wet nurse
英 [ˈwet nɜːs]
美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]
n. (通常指旧时的)奶妈，乳母
牛津词典
noun
- （通常指旧时的）奶妈，乳母
(usually in the past) a woman employed to feed another woman's baby with her own breast milk
柯林斯词典
- (旧时的)乳母,奶妈
In former times, awet nursewas a woman who was paid to breast-feed another woman's baby.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- The wet nurse, said lady melisandre. "your grace gave her freedom of the castle."
“那个奶妈，”梅丽珊卓夫人说道。“陛下大人准许她在城堡内自由起居。” - Acting like a wet nurse to them low-down, poor white trash instead of being here eating her supper.
象护士一样为那些下等的可怜穷人去接生，而不是在这里吃晚餐。 - My wet nurse said the same thing, Will, Royce replied. Never believe anything you hear at a womans tit.
威尔，我奶妈也说过这话，罗伊斯回答：千万别相信你在女人怀里听到的东西。 - He was breast-fed by a wet nurse.
他是奶妈奶大的。 - A housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the far east.
阿妈印度和远东的女佣，特别是奶妈。 - According to an unwritten rule in old families, grandparents were expected to pay for the grandson's wet nurse.
依照旧家庭的不成文法，孙子的乳母应当由祖父母出钱雇的。 - I plan to hire a wet nurse to take care of the baby, which is less than a month old.
我打算雇一位乳娘来照顾还没满月的小宝宝。 - When Hung-chien first came back to china, the house was spacious and ah ch'ou had a wet nurse to look after him, so that ah ch'ou did not become a nuisance.
鸿渐初回国，家里房子大，阿丑有奶妈领着，所以还不甚碍眼讨厌。 - He admits some might view hiring a wet nurse as exploitation, but he disagrees.'They need higher pay and a better job while I need them to look after my baby.
他承认有的人会认为雇奶妈是剥削，但他不同意这种看法。 - 'I have to ask the husband face-to-face whether he will let his wife work as a wet nurse,'he says.
他说，我得当面问她们的老公，他愿不愿意让老婆去当奶妈。