nurse

[nə:s]

n.护士, 保姆
v.看护, 护理

n.[C]

1. 护士

She is a nurse for ward duty.

她是一位病房护士。

2. 保姆, 奶妈

3. 养育者; 起源[(+of)]

Town life is the nurse of civilization.

城市生活是文明的摇篮。

4. 护理, 照料

5. 【动】代哺母兽

6. 【农】防护树

vt.

1. 看护, 护理; 当……的保姆

She spends all her time nursing her old father.

她花全部的时间照料年迈的父亲。

2. 给……喂奶; 吸……的奶

Mother is nursing the baby.

母亲正在给婴儿喂奶。

3. 调治(疾病)

I stayed in bed and nursed my cold.

我患感冒后卧床养病。

4. 培养; 培育; 精心料理; 悉心照料

He nursed the house plants through a long winter.

在漫长的冬季他一直精心照料室内盆栽植物。

He nursed his delicate orchids.

他悉心照料精致的兰花。

5. 紧抱, 爱抚

The child is nursing the kitten.

孩子紧抱着小猫。

6. 怀有, 抱着(想法等)

He nursed the dream of becoming a great writer.

他抱有成为大作家的梦想。

vi.

1. 当护士; 护理

She took up nursing as a career.

她以当护士为职业。

2. 当保姆; 照料

3. 当奶妈; 喂奶; (婴儿)吃奶[(+at)]

The baby is nursing at its mother's breast.

小婴儿在母亲怀中吃奶。

词形变化

名词: nurser | 动词过去式: nursed | 动词过去分词: nursed | 动词现在分词: nursing | 动词第三人称单数: nurses |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.养育; 培育

nurture  nourish  foster  feed  sustain  mind  tend to  care for  

同义参见:

tend  medicate  treat  governess  mother  rear  harbor  sister  

英英释义

名词 nurse:

one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

a woman who is the custodian of children

同义词：nanny, nursemaid

动词 nurse:

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

同义词：harbor, harbour, hold, entertain

serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people

treat carefully

give suck to

同义词：breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck

短语词组

at nurse

1. 由保姆照看

The baby is still at nurse.

这幼儿仍由保姆照料。

nurse through

1. 细心照料……使之恢复

She helped the doctor to nurse her elderly mother through.

她帮助医生细心照料年迈的母亲, 使她恢复健康。

put to nurse

1. 请人照看; 把……寄养于人

We'll have to put the baby to nurse.

我们只能请人照看婴孩。

补充

nursenurse英:[nə:s] 美:[nɚs]n.1.护士The nurse wore a pleated cap on her head.护士头上戴着打褶的小帽。2.保育员; 保姆vt. & vi.1.护理, 照料2.喂, 吃奶The baby is nursing at its mother's breasts.那孩子正在吃妈妈的奶。

例句

1. She had spent 29 years as a nurse.她当了29年护士。 2. Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.因为护理人员严重不足, 患者生命垂危。 3. Two days after his brother's death, Jim started training as a psychiatric nurse.哥哥去世两天后, 吉姆开始参加精神科护士培训。 4. All the years he was sick, my mother had nursed him.他生病的那些年里, 是我妈妈一直在照料他。 5. She rushed home to nurse her daughter back to health.她赶回家去, 照顾女儿恢复健康。 6. She stayed to nurse him when he was ill.他生病时, 她就留下来照看他。 7. We're going to go home and nurse our colds.我们打算回家调养, 把感冒治好。 8. Do you want to go to bed and nurse that tooth?你想睡个觉调理一下牙痛吗？ 9. Jane still nurses the pain of rejection.简仍在因遭到拒绝而痛苦。 10. He had nursed an ambition to lead his own orchestra.他一直有一个梦想, 希望能指挥一支自己的管弦乐队。 11. Nikko was already nursing a grudge against her because of what had happened this morning.因为早上发生的事, 尼科已经对她心生怨恨。 12. The killer is believed to be a customer nursing a grudge after being thrown out of the club.据说那个凶手是一位因被逐出俱乐部而怀恨在心的顾客。 13. Most authorities recommend letting the baby nurse whenever it wants.大部分权威人士建议婴儿想吃奶就随时吃。 14. Mother nursed me back to health.我在妈妈的护理下恢复了健康。 15. to nurse a cold调治感冒 16. to nurse one's mother吃母奶 17. to nurse young plant养护幼苗 18. He nursed a large number of new talents.他培养了一大批新秀。 19. He was nursed in London.他是在伦敦长大的。 20. She nursed her kitten all evening.整个晚上她一直抱着她的小猫咪。 21. You need a housekeeper to nurse your property.你需要雇用一名管家来精心料理你的家产。 22. I had to nurse the damaged car home.我不得不把撞坏了的汽车小心翼翼地开回家。 23. to nurse one's money精打细算地花钱 24. to nurse one's cup of coffee慢慢啜饮一杯咖啡 25. to nurse a grudge怀有怨恨 26. She is nursing in a hospital.她现在在一家医院做护士工作。 27. her mother's old nurse.她妈妈的老保姆。 28. he was gradually nursed back to health.他得到治疗及护理逐渐恢复了健康。 29. she nursed at the hospital for 30 years.她在医院做了30年护理工作。 30. he nursed his hurt pride.他努力恢复受伤的自尊心。 31. he nursed his small case on his lap.他紧紧地护着放在大腿上的小箱子。 32. I nursed a double brandy.我拿着一杯双份白兰地，不时地呷上一口。 33. I still nurse anger and resentment.我心头依然愤懑不平。 34. our political unity needs to be protected and nursed.我们必须悉心维护政治上的团结一致。 35. [as adj. nursing]nursing mothers.正在给孩子喂奶的母亲。 36. the baby snuffled as he nursed.婴儿吃奶时发出呼噜声。 37. he was nursed in the lap of plenty.他在富足的环境中长大。 38. a male nurse男护士 39. a psychiatric nurse精神科护士 40. She nursed her mother back to health.她照料她的母亲，直到其恢复健康。 41. Ahmed is still nursing a back injury.阿默德仍在调治背伤。 42. He nursed the child in his arms.他把小孩搂在怀里。 43. Tim had long nursed the hope that Sharon would marry him.蒂姆一直都希望沙伦会嫁给他。 44. The nurse will take your blood pressure before the doctor sees you.医生给你看病前，护士会给你量血压。 45. "nurse, may I have some water?"护士，我可以喝点水吗？ 46. The staff nursed me back to health. [=the staff took care of me until I was healthy again]医务人员对我悉心照料直到康复。 47. She is nursing her son through his illness.她在全程陪护她病中的儿子。 48. The couple nursed the business through hard times.夫妇俩苦心经营使公司渡过难关。 49. He nursed the farm back to productivity.他悉心打理农场使之恢复生产力。 50. The team nursed a 1-0 lead until the last inning.球队努力保持1：0的领先优势直至最后一局。 51. The player is still out nursing an ankle injury. = The player is still out nursing her ankle. [=the player is caring for her injured ankle so that it will not get worse]这名选手仍在场外专心调治她的踝关节。 52. "She nursed [=breast-fed, suckled] her baby for several months."她给她的宝宝喂了几个月的奶。 53. The dog nursed her puppies.狗给它的幼崽喂奶。 54. The baby nursed for several months.这个婴儿吃了几个月的奶。 55. The puppies nursed for eight weeks.小狗吃了八周的奶。 56. He is not one to nurse a grievance/grudge.他不是个心怀不满/怨恨的人。 57. She nursed a secret desire to move to the city.她心底有个愿望，想搬到那座城市去。 58. He nursed his glass of wine.他慢慢地品尝那杯酒。