【英语学习】【WOTD】horticulture 释义/词源/示例

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horticulture n. [ˈhȯr-tə-ˌkəl-chər]

n. 园艺学

horticultural adj. ; horticulturally adv. horticulturist n. (= less commonly horticulturalist)

Definition

: the science and arg of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants.
：种植水果，蔬菜，花卉或装饰植物的科学与艺术

Did You Know?

Hortus is Latin for “garden”, and the first gardens were planted about 10,000 years ago in what is often called the Fertile Crescent — the crescent-shaped area stretching from Israel north through Syria and down Iraq’s two great rivers to the Persian Gulf. Probably more fertile in previous centuries than it is today, it was the original home of such food plants as wheat, barley, peas, and lentils or their ancient ancestors (not to mention the ancestors of cows, pigs, sheep, and goats as well.) Many horticulturists today work as researchers or plant breeders or tend orchards and greenhouses — but most American households contain at least one amateur horticulturist.

词源词根演化： Hortus (“garden”) + culture —> horticulture (n.)

hortus是拉丁词汇，意思是“garden 花园”。大约在1万年前，在被称为新月沃土的地方，人类有了第一个花园。新月沃土是一个月牙形状的区域，从以色列北部穿过叙利亚下至伊拉克的两河流域直达波斯湾（参看下图绿色区域）。这个区域过去可能比现在更肥沃，它是许多家用食物植物的来源地或者古代先祖，例如小麦，大麦，豌豆和扁豆（更不用说牛、猪、绵阳和山羊了）。现如今，许多园艺学家都是研究者，植物培育者，照料果园或者温室 — 不过大多数的美国家庭基本上都有一个业余的家庭园艺师。

注：Fertile Crescent：新月沃土，新月沃地(西亚伊拉克两河流域连接叙利亚一带地中海东岸的一片弧形地区；为上古文明发源地之一)

Examples

• The master gardeners are among the various presenters to speak on horticulture topics during the Kingwood Garden Club’s monthly meetings, which occur the first Tuesday of every month at Good Shephered Episcopal Church in Kingwood.
  — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, “Garden Club helpsKingwood go green,” 19 May 2018.

  许多园艺大师都是演讲者，他们会在Kingwood Garden Club的月会上演讲园艺学的主题，。。。

• Knox is a Hartford nonprofit that works to promote horticulture and reforestation in the city.
  — Staff Report, courant.com, “Employees From The Hartford Help Plant Dozens Of Trees In City For Arbor Day”, 27 Apr. 2018
  Knox是Hartford的非营利组织，主要目标是提升提升城市的园林绿化率。