wet-nurse

英 [ˈwet nɜːs]

美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]

n.  (旧时的)乳母,奶妈

复数：wet-nurses　

英英释义

noun

• a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
  Synonym:wet nursewetnurseamah

verb

• give suck to
  1. The wetnurse suckled the infant
  2. You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
  Synonym:breastfeedsucklesucknurselactategive suck

双语例句

• "I don't need a wet-nurse any more, why should I keep an ancestress like this?"
  “如今我又吃不着奶了，白白的养着祖宗作什么！”
• He refused to hire a wet-nurse, insisting that his wife suckle the child herself. fortunately, she had enough milk.
  他因为爱孩子，不愿意雇奶妈来喂奶，要他的妻自己抚养孩子，好在妻的奶汁也很够。
• We plan to wet-nurse the most promising little men to the point where they are good customers for our conventional banking operations.
  我们计划特别关照这些大有可为的小人物，使他们成为我们传统银行业运转的好顾客。