nourishment

英 [ˈnʌrɪʃmənt]

美 [ˈnɜːrɪʃmənt]

n.  营养; 营养品

CET6TOEFLIELTSTEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.14274 / COCA.14745

牛津词典

noun

• 营养；营养品
  food that is needed to stay alive, grow and stay healthy
  1. Can plants obtain adequate nourishment from such poor soil?
     土壤这样贫瘠，植物能获得足够的养分吗？
  2. As a child, she was starved of intellectual nourishment.
     作为一个孩子，她渴望吸取知识的养分。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 食物;滋养品;营养
  If something provides a person, animal, or plant withnourishment, it provides them with the food that is necessary for life, growth, and good health.
  1. The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow...
     母亲为胎儿提供营养和成长的空间。
  2. He was unable to take nourishment for several days.
     他有几天不能吃东西了。
• N-UNCOUNT 滋养;吸收营养
  The action of nourishing someone or something, or the experience of being nourished, can be referred to asnourishment.
  1. Sugar gives quick relief to hunger but provides no lasting nourishment.
     糖能快速缓解饥饿感，但不能提供持久的营养。

英英释义

noun

• the act of nourishing
  1. her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives
• a source of materials to nourish the body
  Synonym:nutrimentnutritionsustenancealimentalimentationvictuals

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