nutriment

/ˈnü-trə-mənt ˈnyü-/ (ame, mw)

nutriment — noun

1. any substance that a living thing takes in so that the body can use it as food.

1.名詞C1
釋義

any substance that a living thing takes in so that the body can use it as food.

例句

Bao explained to the class that soil gives plants the nutriment they need to grow.

collocation: give nutriment to [living thing]

After the long hike, Talia sat by the river and ate dried fruit for quick nutriment.

同義詞
  • nourishment

    near-perfect synonym, slightly more common in everyday writing

  • sustenance

    formal, emphasises long-term life support rather than the substance itself

  • nutrient

    countable and scientific; refers to a specific element like protein or vitamin C

文法句型

nutriment for/from [source]

用法筆記

Uncountable in most contexts; treat as a mass noun like 'food'. Frequently paired with verbs such as 'provide', 'draw', 'absorb', or 'get'. Distinguish from sense 2 by focusing on the substance itself, not on its life-supporting functions.

常見錯誤

❌I ate a nutriment for breakfast.
✅I ate something with good nutriment for breakfast.
💡'nutriment' is usually uncountable; you don't eat 'a nutriment' the way you eat 'a snack'.
❌The salad has many nutriments.
✅The salad has many nutrients.
💡the everyday word for countable food substances like vitamins is 'nutrient', not 'nutriment'.

2. the energy and building material that a body or plant gets from food, which keep

2.名詞C2
釋義

the energy and building material that a body or plant gets from food, which keeps it alive, helps it grow, and repairs damaged parts.

例句

Doctors told Christopher that the patient was too weak to take in any nutriment from solid food.

pattern: take in nutriment from [food]

Nora studied how seedlings turn sunlight and water into nutriment for new growth.

同義詞
  • nourishment

    near synonym; in this sense often interchangeable but slightly less formal

  • sustenance

    stresses keeping a living thing alive over time rather than building new tissue

文法句型

nutriment for growth/health/life

用法筆記

Names the life-supporting *function* of food (energy + repair + growth) rather than the substance itself (sense 1). If the sentence stresses what the food does inside the body, use this sense; if it stresses what the food is, use sense 1.

常見錯誤

❌This bread gives me nutriment to think clearly.
✅This bread gives me energy to think clearly.
💡'nutriment' covers physical growth and repair, not mental energy in a casual sense.