wet nurse

英 [ˈwet nɜːs]

美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]

n.  (通常指旧时的)奶妈，乳母

医学

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

• a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
  Synonym:wet-nursewetnurseamah

双语例句

• Engels once compared taxes to the wet nurse of the government.
  恩格斯曾把赋税比作政府的乳娘。
• 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 admits some might view hiring a wet nurse as exploitation, but he disagrees.'They need higher pay and a better job while I need them to look after my baby.
  他承认有的人会认为雇奶妈是剥削，但他不同意这种看法。
• Napoleon, the Prophet Mohammed and I have one thing in common. We were all breast-fed by a wet nurse.
  我、拿破仑和默罕默德有一个共同点我们都是由奶妈喂大的。
• He was breast-fed by a wet nurse.
  他是奶妈奶大的。
• Woman is unrivaled as a wet nurse.
  作为奶妈，女人是无与伦比的。
• Stannis furrowed his brow. "I was told that the wet nurse was this man craster's wife."
  史坦尼斯额头皱了起来。“据我所知这奶妈是卡斯特的妻子。”
• 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。
• 'I have to ask the husband face-to-face whether he will let his wife work as a wet nurse,'he says.
  他说，我得当面问她们的老公，他愿不愿意让老婆去当奶妈。
• The wet nurse, said lady melisandre. "your grace gave her freedom of the castle."
  “那个奶妈，”梅丽珊卓夫人说道。“陛下大人准许她在城堡内自由起居。”