1. 護士 A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill.
e.g. She had spent 29 years as a nurse... 她做了29年的護士。 e.g. Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses. 因為護理人員嚴重不足,患者生命垂危。
2. 護理;照顧;照料 If you nurse someone, you care for them when they are ill.
e.g. All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him... 他生病的這些年來,我媽媽一直照料著他。 e.g. She rushed home to nurse her daughter back to health. 她趕回家去,要照顧女兒恢復(fù)健康。
3. 調(diào)養(yǎng),調(diào)治(傷病) If you nurse an illness or injury, you allow it to get better by resting as much as possible.
e.g. We're going to go home and nurse our colds. 我們打算回家調(diào)養(yǎng)感冒。
4. 懷有,抱有(強烈的希望、愿望等) If you nurse an emotion or desire, you feel it strongly for a long time.
e.g. Jane still nurses the pain of rejection... 簡仍因遭到拒絕而痛苦。 e.g. He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra. 他一直有一個夢想,希望能指揮一支自己的頂級管弦樂隊。
5. 保姆;保育員 A nurse is a person who is trained to look after young children.
e.g. 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. (嬰兒)吃奶;(母親)給…喂奶 When a baby nurses or when its mother nurses it, it feeds by sucking milk from its mother's breast.
e.g. Most authorities recommend letting the baby nurse whenever it wants. 大部分權(quán)威人士建議嬰兒餓了就隨時喂奶。 e.g. ...young women nursing babies... 給孩子喂奶的年輕媽媽
7. see also: nursery nurse;nursing;wet nurse
nurse英英釋義
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
e.g. He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs
2. give suck to
e.g. The wetnurse suckled the infant You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places