| 词汇 | wet-nurse |
| 释义 | wet nurse noun[ C ] uk /ˈwet ˌnɜːs/ us /ˈwet ˌnɝːs/ in the past, a woman employed to give her breast milk to another woman's baby（旧时的）奶妈，乳母 Children & babies ankle-biter arrival babe babe in arms baby children comfort blanket crawler designer baby devil munchkin neonate new addition nipper only child tantrum teethe tiddler tike toddler wet-nurse verb[ T ] UKdisapprovinguk /ˈwet.nɜːs/ us /ˈwet.nɝːs/ to treat someone too carefully as if that person is unable to do anything himself or herself悉心照料（十分仔细地照顾某人，就好像被照顾者什么都做不了） Defending and protecting air defence anti-bug anti-mosquito baby bandobast cocoon defensive duck duck and coveridiom embedded featherbedding fight back hedge insulate poisonous security camera security light self-protective self-protectiveness shelter You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Treating someone well Examples of wet nursewet nurse The relationships between the child cared for and the wetnurse would become very close. But of more concern to the wetnurse herself was the danger to her own baby, if it had managed to survive the rigours of childbirth. Campaigns were launched against the custom among the higher class to use a wetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Inscriptions indicate that a woman who was a wetnurse "(nutrix)" would be quite proud of her occupation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A woman who is engaged to breastfeed another's baby is known as a wetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Milk kinship used the practice of breast feeding by a wetnurse to feed a child either from the same community, or a neighbouring one. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It may also refer to professions that involve these functions: midwife and wetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He also wanted to make the son of his wetnurse an official of the fifth rank. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even though he has a phenomenal sense of smell, he has no odour of his own, which repelled every wetnurse in the cloister. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As a result, he had to say goodbye to his wetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She also accuses him of playing wetnurse to the president, to which he responds by throwing her to the floor and leaving her crying. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is a modern continuation of the ancient concept of the wetnurse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This case suggests that it was typical for a child's wetnurse to be responsible for raising him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For example, a wetnurse would feed and care for another womans child, in exchange for payment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Apart from the wet nurses, all female workers were general servants. See all examples of wet nurse These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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