dry nurse

短语

[医] [婴儿]保育员

词形变化

dry nurses 复数 dry nursed dry nurses 三单 dry nursing dry nursing 现在分词 dry nursed 过去式 dry nursed 过去分词

别名

drynurse

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.

    历史

    The family found a dry nurse to take care of the infant.

  2. 2.

    An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.

    古体 俚语 航海 交通
v.
  1. 1.

    To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.

  2. 2.

    Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.

    古体 俚语 航海 交通

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

nurse nanny nursemaid
动词

上位词 1

care

词源

To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby.

来源：wiktionary