dry-nurse

• فعل قديم يعني القيام بواجبات المربية، أي رعاية الطفل دون إرضاعه من الثدي، ويُستعمل مجازًا للإشارة إلى تقديم نصائح زائدة أو متطفلة أو فرض إشراف مفرط.

An obsolete verb meaning to act as a dry nurse, i.e., to take care of a child without breastfeeding it, or metaphorically, to give unnecessary or meddlesome advice or supervision.

1. Care for an infant without breastfeedingC2formalbritish

   To take care of a baby or young child without providing breast milk, typically by bottle-feeding or other means.

   رعاية الرضيع دون إرضاع

   • In the 19th century, wealthy families often hired a woman to dry-nurse their infants.
   • She was employed to dry-nurse the newborn while the mother recovered.
   • The practice of dry-nursing was common before modern formula became widely available.

   المرادفاتbottlefeed

   الأضدادbreastfeednursesucklewet nurse