| 单词 | nurture |
| 释义 | nurture —nurturable, adj. —nurtureless, adj. —nurturer, n. /nerr"cheuhr/, v. , nurtured, nurturing, n. v.t. 1. to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring. 2. to support and encourage, as during the period of training or development; foster: to nurture promising musicians. 3. to bring up; train; educate. n. 4. rearing, upbringing, training, education, or the like. 5. development: the nurture of young artists. 6. something that nourishes; nourishment; food. [1300-50; (n.) ME norture < MF, var. of nourriture < LL nutritura a nourishing, equiv. to L nutrit(us) (ptp. of nutrire to feed, NOURISH) + -ura -URE; (v.) deriv. of the n.] Syn. 1, 3. See nurse. |
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