wet nurse
英 [ˈwet nɜːs]
美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]
n. (通常指旧时的)奶妈,乳母
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。 - 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。 - Some parents searching for a wet nurse say they're desperate for an alternative to possibly tainted milk powder.
一些寻找奶妈的人说,他们迫切地想找到可能受到污染的奶粉的替代品。 - I tried to find him a wet nurse.
我曾试过给他找个好保姆。 - Only his wet nurse, who always used to say she would wait till he got married and had a son, then come look after him, was now ill and bedridden.
只有自己的乳母,从前常说等自己婚养了儿子来抱小孩子的,现在病得不能起床。 - 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。 - The wet nurse went over to investigate. When she reached the other boat, the first thing she saw was a pool of blood!
奶妈于是过去查个究竟。当她来到那只船时,首先看到的竟是一滩鲜血。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。