单词 | nurse |
释义 | nurse (once / 87 pages) nv A nurse is a trained healthcare worker who takes care of sick people. To nurse is to take care of, like if you nurse a baby bird back to health. To become a nurse, you have to go to college and study subjects like anatomy and nutrition. Some nurses assist doctors and perform tasks like bathing patients, taking blood samples, or giving medication. When you use the word nurse as a verb, it means "care for," and also "breastfeed a baby." The Latin root, nutrire, means "to nourish." To nurse a drink is to drink it slowly, and to nurse an idea is to mull it over. WORD FAMILYnurse: nursed, nurser, nursery, nurses, nursing+/nurser: nursers/nursery: nurseries/nursing: nursings USAGE EXAMPLESKalamazoo, Mich., now sends nurses into homes to combat the city’s high rate of infant mortality. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Also called pneumococcus, this pathogen is the most common perpetrator of community-acquired pneumonia, which is pneumonia that people get outside hospitals and nursing homes. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) In walk the X-ray technician, the doctor and a nurse. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) Exp|Hypo|Hyper Edith Louisa Cavell English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915) Florence NightingaleEnglish nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) Margaret Higgins SangerUnited States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966) foster-nurse a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own graduate nurse, trained nursesomeone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school head nursethe person in charge of nursing in a medical institution LPN, licensed practical nurse, practical nursea nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick matrona woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution accoucheuse, midwifea woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies probationer, student nursea nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period RN, registered nursea graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration scrub nursea nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery visiting nursea nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes nurse-midwifea registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife NP, nurse clinician, nurse practitionera registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician PCP, caregiver, health care provider, health professional, primary care provider a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability 2n a woman who is the custodian of children Syn|Hypo|Hyper nanny, nursemaid dry nurse a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnursea woman hired to suckle a child of someone else keeper someone in charge of other people adult female, womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man) 3v serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people Hyper care, give care provide care for 4v give suck to You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places Syn|Ant|Hyper breastfeed, give suck, lactate, suck, suckle, wet-nurse suck draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth bottlefeed feed (infants) with a bottle feed, give give food to 5v try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs Hyper care for, treat provide treatment for 6v treat carefully He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly Hyper do by, handle, treat interact in a certain way 7v maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) Syn|Hyper entertain, harbor, harbour, hold experience, feel undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind |
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