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

• a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
  Synonym:wet-nursewetnurseamah

双语例句

• 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。
• He was breast-fed by a wet nurse.
  他是奶妈奶大的。
• Acting like a wet nurse to them low-down, poor white trash instead of being here eating her supper.
  象护士一样为那些下等的可怜穷人去接生，而不是在这里吃晚餐。
• I tried to find him a wet nurse.
  我曾试过给他找个好保姆。
• 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。
• Stannis furrowed his brow. "I was told that the wet nurse was this man craster's wife."
  史坦尼斯额头皱了起来。“据我所知这奶妈是卡斯特的妻子。”
• Woman is unrivaled as a wet nurse.
  作为奶妈，女人是无与伦比的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。