nurse

单词音标

nurse音标[nә:s]

汉语翻译

n. 护士, 保姆, 奶妈

vt. 看护, 照顾, 培养

vi. 喂奶, 看护病人

【医】 护士

相关词组:

at nurse

词型变化

名词:nurser动词过去式:nursed过去分词:nursed现在分词:nursing第三人称单数:nurses

词意辨析

nurse, tend, foster, cultivate, cherish

这些动词均含“照料、培育”之意。

nurse: 通常指对无力自顾的婴儿、病人等进行照料或护理。

tend: 指出于责任心、博爱心而不是私人感情去对人或物进行照顾。

foster: 指对孩子的关心、鼓励、供养及抚养其成长；也指鼓励、促进事物的增长与发展。

cultivate: 具体意义指耕耘、培育植物；抽象意义指培养兴趣或向往的理想事物。

cherish: 强调抚育或爱抚。

英语解释

名词 nurse:

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

a woman who is the custodian of children

同义词：nanny, nursemaid

动词 nurse:

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

同义词：harbor, harbour, hold, entertain

serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people

treat carefully

give suck to

同义词：breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck

例句

A nurse came to put on a clean dressing for him.

一位护士来给他包上干净的绷带。

Jane and Mary are good friends; the former is a teacher, the latter is a nurse.

珍和玛丽是好朋友，前者是老师，后者是护士。

She spends her spare time nursing her old mother.

她的业余时间都花在照顾她年老的母亲上。

My daughter is a nurse.

我女儿是一名护士。

详细解释

nurse

n.（名词）

A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.

护士，看护：被教育和训练用来照顾病人或残废人的人

A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.

奶妈：被雇佣给别人的而不是自己的孩子哺乳的人；奶妈

A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.

保姆，养育者：被雇佣来照看孩子的妇女；保姆

One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means:

养育者，培养者：做为养育或培养因素或方法者：

例句：

.Town life is the nurse of civilization.(C.L.R. James)

.城市生活是文明的养育者.(C.L.R.詹姆斯)

Zoology A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony`s young.

【动物学】 工蚁，工蜂：喂养和照料共生蚁群或共生蜂群幼虫的工蚁或工蜂

v.（动词）

nursed,nurs.ing,nurs.es

v.tr.（及物动词）

To serve as a nurse for:

看护：给…当护士：

例句：

nursed the patient back to health.

护理病人恢复健康

To feed at the breast; suckle.

给…喂奶；哺乳

To try to cure by special care or treatment:

调养，调治：试图通过特殊护理或治疗而治愈：

例句：

nurse a cough with various remedies.

用各种药方治疗咳嗽

To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain:

护理：小心地对待，尤指为防止疼痛：

例句：

He nursed his injured knee by shifting his weight to the other leg.

把重心移到另一腿上，以护理他受伤的膝盖

To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster:

细心管理，仔细栽培：小心地操纵或指导；细心照料；培养：

例句：

nursed her business through the depression.See Synonyms at nurture

在经济萧条中精心料理她的生意参见 nurture

To bear privately in the mind:

怀有：脑中私自抱有想法：

例句：

nursing a grudge.

怀恨在心

To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve:

节约使用：精打细算地花：

例句：

nursed one drink for the whole evening.

整个晚上在慢慢地品一杯酒

v.intr.（不及物动词）

To serve as a nurse.

当护士

To take nourishment from the breast; suckle.

吸奶：从乳房中吸取营养；吸奶

来源：

Middle English norice, nurse [wet nurse]

中古英语 norice, nurse [奶妈]

from Old French norrice

源自 古法语 norrice

from Vulgar Latin *nutrocia

源自 俗拉丁语 *nutrocia

from Late Latin nôtrocia

源自 后期拉丁语 nôtrocia

from feminine of Latin nôtrocius [that suckles]

源自 拉丁语 nôtrocius的阴性词 [喂奶]

from nôtrox nôtroc- [wet nurse] * see (s)n3u-

源自 nôtrox nôtroc- [奶妈] *参见 (s)n3u-

【引伸】

nurs.er

n.（名词）