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dry-nurse

/ˈdraɪ ˌnɜːrs/

翻译: 过时动词,指担任保姆的职责,即照顾孩子但不进行母乳喂养;比喻义指提供不必要或令人厌烦的建议,或过度监管。

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词语关系

verb

/ˈdraɪ ˌnɜːrs/formalbritish已废弃
  • zh过时动词,指担任保姆的职责,即照顾孩子但不进行母乳喂养;比喻义指提供不必要或令人厌烦的建议,或过度监管。

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.

    zh非母乳喂养照护婴儿

    • 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.

    同义词bottlefeed

    反义词breastfeednursesucklewet nurse

词形
  • dry-nursed past participle
  • dry-nursed past simple
  • dry-nursing present participle
  • dry-nurses third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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