Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #11545
Fully loadednourish
滋养；给…营养；养育；供养
To provide food or other things needed for growth, health, and life; to keep someone or something alive and strong.
- 1.
To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
喂养并促进生长；提供食物或其他增加体重、促进健康的物质。
- 2.
To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
支持；维持；负责。
- 3.
To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
鼓励；培养；刺激。
- 4.
To cherish; to comfort.
珍爱；安慰。
- 5.
To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
教育或抚养；培育；促进情感、精神或其他非身体方面的成长。
- 6.
To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
促进生长；提供营养。
培养；滋长；怀有；抚慰；喂养并促进生长；提供食物或其他增加体重、促进健康的物质。；支持；维持；负责。；鼓励；培养；刺激。；珍爱；安慰。
In use
A balanced diet helps nourish your skin and hair.
The mother bird nourishes her chicks with worms and insects.
Reading good books nourishes the mind and enriches the soul.
nourish + noun
直接接名词，表示滋养具体的人或物。
Good food nourishes the body.
好的食物滋养身体。
be nourished by + noun
被动结构，强调被滋养的来源。
The plants are nourished by the rain.
这些植物被雨水滋养。
nourish + abstract noun
接抽象名词，比喻培养精神、情感等。
Reading nourishes the mind.
阅读滋养心灵。
Connections
Collocations
- nourish the body
- 滋养身体
- A balanced diet helps nourish the body.均衡饮食有助于滋养身体。
- nourish the mind
- 滋养心灵
- Reading can nourish the mind.阅读能滋养心灵。
- nourish a relationship
- 培养关系
- They worked hard to nourish their relationship.他们努力培养彼此的关系。
- nourish a hope
- 怀有希望
- She continued to nourish a hope of returning home.她始终怀有回家的希望。
- nourish a dream
- 怀有梦想
- He nourished a dream of becoming a pilot.他怀有成为飞行员的梦想。
- nourish the skin
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 nourish 以 nour 开头，像 nutrition（营养），给营养并滋养成长，也培育希望。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal/literary writing、health and nutrition、figurative use with feelings or ideas nourish 通常用于较正式或书面语境，多出现在健康、营养以及比喻性表达中（如培养情感、思想等）；日常口语里表达“喂养”更常说 feed。实际正式程度会随搭配和语境有所不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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