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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

        • 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。