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

• 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。
• 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。
• My wet nurse said the same thing, Will, Royce replied. Never believe anything you hear at a womans tit.
  威尔，我奶妈也说过这话，罗伊斯回答：千万别相信你在女人怀里听到的东西。
• I tried to find him a wet nurse.
  我曾试过给他找个好保姆。
• 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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• He was breast-fed by a wet nurse.
  他是奶妈奶大的。
• 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。
• 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。