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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pastoral \Pas"tor*al\, a. [L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See
   {Pastor}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural
      life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

   2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a
      church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.

   {Pastoral staff} (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a
      shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop,
      abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it.
      See {Crook}, and {Crosier}.

   {Pastoral Theology}, that part of theology which treats of
      the duties of pastors.

Pastoral \Pas"tor*al\, n.
   1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a
      poem in which the speakers assume the character of
      shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

            A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion
            is represented by its effects on a country life.
                                                  --Rambler.

   2. (Mus.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for
      instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a
      lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from
      rural life. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

   3. (Eccl.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically,
      a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot.
      Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read
      in each parish.

资料来源 : WordNet®

pastoral
     adj 1: of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral
            letter"
     2: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising
        sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral
        land"; "a pastoral economy" [syn: {bucolic}]
     3: used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian
        contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its
        pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" [syn: {arcadian},
        {bucolic}, {rustic}]
     4: suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his
        idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of
        America's Golden Age" [syn: {idyllic}]

pastoral
     n 1: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn: {pastorale},
           {idyll}]
     2: a letter from a pastor to the congregation
     3: a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the
        life of shepherds)