单词 | nurse |
释义 | noun | verb nursenurse1 /nɚs/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 1 someone who is trained to take care of people who are sick or injured, usually in a hospital: A nurse began to change his dressing. I told the charge nurse (=the nurse who is responsible for the other nurses in part of a hospital) about the problem. Jo is a registered nurse.2old-fashioned a woman employed to take care of a young child SYN nanny [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French nurice, from Latin nutricius] → see also wet nurse noun | verb nursenurse2 ●○○ verb 1SICK PEOPLE a)[transitive] to take care of someone who is sick or injured: Martha nursed Ted herself. Cindy nursed the two puppies back to health. b)[intransitive usually in progressive] to work as a nurse: She spent several years nursing in a military hospital.2REST [transitive not in passive] to rest when you have an illness or injury so that it will get better: Shaw has been nursing a sore ankle.3FEED A BABY a)[intransitive, transitive] science, biology if a woman nurses a baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts b)[intransitive] if a baby nurses, it sucks milk from its mother’s breast4YOUR FEELINGS [transitive not in passive] to secretly have a feeling or idea in your mind for a long time, especially an angry feeling: nurse a grudge/grievance/ambition etc. I stayed at home, nursing my indignation.5DRINK [transitive] informal if you nurse a drink, especially an alcoholic one, you drink it very slowly6TAKE CARE OF something [transitive] to take special care of something, especially during a difficult situation: nurse something through/along etc. He nursed the project along, until it was completed.7HOLD [transitive] literary to hold something carefully in your hands or arms close to your body: a child nursing a kitten[Origin: 1500–1600 nursh to nourish (14–16 centuries), from nourish] |
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