nourishment

noun
🔊/ˈnʌrɪʃmənt/
🔊/ˈnɜːrɪʃmənt/
[uncountable] (formal or specialist)
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  1. food that is needed to stay alive, grow and stay healthy营养;营养品 synonym nutrition (2)
    • 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?🔊🔊
    • (figurative) As a child, she was starved of intellectual nourishment.她小时候缺乏汲取知识的机会。🔊🔊
    • These seeds can be a great source of nourishment to birds in winter.这些种子可以成为冬季鸟类营养的重要来源。
    • lack of adequate nourishment营养不足
    • You need natural, fresh food with lots of nourishment.你需要营养丰富、天然又新鲜的食物。
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • adequate
    • proper
    • emotional
    verb + nourishment
    • need
    • draw
    • get
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