| 单词 | nurse |
| 释义 | nurse n. & v. --n 1. a person trained to assist doctors in caring for the sick or infirm. 2. a person employed or trained to take charge of young children. 3. archaic = wet-nurse. 4. Forestry a tree planted as a shelter to others. 5. Zool. a sexually imperfect bee, ant, etc., caring for a young brood; a worker. --v 1. a intr. work as a nurse. b tr. attend to (a sick person). c tr. give medical attention to (an illness or injury). 2. tr. & intr. feed or be fed at the breast. 3. tr. (in passive; foll. by in) be brought up in (a specified condition) (nursed in poverty). 4. tr. hold or treat carefully or caressingly (sat nursing my feet). 5. tr. a foster; promote the development of (the arts, plants, etc.). b harbour or nurture (a grievance, hatred, etc.). c pay special attention to (nursed the voters). 6. tr. Billiards keep (the balls) together for a series of cannons. Etymology: reduced f. ME and OF norice, nurice f. LL nutricia fem. of L nutricius f. nutrix -icis f. nutrire NOURISH |
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