nature

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈneɪ̯.tʃə/    美 /ˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹ/|/ˈnæɪ̯.tʃə/|[ˈnæe̯tʃɐ]|[ˈnae̯tʃɐ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology. capitalized,often,uncountable
    — I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions.
  2. The particular way someone or something is, especially; The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort. countable,uncountable
    — Vliss.: ... One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, That all with one consent praise new-borne gaudes, Though they are made and moulded of things past, And goe to dust, that is a little guilt, More laud then guilt ore-dusted.
  3. The particular way someone or something is, especially; The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc. countable,uncountable
    — For the French, it was impossible for them to serve her in that nature.
  4. The particular way someone or something is, especially; Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun. UK,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — ...One Hundred of each Nature of Case-Shot...
  5. The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment. countable,uncountable
    — Any such corrasiue, sharpe or eager medicine... as the said H. shal think his nature is vnable to suffer...
    For a human being's vital functions, increasing, do not grow alone / In physical development and bulk, but as this "temple" [i.e., the body] waxes, / The inward operation of the mind and soul / Grows wide with them.
  6. A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially; The need to urinate and defecate. countable,uncountable
    — He withdrew from the Company to ease Nature.
  7. A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially; Sexual desire. countable,uncountable
    — She marvelled "What he saw in such a baby "As that prim, silent, cold Aurora Raby?" ...Why Adeline had this slight prejudice ...For me appears a question far too nice, Since Adeline was liberal by Nature; But Nature’s Nature, and has more caprices Than I have time, or will to take to pieces...
  8. A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially; Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child. countable,uncountable
    — Lady. ... Come you Spirits, That tend on mortall thoughts, vnsex me here, ...make thick my blood, Stop vp th'accesse, and passage to Remorse, That no compunctious visitings of Nature Shake my fell purpose...
  9. A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...
  10. A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — ... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...
动词 v.
  1. To endow with natural qualities. obsolete

词形变化

natures plural natuer alternative,obsolete natures present,singular,third-person naturing participle,present natured participle,past natured past natuer alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
against nature all nature allow nature to take her course allow nature to take its course animal nature answer the call of nature antinature appeal to nature back to nature back-to-nature bad nature better angels of one's nature better angels of someone's nature better angles of one's nature better nature book of nature Buddha-nature by nature call of nature child-nature course of nature crime against nature Dame Nature debt-for-nature debt of nature defy the laws of nature disnature ease nature force of nature freak of nature good nature human nature in nature in the nature of things law of nature laws of nature let nature take her course let nature take its course light of nature Mother Nature naturable nature abhors a vacuum nature beckons nature being nature-blessed nature-bound nature boy nature calls nature conservation naturecraft natureculture nature cure natured nature-deficit disorder nature deficit disorder nature deity naturedly nature faker nature faking nature-favored nature film nature folk nature food nature force nature-friendly nature god goddess nature grass naturehood nature-identical nature kingdom natureless naturelike nature lover nature-lover nature-mystic nature mysticism nature myth nature-mythology nature name nature notes nature of the beast nature-painting nature-people nature philosophy nature poem nature poet nature poetry nature-positive nature-power nature preserve nature printing nature ramble nature-religion nature reserve nature sanctuary nature's candy naturescape nature spirit nature's scythe nature strip nature student nature study nature symbol nature symbolism nature table nature trail nature-true nature versus nurture nature vs nurture nature walk nature worship nature writer nature writing naturian naturism naturist naturistic naturity naturize naturogenic naturopathic nonnature pay the debt of nature permit nature to take her course permit nature to take its course preternature relieve nature renature second nature sport of nature state of nature supernature supranature the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature transnature undernature unnature
相关词
antenatal innate nascent natal nation national nationality native nativism nativity nativization natural naturalism naturehood nature morte naturism naturist naturity naturize naturopath naturopathy perinatal prenatal

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti
Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder.
Latin nāscor
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin nātūralbor.
Old French naturebor.
Middle English nature
English nature
From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus.
Displaced native Middle English erd (“character, nature, disposition”) from Old English eard (compare German Art (“nature, character, kind, type”)); and Middle English kynde (“character, disposition, nature”) from Old English ġecynd. More at kind.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti
Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder.
Latin nāscor
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin nātūralbor.
Old French naturebor.
Middle English nature
English nature
From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus.
Displaced native Middle English erd (“character, nature, disposition”) from Old English eard (compare German Art (“nature, character, kind, type”)); and Middle English kynde (“character, disposition, nature”) from Old English ġecynd. More at kind.
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