a nursing [noun]
nursing 作形容词时放在名词前，表示“正在哺乳的”，如 a nursing mother（哺乳期的母亲）。
A nursing mother needs plenty of rest and good food.
哺乳期的母亲需要充分休息和良好的饮食。
护理的；看护的
哺乳的；喂奶的；处于哺乳幼崽的状态,分泌乳汁的。；与护士相关的。
of or relating to nurses
处于哺乳幼崽的状态,分泌乳汁的。
In the state of suckling young, lactating.
与护士相关的。
Referring to nurses.
The nursing mother cat kept her kittens warm and fed.
这只哺乳期的母猫给小猫们保暖并喂食。
用法提示：nursing 作形容词，表示‘哺乳的’，修饰母猫。
Nursing mothers need extra calcium and rest.
哺乳期的母亲需要额外的钙和休息。
用法提示：nursing 作形容词，表示‘哺乳的’，指正在哺乳的女性。
The nursing staff here are patient and professional.
这里的护理人员很有耐心且专业。
用法提示：nursing 作形容词，表示‘护理的’，修饰工作人员。
nursing 作形容词时放在名词前，表示“正在哺乳的”，如 a nursing mother（哺乳期的母亲）。
A nursing mother needs plenty of rest and good food.
哺乳期的母亲需要充分休息和良好的饮食。
此义指“与护士或护理有关的”，nursing 修饰不可数名词时前面不加冠词，如 nursing care。
The patient receives expert nursing care at home.
病人在家中得到专业的护理。
nursing 修饰复数名词时形式不变，也用在与护士工作有关的名词前，如 nursing duties。
Her nursing duties include checking patients' vital signs.
她的护理职责包括检查病人的生命体征。
grammar · medium
易错句子My sister is a nursing at the city hospital.
正确表达My sister is a nurse at the city hospital.
nursing 是形容词，表示“与护士有关的”，是定语性质的词，不能像可数名词那样单独指一个人。表示“（一名）护士”这个职业的人，英语必须用名词 nurse，因此 a nursing 应改为 a nurse。
grammar · medium
易错句子My grandmother lives in a nurse home.
正确表达My grandmother lives in a nursing home.
“养老院”的固定说法是 nursing home，修饰 home 的是形容词 nursing（与护理、护士有关的）；用来指人的名词 nurse 不能这样直接作定语表示机构性质，所以应用 nursing 而非 nurse。
养老院；护理院
My grandmother moved into a nursing home last year.
我奶奶去年搬进了一家养老院。
护理人员；护士团队
The nursing staff checked on him every hour.
护理人员每小时都来查看他的情况。
护理；护理照料
After surgery she needed constant nursing care.
手术后她需要持续的护理。
哺乳期的母亲
The nursing mother stayed home with her newborn.
这位哺乳期的母亲留在家里照顾新生儿。
护士学校
He trained at a nursing school in Boston.
他在波士顿的一所护士学校接受培训。
护理行业；护理职业
She has worked in the nursing profession for twenty years.
她在护理行业工作了二十年。
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