, uninformed, lowbrow

Definition of uncultivated in US English:

uncultivated

adjectiveˌənˈkəltəˌveɪdədˌənˈkəltəˌvādəd
  • 1(of land) not used for growing crops.

    (土地)未开垦的;未经耕作的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He, too, knew what it was like to look at an empty, uncultivated piece of land and imagine it blossoming with trees.
    • Nearly all processed nuts came from uncultivated trees growing in wild populations.
    • Nest boxes were on strips of uncultivated land planted with young trees among three cultivated fields, adjacent to a wooded area with large trees.
    • He pushed through a law which enabled the landless to take over some uncultivated land last year.
    • Native prairie grasses and plants blanket the uncultivated tribal land.
    • Much of the land remains uncultivated partly because its ownership is questionable, partly because its owners have moved away or are dead and mostly because there is no machinery to do the heavy work.
    • They leased uncultivated land to the owners of huge flocks of sheep.
    • It is also one of the reasons why these signs may be taken to signify uncultivated territory and places where wild animals roam.
    • The Earth's rice production must expand by about 1 percent annually to meet increasing demand, and almost no available uncultivated land is suited to intensive agriculture.
    • The land is mostly uncultivated and, the driver tells them, when the monsoon passes, the area is a desert.
    • Usually uncultivated and fallow lands need cleaning and leveling.
    • An appeal has gone out to farmers not to plough uncultivated land.
    • Under these systems, one third to one half of the land was uncultivated each year, while the cultivated land yielded only four or five units of harvested grain for each unit sown.
    • The power of feudal lords was reduced, and the richest settlers progressively gained control of uncultivated land.
    • Leaving one-half or one-third of the land uncultivated each year had become a widespread practice in the Middle Ages as a way to restore nutrients.
    • In a census year a piece of uncultivated land was not taxed until the following census.
    • They grew up together on the moors: the wild, rough and uncultivated terrain.
    • The characteristic landscape of Merovingian villages is a settlement composed of scattered little hamlets, with a multitude of little fields separated by uncultivated lands.
    • We are aware of no such studies of wild legumes growing in uncultivated soils.
    • Most farmers could only harvest one crop per season due to the minimal rainfall common to the area, and thus left their land uncultivated and searched for alternative sources of income.
    Synonyms
    unwanted, excess, superfluous, left over, scrap, extra, unused, useless, worthless
    1. 1.1 (of a person) not highly educated or socially adept.
      (人)无教养的;未开化的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘How can such an uncultivated man govern the country?’
      • Who was this uncultivated person to introduce such base objects to a serious discussion?
      • This book does a fair job of describing the loggers themselves, uncultivated men for whom an ancient tree is nothing more than a potential fee.
      Synonyms
      untaught, unschooled, ill-educated, untutored, untrained, unread, unscholarly, illiterate, unlettered, ignorant, ill-informed, uninformed, lowbrow
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