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 was breast-fed by a wet nurse.
他是奶妈奶大的。 - 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。 - My wet nurse said the same thing, Will, Royce replied. Never believe anything you hear at a womans tit.
威尔，我奶妈也说过这话，罗伊斯回答：千万别相信你在女人怀里听到的东西。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Only his wet nurse, who always used to say she would wait till he got married and had a son, then come look after him, was now ill and bedridden.
只有自己的乳母，从前常说等自己婚养了儿子来抱小孩子的，现在病得不能起床。 - Napoleon, the Prophet Mohammed and I have one thing in common. We were all breast-fed by a wet nurse.
我、拿破仑和默罕默德有一个共同点我们都是由奶妈喂大的。 - The wet nurse went over to investigate. When she reached the other boat, the first thing she saw was a pool of blood!
奶妈于是过去查个究竟。当她来到那只船时，首先看到的竟是一滩鲜血。