wet nurse
英 [ˈwet nɜːs]
美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]
n. (通常指旧时的)奶妈,乳母
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
双语例句
- '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。 - 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。 - I plan to hire a wet nurse to take care of the baby, which is less than a month old.
我打算雇一位乳娘来照顾还没满月的小宝宝。 - 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。” - 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。 - Woman is unrivaled as a wet nurse.
作为奶妈,女人是无与伦比的。 - A housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the far east.
阿妈印度和远东的女佣,特别是奶妈。 - 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。 - The wet nurse are the lactating women that are employed to feed other children with milk.
奶妈指受雇以乳汁喂养他人幼儿的哺乳期妇女,是传统女性谋生的重要职业营生之一。