Pastoral

(noun.) a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds).

(noun.) a letter from a pastor to the congregation.

(adj.) of or relating to a pastor; 'pastoral work'; 'a pastoral letter' .

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• Lorne was sitting in a very pastoral fashion on a gate near my door, whistling. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It is not certain whether the Neolithic pastoral people who left those remains were the direct ancestors of the later Egyptians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• With my pastoral crook I went over the brook, And behold I am spread into bands! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Lord Raymond was never born to be a drone in the hive, and to find content in our pastoral life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Quite a pastoral state of innocence all round, returned Miss Belle with a shrug. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The subjects were all pastoral, the scenes were all sunny. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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