| 单词 | wet nurse |
| 释义 | wet nurse noun[C] uk/ˈwet ˌnɜːs/us/ˈwet ˌnɝːs/in the past, a womanemployedto give herbreastmilkto another woman'sbaby （旧时的）奶妈，乳母Children & babies
wet-nurse verb[T] UKdisapprovinguk/ˈwet.nɜːs/us/ˈwet.nɝːs/totreatsomeone toocarefullyas if thatpersonisunableto do anything himself or herself 悉心照料（十分仔细地照顾某人，就好像被照顾者什么都做不了）Defending and protecting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Treating someone well Examplesofwet nursewet nurse The relationships between the child cared for and thewetnursewould become very close. From theCambridge English Corpus But of more concern to thewetnurseherself was the danger to her own baby, if it had managed to survive the rigours of childbirth. From theCambridge English Corpus Campaigns were launched against the custom among the higher class to use awetnurse. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inscriptions indicate that a woman who was awetnurse"(nutrix)" would be quite proud of her occupation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A woman who is engaged to breastfeed another's baby is known as awetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Milk kinship used the practice of breast feeding by awetnurseto feed a child either from the same community, or a neighbouring one. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It may also refer to professions that involve these functions: midwife andwetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also wanted to make the son of hiswetnursean official of the fifth rank. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even though he has a phenomenal sense of smell, he has no odour of his own, which repelled everywetnursein the cloister. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a result, he had to say goodbye to hiswetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She also accuses him of playingwetnurseto the president, to which he responds by throwing her to the floor and leaving her crying. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is a modern continuation of the ancient concept of thewetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This case suggests that it was typical for a child'swetnurseto be responsible for raising him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For example, awetnursewould feed and care for another womans child, in exchange for payment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Apart from the wet nurses, all female workers were general servants. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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