1. 滋养，给养
2. 抚养，养育，教养，培养
3. 助长
4. 支持，鼓励
5. 施肥于
6. 培育，灌溉
7. 怀抱（希望、怨恨）
8. 育，孕育，怀有
9. （得到、提供）营养
10. 使 ... 健壮

1. vt. 使健壮; 滋养 keep sb alive and well with food; make well and strong
2. vt. 怀有,抱有 have or encourage (feelings)

1. provide with nourishment;

   "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"
   "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
   

2. give nourishment to

1.给…提供营养;滋养
Tonourish a person, animal, or plant means to provide them with the food that is necessary for life, growth, and good health.

e.g. The food she eats nourishes both her and the baby.
她吃的食物给她和婴儿提供了营养。
e.g. ...microbes in the soil whichnourish the plant.
土壤中为植物提供营养的微生物

2.滋长，怀有(感情、信念等)
Tonourish something such as a feeling or belief means to allow or encourage it to grow.

nourish的反义词

e.g. Journalists on the whole don't create public opinion. They can help tonourish it.
大体说来记者不制造舆论。他们会助长舆论。
e.g. ...a current of thought which has been nourished by historical tradition.
在历史传统中汲取养分的思潮

3. see also: -nourished

1. nourish

1. 滋养,供给....营养：horn 角 |nourish 滋养,供给......营养 | clam 蚌

2. 养育：Halibut大比目鱼 |nourish养育 | Invalid病人

3. 施肥;怀抱;养育;怀抱(希望、仇恨等)：notwithstanding 尽管;还是 |nourish 施肥;怀抱;养育;怀抱(希望、仇恨等) | objection反对;缺点;反对的理由

1. Milk is all we need to nourish a small baby.
   我们供给婴儿营养只需喂奶就可以了。
2. It is better to nourish the children by feeding them good food.
   孩子只有吃得好才能长得好。
3. They needed good food to nourish their body.
   他们需要好食品滋养身体。
4. Fertilizer nourishes the earth.
   肥料滋养土地。
5. The country has abundant raw materials to nourish and develop her industries.
   这个国家有丰富的原料来扶植并发展她的工业。
6. She nourished feelings of hatred.
   她心怀仇恨。
7. He nourishes the dream of studying abroad .
   他怀有出国深造的梦想。
8. He's been nourishing the hope of a trip abroad .
   他一直怀着出国旅行的愿望。
9. I could find nothing to nourish my suspicion.
   我找不到怀疑的理由。
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10. Most plants are nourished by water drawn up through their roots.
    大多数植物靠根部吸收水分吸取养料。
11. The river is nourished by many small streams.
    许多小溪流入这条河。

nourish in (v.+prep.)

使(某人)滋长… cause (sb) to increase in sth
nourish sb in sth

Mother nourished me in a boundless belief in my ability to win whatever I wanted.

母亲使我滋长了一种极度的自信,认为凡是我要的一定能得到。

nourish on (v.+prep.)

以…为食 live on sth
nourish oneself on sth

A great variety of animals nourish themselves on vegetable foods.

绝大多数动物是食草的。

nourish with (v.+prep.)

用…滋养 feed sb/sth with sth
nourish sb/sth with sth

Some mothers prefer to nourish their babies with milk.

有些母亲宁愿用牛奶哺育婴儿。

The farmers nourish the soil with fertilizer.

农民们用化肥使土壤肥沃。

• Thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen..and there wil I nourish thee.

  出自：Bible (AV): Genesis

• The mountain slopes which nourish the glacier.

  出自：J. Tyndall

• Valleys, nourished alike by endless sunshine and abundant water.

  出自：W. S. Churchill

• nourish me on an egg, Nanny.

  出自：Stevie Smith

• The wood is to be fed and nourished.

  出自：J. Diski

• Men of umblemished purity of life, nourished with the learning of the cloister.

  出自：fig.

1. nourish的基本意思是“使健壮,喂养”,指提供成长、健康、幸福或继续生存所必要的东西,其主语多为维持或增进健康的食物,而非提供食物者。引申可作“怀有,抱有”解。
2. nourish是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。

nourish, feed, graze, pasture

这组词都可表示“给…东西吃”。其区别是：

feed指给人以饮食或给动物以饲料,也可指供给植物养料或给机器加燃料等,含义最广; nourish指施以健康、生长必需的养料。例如:

They needed good food to nourish their bodies.他们需要好食品滋养身体。

graze指用正在生长的青草饲养牲口。pasture指饲养动物,尤指家畜。例如:

The old man was pasturing his sheep on the village common.老人在村庄的公地上放羊。

The boy got up very early every morning to pasture cattle.这男孩每天起得很早去放牛。

nourish，feed，graze

这些动词均含“提供所需食物、喂养”之意。

nourish指提供生长、健康或维持生存所必需的食物或养料，尤指用营养品促进生长。

feed普通用词，含义广泛，既可指给人或动物提供食物，又可指给植物以养料或为机器等加燃料等。

graze侧重指用正在生长的青草喂养牲畜。