Word
aliments
/ˈælimənt/
verb
供养；支持
aliments is the third person singular of aliment.
To sustain, support.
- 1.
To sustain, support.
供养,支持
供养,支持
In use
The mother aliments her baby with breast milk.
They alimented the sick plants with fertilizer.
The nurse is alimenting the patient through a tube.
aliment + n (person/animal)
及物动词，后接人或动物作为宾语。
The nurse alimented the patient with a nutritious broth.
护士用营养汤给病人提供食物。
aliment + n (system/process)
可用于抽象系统或自然过程。
Rain alimented the river, raising its water level.
雨水滋养了河流，提高了水位。
be alimented by + n
被动结构，强调营养来源。
The seedlings were alimented by the compost.
幼苗由堆肥提供营养。
Verb forms
base aliment · third person aliments · -ing alimenting · past alimented · past participle alimented
规则动词，词形变化为加-ed，-ing，-s。
Connections
Confusing words
- alimony
- 赡养费 · aliment 指食物或营养；alimony 指离婚后支付的赡养费。
- alimentary
- 与消化或营养有关的 · aliment 是名词或动词，意为食物或提供营养；alimentary 是形容词，意为与消化道或营养有关的。
Word family
- aliments
- plural, third person singular
- alimented
- past, past participle
- alimenting
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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