| [/nɜːs; nəs/] n 用法:
1 person, usu female, trained to help a doctor to look after the sick or injured 护士:
Red Cross nurses 红十字会护士 *
Male nurses are often employed in hospitals for the mentally ill. 精神病院常雇用男护士护理精神病人. *
a psychiatric nurse, ie one who works in a mental hospital 精神病院的护士. 用法:
2 (also `nursemaid) woman or girl employed to look after babies or small children 保育员; 保姆; 照顾小孩的女用人. Cf 参看 nanny 1. 用法:
3 (also `wet nurse) woman employed to breast-feed a baby who is not her own 奶妈; 奶母. nurse 2
[/nɜːs; nəs/] v 用法:
1 [I, Tn] take care of (the sick or injured); look after (sb) 看护, 护理（病人或受伤者）; 照顾（某人）:
My mother's been nursing for 40 years. 我母亲40年来一直做护理工作. *
She nurses her aged mother. 她照顾年迈的母亲. 用法:
2 [I, Tn] be breast-fed; breast-feed (sb) 以人乳哺养; 给（某人）喂奶, 哺乳:
The baby was nursing/being nursed at its mother's breast. 那个孩子正在吃母亲的奶. 用法:
3 [Tn] hold (sb/sth) carefully and lovingly （小心、 疼爱地）抱, 持（某人[某物]）:
nurse a child, puppy 疼爱地搂著小孩、 小狗 *
nurse a fragile vase in one's arms 小心地抱著易碎的花瓶. 用法:
4 (a) [Tn, Tn.p] give special care to (sth); help to develop 特别照料（某事物）; 培养:
nurse young plants (along) 培育幼苗 *
nurse a project 协助一计画 *
nurse a constituency, ie visit it often, etc in order to gain or retain votes 笼络选区的选民（时常访问等以争取选票） *
nurse a cold, ie stay warm, stay in bed, etc in order to cure it quickly 调治伤风（保暖、 卧床等以便早日痊愈）.
(b) [Tn] think a lot about (sth); foster (sth) in the mind 思考（某事）; 心存,心怀（某事）:
nurse feelings of revenge, hopes of promotion,etc 心存报复、 晋升的希望等 *
nurse a grievance 心怀不满. |