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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.

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/nɜ͟ː(r)s/
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[N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC
可数名词;头衔名词;称呼名词
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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 ; NAmE nɜːrs /
    noun
    ,
    verb
    nurse nurses nursed nursing
    noun 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 ( also nurse·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
    verb 1 [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
    suckle
    nurse / nɜːs ; NAmE nɜːrs /
    LDC
    nurse1 noun
    nurse2 verb
    nursenurse1 /nɜːs $ nɜːrs/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable]
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    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 child SYN  nanny
    nursery nurse
    , wet nurse
    nurse1 noun
    nurse2 verb
    nursenurse2 ●○○ verb
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    1sick people a)[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.GRAMMAR Nurse is never passive in this meaning.3feed a baby a)[intransitive, transitive] old-fashioned if a woman nurses a baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts SYN  breast-feed:  information on nutrition for nursing mothers b)[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.GRAMMAR Nurse 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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