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单词 nutrition
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
nu•tri•tion /nuˈtrɪʃən, nyu-/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Nutritionthe study or science of the food and diet requirements of humans and animals for proper health and development:majoring in nutrition.
  2. Nutritionthe process by which living things take in and use food material.
  3. Nutritionfood; nutriment.
nu•tri•tion•al, adj. 
nu•tri•tion•al•ly, adv. 
nu•tri•tion•ist, n. [countable]
nu•tri•tive /ˈnutrɪtɪv, ˈnyu-/USA pronunciation  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
nu•tri•tion  (no̅o̅ trishən, nyo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Nutritionthe act or process of nourishing or of being nourished.
  2. Nutritionthe science or study of, or a course of study in, nutrition, esp. of humans.
  3. Nutritionthe process by which organisms take in and utilize food material.
  4. Nutritionfood;
    nutriment.
  5. Nutritionthe pursuit of this science as an occupation or profession.
  • Late Latin nūtrītiōn- (stem of nūtrītiō) a feeding, equivalent. to Latin nūtrīt(us) (past participle of nūtrīre to feed, nourish) + -iōn- -ion
  • late Middle English 1375–1425
nu•trition•al, nu•trition•ar′y, adj. 
nu•trition•al•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nutrition /njuːˈtrɪʃən/ n
  1. a process in animals and plants involving the intake of nutrient materials and their subsequent assimilation into the tissues
  2. the act or process of nourishing
  3. the study of nutrition, esp in humans
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin nūtrītiō, from nūtrīre to nourish

nuˈtritional, rare nuˈtritionary adj
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