aliment

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈæ.lɪ.mənt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Food. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; [...]
  2. Nourishment, sustenance. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — As when Demosthenes reprehended the people for hearkening to the conditions offered by King Philip, being not honourable nor equal, he saith they were but aliments of their sloth and weakness, which if they were taken away, necessity would teach them stronger resolutions.
  3. An allowance for maintenance; alimony. Scotland,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To feed, nourish. obsolete
  2. To sustain, support.
    — Yet there would also be many – and not simply the powerful and ultra-privileged – who lost out, and whose discontent operated as a kind of political yeast, alimenting ‘unpatriotic’ thoughts and acts.

词形变化

aliments plural aliments present,singular,third-person alimenting participle,present alimented participle,past alimented past

词汇关系

衍生词
alimentative
相关词
alimentary alimentary canal alimony alimental alimentous

词源

词源 1
From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”).
词源 2
From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”).
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