英:['pæbjʊləm]
美:['pæbjələm]
英:['pæbjʊləm]
美:['pæbjələm]
n.
精神食粮
食物
燃料
平淡而无味的文章(或想法)
pab·u·lum
paeb y lm
noun
foodespecially: a suspension or solution of nutrients in a state suitable for absorption
Roots deliver pabulum to the plant.
intellectual sustenance
pabulum for consideration and reflection
something (such as writing or speech) that is insipid, simplistic, or bland
wrote pabulum that was intended to offend no one
"食物"可以指任何东西,在最广泛的意义上指"滋养动植物的东西",1670年代源自拉丁语 pabulum "饲料、食物、滋养物",源自 PIE 词根 *pa- "喂养" + 工具后缀 *-dhlom。相关词 Pabular; pabulary。布朗特的《词汇解释》(1656)中有 pabulous "与饲料、饲料、饲料或牲畜的肉相关的"。
Pablum(1932年)是由此衍生出的商标(Mead Johnson & Co.),用作婴儿和体弱者的软、温和的谷物食品,因此在引申义上(1970年有记录,首次由美国副总统斯皮罗·阿格纽使用)指"模糊的"政治散文。
食品,滋养品
Latin, food, fodder; akin to Latin pascere to feed — more at food
The first known use of pabulum was circa 1661
pabulumnoun
foodespecially: a suspension or solution of nutrients in a state suitable for absorption
1 In the compact realm of explicitly religious cinema, the behemoth known as Pure Flix has flooded the market with morally clear-cut pabulum guaranteed to offend nobody except movie lovers.
2 Chipotle must walk a fine line in order to not be lumped in with the “pabulum often churned out in ad-supported vehicles,” as Variety columnist Brian Lowry put it.
3 Also, four featurettes, under 10 minutes in total, quickly deliver promotional pabulum and are only distinguished when learning about how a shop teacher was split in half with a table saw.
4 This kind of piously indignant pabulum is not a new performance for the current vice-president but rather something he perfected as a talkshow radio host in Indiana in the late 1990s.
5 Twitter account, which spouted pabulum about the decency of the human spirit, became extremely popular.
6 "Open this worthy knight where you will, you will be pretty sure to find some intellectual pabulum."
7 Compared to its sharper contemporaries, “Generation Q” is well-meaning pabulum—proof that conscientiousness alone is insufficient as a guiding force.
8 No wonder this poetry and its music became the pabulum for Sufi gatherings, where this human-divine ambiguity was the keynote.
9 Barry did not live, like Titian, in the taste of colours; they were not a pabulum to his sense; he did not hold green, blue, red, and yellow as the precious darlings of his eye.
10 The substitute for gloom and doom turned out to be sophomoric pabulum like: “We just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts.”
11 Deep problems continue to churn, but politicians across the spectrum tend to offer painless pabulum.
12 Moore said he helped the Texas Republican brainstorm policies that would get beyond “standard Republican pabulum.”
13 Then they doubtless supplied pabulum for such tales as Jack Archer, The Cat of Bubastes, and The Lion of Saint Mark, stories quite remarkable for the truth of their local colour.
14 He mocked “candidates disguised as television critics” who were “echoing poll-tested pabulum” and said that his two terms as governor proved he could break gridlock, reform education, and close budget deficits.
15 They know why we come at them with “thoughts and prayers” or other meaningless pabulum, such as my “be careful in there.”
16 To the naturalist, vegetable life, with regard to its modern uses, is the great accumulator of pabulum for the sustenance of the higher forms of vital energy manifested in the animal.
17 An African American woman asked the first question on presidential behavior, and a brother asked a pabulum “all lives matter”-style question about each candidate’s ability to lead all people.
18 By comparison, the carefully scripted Clinton commits few missteps, as she recites with practiced ease the pabulum that passes for right thinking in establishment circles.
19 Hidden Valley Renaissance is the ranch dressing of Italian Revival architecture — mostly pabulum, sort of has taste, taken for granted and consumed accordingly.
20 But it can be hard to avoid, with the sickly sweet, pandering pabulum of “A Dog's Purpose” and “A Dog’s Way Home.”
6 食物
cib victualage muck-a-muck keep food common eat table stuff meat provision bite mess nutrition eating tuck nurture keeping ration grub nourishment fodder sustenance chow eats toke nosh victuals eatable aliment comestibles provender nutriment victual comestible viand creature comforts alimentary bread nutrient prog Chuck kai vivers scran feed fuel fare edible crib scoff peck foodstuff tucker stodge sito- peckings chewings diet plate preparation foster sock chop garbage chew ham scarf grit chuck tack perishable repast trencher sustentation pogey mungy munga muckamuck
7 燃料