wet-nurse

英 [ˈwet nɜːs] 美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]

n.  (旧时的)乳母,奶妈

复数:wet-nurses



双语例句

  1. We plan to wet-nurse the most promising little men to the point where they are good customers for our conventional banking operations.
    我们计划特别关照这些大有可为的小人物,使他们成为我们传统银行业运转的好顾客。
  2. He refused to hire a wet-nurse, insisting that his wife suckle the child herself. fortunately, she had enough milk.
    他因为爱孩子,不愿意雇奶妈来喂奶,要他的妻自己抚养孩子,好在妻的奶汁也很够。
  3. "I don't need a wet-nurse any more, why should I keep an ancestress like this?"
    “如今我又吃不着奶了,白白的养着祖宗作什么!”

英英释义

noun

  1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

      Synonym:    wet nursewetnurseamah

    verb

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

      Synonym:    breastfeedsucklesucknurselactategive suck