wet-nurse
基本解释
- v. 做……的奶妈，做……的乳母；悉心照顾；溺爱
- n. 奶妈，乳母
同根派生
英汉例句
- It was too good to be true. Why, I was his wet-nurse.
可这一切都是真的，实在是太好了。 - It's bad enough I have to wet-nurse Montgomery , I don't have to stand for that.
我当蒙哥马利的奶妈已经够糟了，我可不想再吃这一套！ - We plan to wet-nurse the most promising little men to the point where they are good customers for our conventional banking operations.
我们计划特别关照这些大有可为的小人物，使他们成为我们传统银行业运转的好顾客。 - Morgan may not have wanted to wet-nurse Flatiron's portfolio charges or take quick writedowns.
FORBES: Out of Steam - The wet-nurse was allowed no visitors, not even her own children, to divert her from her duty.
NPR: Excerpt: Princesses - Muttlebury, who had been selected as her wet-nurse.
NPR: Excerpt: Princesses
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- The Wet -Nurse 难以抗拒的温柔
短语
英英字典
- In former times, a wet nurse was a woman who was paid to breast-feed another woman's baby.
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 奶妈