nourish

英 ['n?r??] 美['n?r??]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?nourishes;過去式:?nourished;過去分詞:?nourished;現(xiàn)在分詞:?nourishing;形容詞:?nourishing;

nourish 養(yǎng)育 nurse 護(hù)士 (nour ← nur)

nourish 撫養(yǎng)，滋養(yǎng)

來自古法語norrir,撫養(yǎng)，養(yǎng)育，來自拉丁語nutrire,喂養(yǎng)，哺乳，來自PIE*snau,流動，流淌，詞源同naiad,nautical,nutriment.引申詞義喂奶，撫養(yǎng)。拼寫比較naive,native.

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.

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。

3. We need good food to nourish the starving infants.: 我們需要好食品滋養(yǎng)這些挨餓的嬰兒.

4. My environment had failed to support me or nourish me.: 我的環(huán)境不能養(yǎng)我育我.

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(yǎng)作用.