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单词 nursemaid
释义 nursemaid
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: nurse (I) + maid
1. : one who is regularly employed to look after children
2. : one who guards or takes care
 < became to his people a combination oracle and nursemaid — M.R.Werner >
 < was the nursemaid to … polo ponies — James Jones >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to watch over or take care of in a solicitous manner
 < grateful to a conductor who nursemaids six soloists — Virgil Thomson >
 < that engine … was greased and cleaned and nursemaided — C.S.Forester >
 < in the midst of the school crossing … nursemaiding moppets — R.M.Stern >
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