Word
wet-nurse
verb
做…的奶妈；给…喂奶
核心释义
give suck to; act as a wet nurse to
- 1.
做...的奶妈；悉心照顾
n a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else；v give suck to
做...的奶妈；悉心照顾
用法In use
The kind woman agreed to wet-nurse the orphaned baby until a foster family was found.
用法提示：wet-nurse 是及物动词，意为“给（别人的孩子）当奶妈”，此处为不定式结构。
In some villages, a healthy mother will wet-nurse a sick friend's baby.
用法提示：wet-nurse 与 will 连用，表示将来“给…当奶妈哺乳”的行为。
The midwife taught the young woman how to wet-nurse the infant safely.
用法提示：wet-nurse 在 how to 后作动词原形，意为“给…当奶妈哺乳”。
a wet nurse
作名词，指被雇来哺乳他人孩子的妇女。
They hired a wet nurse to feed the baby.
他们雇了一个奶妈来喂养婴儿。
wet-nurse sb
作及物动词，字面义为给...喂奶，转喻为悉心照料。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- breastfeed
- 母乳喂养 · wet-nurse指雇佣的奶妈用母乳喂养他人的孩子，breastfeed指母亲亲自用母乳喂养自己的孩子。
- dry nurse
- 干奶妈 · wet-nurse是哺乳的奶妈，dry nurse是不哺乳只照看的保姆。
学习提示Learner notes
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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