Picture something being taken in and used: a baby drinking milk, rain sinking into soil, oil going into dry skin. Nourish can be thought of as that whole small process, not just the giving. Food is handed over, the living thing takes it in, and afterwards it is stronger than before. Every other use of the word keeps that shape. Only the thing being fed changes — first a body, then a person's inner life, then a feeling that would fade if nobody put anything into it.
From the word’s history
The word comes through Old French from Latin nutrire, whose first meaning was to suckle or feed. The oldest picture is therefore a baby at the breast, and the same root also gave English nurse and nutrition. That is why the feeding image sits so close to the surface even when the word is used for hopes and minds.
這個字經由古法文來自拉丁文 nutrire，原意是「哺乳、餵養」。所以它最早的畫面是餵奶，同一條線上還長出了 nurse 和 nutrition。也因為這樣，即使今天用來講希望和心靈，那個「餵」的畫面還是浮在很表面的地方。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet — source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:654798876, etymology_text: 'From Middle English norischen, from Old French nouriss- … from Latin nutriō (to suckle, feed, foster, nourish…)'. The nurse link is also supported by the packet's obsolete noun sense 'a nurse'.
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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
nourishnoun/ˈnʌɹ.ɪʃ/
- 1
obsoleteA nurse.
nourishverb/ˈnʌɹ.ɪʃ/
- 1
To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
- He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
- other carnivorous Animals are difficultly nourished by Plants alone
- 2
To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
- I in Ireland nourish a mighty band.
- 3
To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
- to nourish civility
- to nourish a sense of self-worth
- 4
To cherish; to comfort.
- Ye have nourished your hearts.
- 5
To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
- Nourished up in the words of faith.
- 6
To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
- This type of nourishes very well.
- 7
obsoleteTo gain nourishment.
- a kingdom may have good limbs, but will have empty veins, and nourish little
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。