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
- He admits some might view hiring a wet nurse as exploitation, but he disagrees.'They need higher pay and a better job while I need them to look after my baby.
他承认有的人会认为雇奶妈是剥削，但他不同意这种看法。 - 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。 - When Hung-chien first came back to china, the house was spacious and ah ch'ou had a wet nurse to look after him, so that ah ch'ou did not become a nuisance.
鸿渐初回国，家里房子大，阿丑有奶妈领着，所以还不甚碍眼讨厌。 - He was breast-fed by a wet nurse.
他是奶妈奶大的。 - I tried to find him a wet nurse.
我曾试过给他找个好保姆。 - When the wet nurse came on board, it struggled and twisted.
当奶妈上船时，小猪正在挣扎扭动。 - Woman is unrivaled as a wet nurse.
作为奶妈，女人是无与伦比的。 - Then there's the problem of what to do with a wet nurse's own child, since many of the women move in with their employers and, sometimes, they aren't allowed to bring their own babies to work.
还有一个问题就是，这些奶妈自己的孩子怎么办，因为很多奶妈都跟雇主一起生活，有时她们被禁止带自己的孩子去雇主家。 - Acting like a wet nurse to them low-down, poor white trash instead of being here eating her supper.
象护士一样为那些下等的可怜穷人去接生，而不是在这里吃晚餐。 - He also asks that the families go to the hospital together while the wet nurse gets a checkup.
他还要求奶妈体检时雇主一家人也一块儿去。