nurse

noun

1. 护士
   a person whose job is to take care of sick or injured people, usually in a hospital
   1. a qualified/registered nurse
      合格的 / 注册护士
   2. student nurses
      实习护士
   3. a male nurse
      男护士
   4. a dental nurse (= one who helps a dentist)
      牙科护士
   5. a psychiatric nurse (= one who works in a hospital for people with mental illnesses)
      精神病医院的护士
   6. Nurse Bennett
      贝内特护士
   7. Nurse, come quickly!
      护士，快过来！
2. （旧时雇主家中的）女保育员，保姆，女仆
   (in the past) a woman or girl whose job was to take care of babies or small children in their own homes

verb

1. 看护，照料（病人或伤者）
   to care for sb who is ill/sick or injured
   1. He worked in a hospital for ten years nursing cancer patients.
      他在一所医院里工作了十年，护理癌症病人。
   2. She nursed her daughter back to health .
      她照料女儿恢复了健康。
2. 调治，调养（伤病）
   to take care of an injury or illness
   1. Several weeks after the match, he was still nursing a shoulder injury.
      比赛过去几个星期了，他仍在疗养肩伤。
   2. You'd better go to bed and nurse that cold.
      你最好上床睡觉，把感冒治好。
   3. She was nursing her hurt pride.
      她的自尊受挫，正在慢慢恢复。
3. 怀抱；怀有；心藏
   to have a strong feeling or idea in your mind for a long time
   1. to nurse an ambition/a grievance/a grudge
      心怀壮志 / 不满 / 怨恨
   2. She had been nursing a secret desire to see him again.
      她一直暗暗渴望再次见到他。
4. 培育；培养；悉心照料
   to give special care or attention to sb/sth
   1. to nurse tender young plants
      悉心照料嫩苗
5. 搂抱；小心抱着
   to hold sb/sth carefully in your arms or close to your body
   1. He sat nursing his cup of coffee.
      他坐在那里小心翼翼地捧着他那杯咖啡。
6. 喂奶；哺育
   to feed a baby with milk from the breast
   1. a nursing mother
      正在喂奶的母亲
   2. The lioness is still nursing her cubs.
      这只母狮还在给它的幼崽喂奶。
7. 吃奶；吸奶
   to suck milk from its mother's breast

1. N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC 护士
   A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill.
   1. She had spent 29 years as a nurse...
      她做了29年的护士。
   2. Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.
      因为护理人员严重不足，患者生命垂危。
2. VERB 护理;照顾;照料
   If you nurse someone, you care for them when they are ill.
   1. All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him...
      他生病的这些年来，我妈妈一直照料着他。
   2. She rushed home to nurse her daughter back to health.
      她赶回家去，要照顾女儿恢复健康。
3. VERB 调养，调治(伤病)
   If you nurse an illness or injury, you allow it to get better by resting as much as possible.
   1. We're going to go home and nurse our colds.
      我们打算回家调养感冒。
4. VERB 怀有，抱有(强烈的希望、愿望等)
   If you nurse an emotion or desire, you feel it strongly for a long time.
   1. Jane still nurses the pain of rejection...
      简仍因遭到拒绝而痛苦。
   2. He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra.
      他一直有一个梦想，希望能指挥一支自己的顶级管弦乐队。
5. N-COUNT 保姆;保育员
   A nurse is a person who is trained to look after young children.
   1. Every morning she got up early with the children and the nurse.
      每天早晨，她和孩子、保姆一起早早起床。
6. V-ERG (婴儿)吃奶;(母亲)给…喂奶
   When a baby nurses or when its mother nurses it, it feeds by sucking milk from its mother's breast.
   1. Most authorities recommend letting the baby nurse whenever it wants.
      大部分权威人士建议婴儿饿了就随时喂奶。
   2. ...young women nursing babies...
      给孩子喂奶的年轻妈妈
   3. Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges.
      未成年人和哺乳期女性免予起诉。
7. See also: nursery nurse nursing wet nurse

1. 'Can you walk all right?' the nurse asked him.
   “你走路有困难吗？”护士问他。
2. The film's about an elderly woman and a young nurse who befriends her
   电影讲述的是一位老太太和一个待她友善的年轻护士的故事。
3. The nurse smiled blandly.
   护士淡淡地笑了。
4. She's a nurse by profession and now runs a counselling service for women
   她的职业是护士，现在开办了一个妇女咨询中心。
5. They hired a nurse to care for her.
   他们雇了个护士来照顾她。
6. He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.
   会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。
7. A doctor and a nurse caught hold of his arms
   一名医生和一名护士抓住了他的双臂。
8. A nurse began to try to save his life
   一名护士开始试图挽救他的生命。
9. She had spent 29 years as a nurse
   她做了29年的护士。
10. Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.
    因为护理人员严重不足，患者生命垂危。
11. All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him
    他生病的这些年来，我妈妈一直照料着他。
12. She rushed home to nurse her daughter back to health.
    她赶回家去，要照顾女儿恢复健康。
13. We're going to go home and nurse our colds.
    我们打算回家调养感冒。
14. Jane still nurses the pain of rejection
    简仍因遭到拒绝而痛苦。
15. He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra.
    他一直有一个梦想，希望能指挥一支自己的顶级管弦乐队。
16. Every morning she got up early with the children and the nurse.
    每天早晨，她和孩子、保姆一起早早起床。
17. Most authorities recommend letting the baby nurse whenever it wants.
    大部分权威人士建议婴儿饿了就随时喂奶。
18. Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges.
    未成年人和哺乳期女性免予起诉。
19. At seven o'clock the night nurse came in to relieve her.
    7点钟的时候夜班护士来接她的班。
20. The young nurse pulled a face at the Matron's retreating figure.
    看着护士长离去的身影，这个年轻的护士做了个鬼脸。
21. The nurse shook the thermometer and put it under my armpit
    护士把体温计甩了甩，然后放到了我的腋下。
22. I'm a trained nurse
    我是一名受过专业训练的护士。
23. An experienced nurse treats all minor injuries.
    一位有经验的护士处理所有的轻伤。
24. I managed to walk around unchallenged for 10 minutes before an alert nurse spotted me.
    我四处走动了10分钟，没有受到查问，之后一位警觉的护士发现了我。
25. The patient has a nurse attending ( on) him.
    病人有护士侍候。
26. The nurse fondled the child.
    保姆怜爱地抚摸着孩子。
27. A nurse was dispatched to him.
    已支派一名护士上他那儿去了。
28. Is your sister a doctor or a nurse?
    你妹妹是医生还是护士？
29. The nurse always treated the sick and wounded with kindness.
    这位护士总是以蔼然可亲的态度对待伤病员。

  nurse foster nurture【导航词义：关心，照顾】

  nurse v. 护理，照料

〔辨析〕通常指照顾生病、受伤、年迈的人。

  foster v. 抚育，代养

〔辨析〕指在一段时间内替他人照顾孩子，但法律上并未成为孩子的父母。

  nurture v. 〈正式〉养育，培育

〔辨析〕指照料处于生长发育阶段的孩子或植物。

noun

1. a woman who is the custodian of children

   Synonym:    nannynursemaid

2. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

verb

1. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
   1. He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs

2. give suck to
   1. The wetnurse suckled the infant
   2. You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

   Synonym:    breastfeedsucklesuckwet-nurselactategive suck

3. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
   1. bear a grudge
   2. entertain interesting notions
   3. harbor a resentment

   Synonym:    harborharbourholdentertain

4. treat carefully
   1. He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon
   2. He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly

5. serve as a nurse