The word "nurse" can be used as a noun meaning a person who cares for the sick, or as a verb meaning to care for someone who is ill, to recover from an illness, or to harbor a strong emotion.
The word "nurse" can be used as a noun meaning a person who cares for the sick, or as a verb meaning to care for someone who is ill, to recover from an illness, or to harbor a strong emotion.
]护士 A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill.
She had spent 29 years as a nurse...
她做了29年的护士。
Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.
因为护理人员严重不足,患者生命垂危。
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[VERB 动词]护理;照顾;照料 If you nurse someone, you care for them when they are ill.
[V n]
[V n backto n]
All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him...
他生病的这些年来,我妈妈一直照料着他。
She rushed home to nurse her daughter back to health.
她赶回家去,要照顾女儿恢复健康。
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[VERB 动词]调养,调治(伤病) If you nurse an illness or injury, you allow it to get better by resting as much as possible.
[V n]
We're going to go home and nurse our colds.
我们打算回家调养感冒。
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[VERB 动词]怀有,抱有(强烈的希望、愿望等) If you nurse an emotion or desire, you feel it strongly for a long time.
[V n]
Jane still nurses the pain of rejection...
简仍因遭到拒绝而痛苦。
He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra.
他一直有一个梦想,希望能指挥一支自己的顶级管弦乐队。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]保姆;保育员 A nurse is a person who is trained to look after young children.
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
Every morning she got up early with the children and the nurse.
每天早晨,她和孩子、保姆一起早早起床。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](婴儿)吃奶;(母亲)给…喂奶 When a baby nurses or when its mother nurses it, it feeds by sucking milk from its mother's breast.
[V]
[V n]
[V-ing]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
Most authorities recommend letting the baby nurse whenever it wants.
大部分权威人士建议婴儿饿了就随时喂奶。
...young women nursing babies...
给孩子喂奶的年轻妈妈
Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges.
未成年人和哺乳期女性免予起诉。
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See also:
nursery nurse
;
nursing
;
wet nurse
;
Oxford
nurse★/nɜːs; NAmEnɜːrs/
noun
,
verb
nursenursesnursednursingnoun★1★a person whose job is to take care of sick or injured people, usually in a hospital 护士◆a qualified/registered nurse合格的╱注册护士◆student nurses实习护士◆a male nurse男护士◆a dental nurse (= one who helps a dentist)牙科护士◆a psychiatric nurse (= one who works in a hospital for people with mental illnesses)精神病医院的护士◆Nurse Bennett贝内特护士◆Nurse, come quickly!护士,快过来!☞see also
charge nurse
,
district nurse
,
practical nurse
,
registered nurse
,
staff nurse
☞note at
gender
2(alsonurse·maid)( old-fashioned) (in the past) a woman or girl whose job was to take care of babies or small children in their own homes (旧时雇主家中的)女保育员,保母,女仆☞see also
nursery nurse
,
wet nurse
verb1[transitive ]nursesb to care for sb who is ill/sick or injured 看护,照料(病人或伤者)◆He worked in a hospital for ten years nursing cancer patients.他在一所医院里工作了十年,护理癌症病人。◆She nursedher daughter back to health.她照料女儿恢复了健康。2[transitive ]nursesth to take care of an injury or illness 调治,调养(伤病)◆Several weeks after the match, he was still nursing a shoulder injury.比赛过去几个星期了,他仍在疗养肩伤。◆You'd better go to bed and nurse that cold.你最好上床睡觉,把感冒治好。◆( figurative) She was nursing her hurt pride.她的自尊受挫,正在慢慢恢复。☞collocationsat
ill
3[transitive ]nursesth ( formal) to have a strong feeling or idea in your mind for a long time 怀抱;怀有;心藏SYN
harbour
◆to nurse an ambition/a grievance/a grudge心怀壮志╱不满╱怨恨◆She had been nursing a secret desire to see him again.她一直暗暗渴望再次见到他。4[transitive ]nursesth to give special care or attention to sb/sth 培育;培养;悉心照料◆to nurse tender young plants悉心照料嫩苗5[transitive ]nursesb/sth to hold sb/sth carefully in your arms or close to your body 搂抱;小心抱着◆He sat nursing his cup of coffee.他坐在那里小心翼翼地捧着他那杯咖啡。6[intransitive , transitive ](of a woman or female animal 妇女或雌性动物)to feed a baby with milk from the breast 喂奶;哺育SYN
suckle
◆a nursing mother正在喂奶的母亲nursesb/sth ◆The lioness is still nursing her cubs.这只母狮还在给它的幼崽喂奶。☞compare
breastfeed
7[intransitive ](of a baby 婴儿)to suck milk from its mother's breast 吃奶;吸奶SYN
1someone whose job is to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital: The nurse is coming to give you an injection. The school nurse sent Sara home. a male nurse a senior nurse a student nurse (=someone who is learning to be a nurse) a psychiatric nurse (=a nurse for people who are mentally ill) a community nurse →
district nurse
, staff nurse
2old-fashioned a woman employed to look after a young childSYN nanny →
nursery nurse
, wet nurse
nurse1 noun
nurse2 verb
nursenurse2 ●○○ verb
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1sick peoplea)[transitive] to look after someone who is ill or injured: He’s been nursing an elderly relative. After Ray’s operation, Mrs Stallard nursed him back to health.b)[intransitive usually in progressive] to work as a nurse: She spent several years nursing in a military hospital.2rest [transitive] to rest when you have an illness or injury so that it will get better: Shaw has been nursing an injury, and will not play on Sunday.GRAMMARNurse is never passive in this meaning.3feed a babya)[intransitive, transitive] old-fashioned if a woman nurses a baby, she feeds it with milk from her breastsSYN breast-feed: information on nutrition for nursing mothersb)[intransitive] if a baby nurses, it sucks milk from its mother’s breast4your feelings [transitive] to keep a feeling or idea in your mind for a long time, especially an angry feelingnurse a grudge/grievance/ambition etc For years he had nursed a grievance against his former employer.GRAMMARNurse is never passive in this meaning.5take care of something [transitive] to take special care of something, especially during a difficult situationnurse something through/along etc He bought the hotel in 1927 and managed to nurse it through the Depression.6drink [transitive] informal if you nurse a drink, especially an alcoholic one, you drink it very slowly: Oliver sat at the bar, nursing a bottle of beer.7hold [transitive] literary to hold something carefully in your hands or arms close to your body: a child nursing a kitten
WDF
nurse
[nɜ:s]nursed, nursing, nurses
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nursed[910] nurses[7250] nursing[5921]
护士(81%),护理(9%),保姆(6%),看护(3%),栽培(1%)
vt.看护,护理;照顾;培养;给…喂奶
vi.照料,护理;喂奶;当保姆
n.护士;奶妈,保姆
n.(Nurse)人名;(英)纳斯
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