Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
pabulum \pab"u*lum\, n. [L., akin to pascere to pasture. See
{Pastor}.]
1. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food;
nourishment. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Hence: That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a
fire; especially, that upon which the mind or soul is
nourished; intellectual sustenance; as, intellectual
pabulum. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: food for thought, intellectual nourishment.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
3. Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum[3].
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pabulum
n 1: any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible},
{edible}, {eatable}, {pabulum}, {victual}, {victuals}]
2: insipid intellectual nourishment
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย