nurse

nurse, tend, foster, cultivate, cherish

名词 nurse:

1. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
2. a woman who is the custodian of children
   同义词：nanny, nursemaid

动词 nurse:

1. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
   同义词：harbor, harbour, hold, entertain
3. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
4. treat carefully
5. give suck to
   同义词：breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck

1. A nurse came to put on a clean dressing for him.
   一位护士来给他包上干净的绷带。
2. Jane and Mary are good friends; the former is a teacher, the latter is a nurse.
   珍和玛丽是好朋友，前者是老师，后者是护士。
3. She spends her spare time nursing her old mother.
   她的业余时间都花在照顾她年老的母亲上。
4. My daughter is a nurse.
   我女儿是一名护士。

nurse

n.（名词）
A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.
护士，看护：被教育和训练用来照顾病人或残废人的人

A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
奶妈：被雇佣给别人的而不是自己的孩子哺乳的人；奶妈
A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.
保姆，养育者：被雇佣来照看孩子的妇女；保姆
One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means:
养育者，培养者：做为养育或培养因素或方法者：
例句：
.Town life is the nurse of civilization.(C.L.R. James)
.城市生活是文明的养育者.(C.L.R.詹姆斯)

Zoology A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony`s young.
【动物学】 工蚁，工蜂：喂养和照料共生蚁群或共生蜂群幼虫的工蚁或工蜂
v.（动词）
nursed,nurs.ing,nurs.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To serve as a nurse for:
看护：给…当护士：
例句：
nursed the patient back to health.
护理病人恢复健康

To feed at the breast; suckle.
给…喂奶；哺乳
To try to cure by special care or treatment:
调养，调治：试图通过特殊护理或治疗而治愈：
例句：
nurse a cough with various remedies.
用各种药方治疗咳嗽

To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain:
护理：小心地对待，尤指为防止疼痛：
例句：
He nursed his injured knee by shifting his weight to the other leg.
把重心移到另一腿上，以护理他受伤的膝盖

To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster:
细心管理，仔细栽培：小心地操纵或指导；细心照料；培养：
例句：
nursed her business through the depression.See Synonyms at nurture
在经济萧条中精心料理她的生意参见 nurture

To bear privately in the mind:
怀有：脑中私自抱有想法：
例句：
nursing a grudge.
怀恨在心

To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve:
节约使用：精打细算地花：
例句：
nursed one drink for the whole evening.
整个晚上在慢慢地品一杯酒

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To serve as a nurse.
当护士
To take nourishment from the breast; suckle.
吸奶：从乳房中吸取营养；吸奶

来源：
Middle English norice, nurse [wet nurse]
中古英语 norice, nurse [奶妈]
from Old French norrice
源自 古法语 norrice
from Vulgar Latin *nutrocia
源自 俗拉丁语 *nutrocia
from Late Latin nôtrocia
源自 后期拉丁语 nôtrocia
from feminine of Latin nôtrocius [that suckles]
源自 拉丁语 nôtrocius的阴性词 [喂奶]
from nôtrox nôtroc- [wet nurse] * see (s)n3u-
源自 nôtrox nôtroc- [奶妈] *参见 (s)n3u-

【引伸】
nurs.er
n.（名词）