| 单词 | life-sustaining |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife-sustaining life-sustaining adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [adjective] > sustaining life life-sustaininga1644 a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) v. 17 His very life-sustaining diet. 1749 S. Fielding Governess 235 The Sire his Life-sustaining Prize To each expecting Bill applies; There fondly pours the Wheaten Spoil. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. x. §91. 304 Life-sustaining power. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xii. 190 The early peoples regarded the precious metal [sc. gold] as an ‘avatar’ of the life-giving and life-sustaining Great Mother goddess. 2006 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 20 Oct. a4/3 The microbes they found rely on radiation from uranium in the rocks to produce life-sustaining energy. < as lemmas |
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