| 单词 | wet nurse |
| 释义 | wet nurse also wet-nurse Word forms: plural wet nurses countable noun In former times, a wet nurse was a woman who was paid to breast-feed another woman's baby. wet nurse in British Englishnoun 1. a woman hired to suckle the child of another verb wet-nurse (transitive) 2. to act as a wet nurse to (a child) 3. informal to attend with great devotion wet-nurse in British English (ˈwɛtnɜːs) verb (transitive) 1. to act as a wet nurse to (a child) The chief's son was wet-nursed in the cottage of a humble clanswoman. 2. informal to attend with great devotion Once you get there, there is no one to wet-nurse you. wet nurse in American English a woman hired to suckle another's child wet-nurse in American English (ˈwɛtˌnɜrs) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈwet-ˌnursed or ˈwet-ˌnursing 1. to act as wet nurse to 2. to give overly careful attention to Examples of 'wet nurse' in a sentence |
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