n. (from Fr. nourrice) nurse,wet nurse奶妈。
△1H.VI.1.1.50:“Our isle be made a nourish of salt tears (i.e. a nurse feeding with tears only),/ Andnone but women left to wail the dead.”我们的岛国将要变成一个只有咸泪水的奶妈.全国只剩下妇女为死者哀哭。(按:nourish,又作marish=marsh,“沼泽”。)
nourish
vt. (lit.) feed:i.e.maintain . support (本义)喂养,(转义)维持.扶持。
△2H.VI.3.1.348: “Whiles I inIreland nourish a mighty band,/ I will stir up in Eng-land some black storm / Shall (i.e.that shall) blowten thousand souls to heaven or hell:”我一面在爱尔兰维持着一支大军,一面要在英格兰煽起一场黑色风暴.它将要把成千上万人的灵魂不是刮上天堂,就是刮入地狱。(按: nourish又作nurse,义同。)
~ vi. afford rich food,be nutritious提供丰富的养料.滋养。
△ Shr.2.1.333 (339):“’tis age that nourisheth,”年纪才能滋养人。
nourish[ˈnʌriʃ]
v.养育,提供养分
‖ nourishment n.食物,补品
nourishing oral liquid营养液