nutriment
/ˈnü-trə-mənt ˈnyü-/ (ame, mw)
nutriment — 名詞
1. any substance that a living thing takes in so that the body can use it as food.
養分；滋養物
供生物吸收利用的營養物質
any substance that a living thing takes in so that the body can use it as food.
Bao explained to the class that soil gives plants the nutriment they need to grow.
Bao 向全班解釋，土壤能提供植物生長所需的養分。
collocation: give nutriment to [living thing]
After the long hike, Talia sat by the river and ate dried fruit for quick nutriment.
長途健行之後，Talia 坐在河邊，吃乾果迅速補充養分。
The vet warned Constanza that her old cat was getting very little nutriment from the dry kibble.
獸醫警告 Constanza，她的老貓從乾飼料中幾乎攝取不到什麼養分。
Mushrooms draw nutriment from the rotting wood of fallen trees in the forest.
蘑菇從森林裡倒下的腐木中吸收養分。
Padma's grandmother believed that bone broth offered deep nutriment for the body after illness.
Padma 的祖母相信，骨頭湯能在病後為身體提供深層的滋養物。
- 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
2. the energy and building material that a body or plant gets from food, which keep
滋養；營養
維持生命、成長與修復所需的能量
the energy and building material that a body or plant gets from food, which keeps it alive, helps it grow, and repairs damaged parts.
Doctors told Christopher that the patient was too weak to take in any nutriment from solid food.
醫生告訴 Christopher，那位病人太虛弱，無法從固體食物中獲取任何滋養。
pattern: take in nutriment from [food]
Nora studied how seedlings turn sunlight and water into nutriment for new growth.
Nora 研究幼苗如何把陽光與水轉化為新生長所需的滋養。
The injured deer was thin and pale, having found almost no nutriment during the cold winter months.
那隻受傷的鹿瘦弱蒼白，整個寒冬幾乎找不到任何滋養。
Élise argued that fast food gives the body calories but very little real nutriment for healthy growth.
Élise 主張，速食提供身體熱量，卻幾乎沒有真正有助於健康成長的滋養。
Coral reefs slowly die when warmer seas stop carrying the nutriment that their tiny algae need.
當海水變暖、不再帶來微小藻類所需的滋養時，珊瑚礁就會慢慢死去。
- 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.