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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - This influence comes from stories told by his grandmother, his wet nurse and from the war of 1812 and his exiling to the southern Russia.
外祖母、奶娘的故事、1812年战争、南俄流放、亲朋的相继死亡和十二月党人的悲剧都极大地影响着普希金对死亡的思考。 - A housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the far east.
阿妈印度和远东的女佣，特别是奶妈。 - 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。 - 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。 - I plan to hire a wet nurse to take care of the baby, which is less than a month old.
我打算雇一位乳娘来照顾还没满月的小宝宝。