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nurturing

/ˈnɝːtʃərɪŋ/· verb

生物科技B2

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Chinese meaning

培育；滋养

精jīng心xīn培péi育yù、悉xī心xīn照zhào料liào

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把bǎ精jīng子zi细xì胞bāo"养yǎng"在zài小xiǎo鼠shǔ肾shèn脏zàng中zhōng使shǐ其qí成chéng熟shú

Example

Sci-fi procedure creates immature human sperm from stem cells, nurturing them on a mouse's kidney.

科幻般的操作从干细胞培育出未成熟的人类精子，并将其滋养在小鼠肾脏中。

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Background ✎

科kē学xué家jiā用yòng干gàn细xì胞bāo造zào出chū未wèi成chéng熟shú人rén类lèi精jīng子zi，放fàng在zài小xiǎo鼠shǔ肾shèn脏zàng里lǐ滋zī养yǎng，向xiàng人rén工gōng培péi育yù精jīng子zi迈mài近jìn一yī步bù。

Roots · etymology

源自古法语 norture，追溯至拉丁语 nutrire（喂养）

  • nurtur(e)（滋养、抚育）+ -ing（现在分词后缀）

Collocations

  • nurturing environment / nurture growth / nurturing relationship

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