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wet nurse

英 [ˈwet nɜːs]

美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]

n.  (通常指旧时的)奶妈,乳母

医学

牛津词典

    noun

    • (通常指旧时的)奶妈,乳母
      (usually in the past) a woman employed to feed another woman's baby with her own breast milk

      柯林斯词典

      • (旧时的)乳母,奶妈
        In former times, awet nursewas a woman who was paid to breast-feed another woman's baby.

        英英释义

        noun

        双语例句

        • Engels once compared taxes to the wet nurse of the government.
          恩格斯曾把赋税比作政府的乳娘。
        • My wet nurse said the same thing, Will, Royce replied. Never believe anything you hear at a womans tit.
          威尔,我奶妈也说过这话,罗伊斯回答:千万别相信你在女人怀里听到的东西。
        • Only his wet nurse, who always used to say she would wait till he got married and had a son, then come look after him, was now ill and bedridden.
          只有自己的乳母,从前常说等自己婚养了儿子来抱小孩子的,现在病得不能起床。
        • When the wet nurse came on board, it struggled and twisted.
          当奶妈上船时,小猪正在挣扎扭动。
        • 'I have to ask the husband face-to-face whether he will let his wife work as a wet nurse,'he says.
          他说,我得当面问她们的老公,他愿不愿意让老婆去当奶妈。
        • This influence comes from stories told by his grandmother, his wet nurse and from the war of 1812 and his exiling to the southern Russia.
          外祖母、奶娘的故事、1812年战争、南俄流放、亲朋的相继死亡和十二月党人的悲剧都极大地影响着普希金对死亡的思考。
        • The wet nurse went over to investigate. When she reached the other boat, the first thing she saw was a pool of blood!
          奶妈于是过去查个究竟。当她来到那只船时,首先看到的竟是一滩鲜血。
        • I tried to find him a wet nurse.
          我曾试过给他找个好保姆。
        • He was breast-fed by a wet nurse.
          他是奶妈奶大的。
        • I plan to hire a wet nurse to take care of the baby, which is less than a month old.
          我打算雇一位乳娘来照顾还没满月的小宝宝。