wet nurse
英 [ˈwet nɜːs]
美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]
n. (通常指旧时的)奶妈,乳母
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
- 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。 - 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。 - A housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the far east.
阿妈印度和远东的女佣,特别是奶妈。 - He also asks that the families go to the hospital together while the wet nurse gets a checkup.
他还要求奶妈体检时雇主一家人也一块儿去。 - The wet nurse are the lactating women that are employed to feed other children with milk.
奶妈指受雇以乳汁喂养他人幼儿的哺乳期妇女,是传统女性谋生的重要职业营生之一。 - He admits some might view hiring a wet nurse as exploitation, but he disagrees.'They need higher pay and a better job while I need them to look after my baby.
他承认有的人会认为雇奶妈是剥削,但他不同意这种看法。 - He was breast-fed by a wet nurse.
他是奶妈奶大的。 - According to an unwritten rule in old families, grandparents were expected to pay for the grandson's wet nurse.
依照旧家庭的不成文法,孙子的乳母应当由祖父母出钱雇的。 - '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。 - I tried to find him a wet nurse.
我曾试过给他找个好保姆。