a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
Adjective:
of or relating to a pastor;
"pastoral work"
"a pastoral letter"
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle;
"pastoral seminomadic people"
"pastoral land"
"a pastoral economy"
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic;
"a country life of arcadian contentment"
"a pleasant bucolic scene"
"charming in its pastoral setting"
"rustic tranquility"
pastoral的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词 (n.)
Trace an analogy between pastoral poetry and landscape painting. 找出田园诗和风景画之间的相似之处。
This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picure. 但这种田园诗般的乡村风光只汪是一个侧面而已。
The first part, mainly discuss Chinese ncient pastoral eclogue the origins and the spirit substance of the literature. 第一部分，主要论述中国古代田园牧歌文学的起源及精神实质对于迟子建的影响。
And poetic quality shows warm interest about pastoral and distant aesthetic interest. 而诗性则表现为温厚的牧歌情调和淡远的审美情趣。
