| 释义 |
threptic, a. rare1.|ˈθrɛptɪk|
[ad. Gr. θρεπτικ-ός able to feed, f. τρέϕειν to nourish.]
Of or pertaining to nutrition.
1845Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. (1850) I. vi. §6. 199 We may define all the faculties which can exist in any living creature to be these: first, the faculty of receiving nourishment (θρεπτικη); secondly, [etc.]... The threptic faculty is the lowest of these, and is present in all cases. |