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  • Conjugation : past  nursed ; ing  nursing
  • Derivatives : n  nurser
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

nurse [nəːs]
  1. 1. noun [c] (in hospital) 护士
  2. 2. noun [o.f.] (nanny) 保姆
  3. 3. vt. [+patient] 照料
  4. 4. vt. [+cold] [ injury] 护理
    to nurse a grudge against sb
    某人怀恨在心

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

nurse [nɜːs]
  1. 1. vt. 治疗调养
    Henry was nursing a bad injury, so Payne acted as Director.
    亨利受伤严重正在调养因此佩恩担当主管
    He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs.
    他用中草药治疗他的感冒
  2. 2. vt. 心中怀有
    I still nurse anger and resentment from my childhood.
    心中依旧怀有童年时就有的怒气怨恨
  3. 3. verb 看护护理
    Susan had nursed Dot all through his illness.
    多特生病整个期间,都是由苏珊看护的。
  4. 4. vt. 小心对待精心照料
    They moved to a house so their son could be nursed the whole day.
    他们搬到了一栋房子里,以便可以全天精心照料他们的儿子
    He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly.
    小心呵护花园里的花,并按时他们施肥
    He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon.
    他每天下午在床上躺好几个小时以便护理受伤后背
  5. 5. verb 给……喂奶
    The young mother was nursing her baby daughter.
    那位年轻妈妈正在自己的宝贝女儿喂奶
    You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places.
    不能一些公共场所孩子喂奶
  6. 6. n.[c] 护士
    A nurse remained by the bed monitoring Mike's pulse.
    一个护士呆在床旁,监测麦克脉搏
  7. 7. n.[c] 育儿保姆保育员
    We need more parents to help interview prospective children's nurses.
    我们需要更多父母,来协助面试未来的育儿保姆

Collins English-English Dictionary

nurse [n3ːs]
  1. 1. n a person who tends the sick, injured, or infirm
  2. 2. n short for nursemaid
  3. 3. n a woman employed to breast-feed another woman's child; wet nurse
  4. 4. n a worker in a colony of social insects that takes care of the larvae
  5. 5. vb [mainly tr] [also intr] to tend (the sick)
  6. 6. vb [also intr] to feed (a baby) at the breast; suckle
  7. 7. vb to try to cure (an ailment)
  8. 8. vb to clasp carefully or fondly
    she nursed the crying child in her arms
  9. 9. vb [also intr] (of a baby) to suckle at the breast (of)
  10. 10. vb to look after (a child) as one's employment
  11. 11. vb to attend to carefully; foster, cherish
    he nursed the magazine through its first year
    having a very small majority he nursed the constituency diligently
  12. 12. vb to harbour; preserve
    to nurse a grudge
  13. 13. vb [billiards] to keep (the balls) together for a series of cannons
  14. 14. vb [Etymology] C16: from earlier norice, Old French nourice, from Late Latin nutricia nurse, from Latin nutricius nourishing, from nutrire to nourish

Examples

an attendant nurse
护理的护士
a nurse at his bedside
在他床边护理的护士
a nurse charged with the care of a child
负责照管某孩子的女保姆
to nurse an injured leg
小心护理受伤的腿
to relieve a nurse
接一个护士的班;(尤指棒球)更换投手

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