nourish
英 ['n?r??]
美['n?r??]
- vt. 滋養；懷有；使健壯
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第三人稱單數:?nourishes;過去式:?nourished;過去分詞:?nourished;現在分詞:?nourishing;形容詞:?nourishing;
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nourish 養育 nurse 護士 (nour ← nur)
中文詞源
nourish 撫養，滋養
來自古法語norrir,撫養，養育，來自拉丁語nutrire,喂養，哺乳，來自PIE*snau,流動，流淌，詞源同naiad,nautical,nutriment.引申詞義喂奶，撫養。拼寫比較naive,native.
英文詞源
- nourish
- nourish: see nurse
- nourish (v.)
- late 13c., "to bring up, nurture" (a child, a feeling, etc.), from Old French norriss-, stem of norrir "raise, bring up, nurture, foster; maintain, provide for" (12c., Modern French nourrir), from Latin nutrire "to feed, nurse, foster, support, preserve," from *nutri (older form of nutrix "nurse"), literally "she who gives suck," from PIE *nu- (from root *(s)nau- "to swim, flow, let flow," hence "to suckle;" see nutriment) + fem. agent suffix. Related: Nourished; nourishing.
雙語例句
- 1. They needed good food to nourish their bodies.
- 他們需要好食品滋養身體.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Journalists on the whole don't create public opinion. They can help to nourish it.
- 大體說來記者不制造輿論。他們會助長輿論。
來自辭典例句
- 3. We need good food to nourish the starving infants.
- 我們需要好食品滋養這些挨餓的嬰兒.
來自辭典例句
- 4. My environment had failed to support me or nourish me.
- 我的環境不能養我育我.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He ate -- but without relish, and food seemed no longer to nourish him.
- 他雖然吃東西, 但是辨不出滋味, 食物似乎失去了營養作用.
來自辭典例句