nourish

• 栄養を与える；運ぶ；強くする

古フランス語のnorrir「育てる、養う」から、ラテン語のnutrire「養う、授乳する」から、PIE*snau「流れる、流れる」から、語源的にはnaiad, nautical, nutrimentと同じ。スペルは naive, native と比較される。

nourish

nourish: see nurse

nourish (v.)

late 13c., "to bring up, nurture" (a child, a feeling, etc.), from Old French norriss-, stem of norrir "raise, bring up, nurture, foster; maintain, provide for" (12c., Modern French nourrir), from Latin nutrire "to feed, nurse, foster, support, preserve," from *nutri (older form of nutrix "nurse"), literally "she who gives suck," from PIE *nu- (from root *(s)nau- "to swim, flow, let flow," hence "to suckle;" see nutriment) + fem. agent suffix. Related: Nourished; nourishing.

1. They needed good food to nourish their bodies.

彼らは良い食品を必要として体を養う.

2.Journalists on the whole don 't create public opinion.They can help to nourish it.

大体言って記者は世論を作らない。彼らは世論を助長するだろう。

3.We need good food to nourish the starving infants.

飢えた赤ちゃんを育てるためには良い食品が必要です。

4.My environment had failed to support me or nourish me.

私の環境は私を育ててくれません.

5.He ate--but without relish，and food seemed no longer to nourish him.

彼は食べ物を食べているが、味が分からず、食べ物は栄養作用を失っているようだ。