pabulum

• 名词，可指任何用作食物的物质，也可指平淡、乏味或缺乏内容的精神食粮。

A noun that can refer either to any substance that can be used as food, or to intellectual nourishment that is bland, uninteresting, or lacking in substance.

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1. Food or nourishmentC1formal

   Any substance that can be used as food; something that provides sustenance.

   食物

   • The refugees were given basic pabulum to survive.
   • In ancient times, grains were the primary pabulum for many cultures.
   • The hospital provided pabulum for the recovering patients.

   同义词alimentfarefoodnourishmentnutrimentprovendersustenance

2. Intellectual nourishmentC2formal

   Insipid or simplistic intellectual material that is easy to digest but lacks substance.

   精神食粮

   • The lecture was mere pabulum, offering no new insights.
   • He criticized the media for feeding the public intellectual pabulum.
   • The book was dismissed as pabulum for the masses.

   同义词drivelmushpablumpaptripetwaddle

   反义词challengestimulussubstance