| 单词 | nurse |
| 释义 | Word family noun nurse nursery nursing verb nurse Related topics: Nurses, doctors, etc, Occupationsnurse1 /nɜːs $ nɜːrs/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] 1 MNsomeone whose job is to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital 〔通常指医院里的〕护士 The nurse is coming to give you an injection. 护士会来给你打针。 The school nurse sent Sara home. 学校的护士送萨拉回家。 a male nurse 男护士 a senior nurse 高级护士 a student nurse (=someone who is learning to be a nurse) 实习护士 a psychiatric nurse (=a nurse for people who are mentally ill) 精神病院护士 a community nurse 社区护士 → district nurse, staff nurse →4 See picture of 见图 OCCUPATION2. old-fashionedBOLOOK AFTER somebody a woman employed to look after a young child 保姆 SYN nanny → nursery nurse, wet nurseExamples from the Corpusnurse• Their male nurses, strong men, would carry them up the stairs and settle each one on to a cot.• The average age of nurses is now over 45.• Economics of nurse training Investigator: K Hartley Nurses are the most expensive single resource in the hospital sector.• A practical nurse brought old red wine, a silver tray of smoked salmon, crumbled hard-boiled egg, capers and lemon.• Josephine is a registered nurse.• Registered nurses are doing what only Nurse Practitioners used to do.• Only a Sister in her sixties, and two staff nurses were on duty in reception.• I asked the nurse what the problem was.• She asks the nurse if her husband has left.• Matron and some of the nurses were standing by.Related topics: Nurses, doctors, etc, Birthnurse2 ●○○ verb 1 sick people 病人 a) [transitive]LOOK AFTER somebody to look after someone who is ill or injured 护理；照顾，照料 He’s been nursing an elderly relative. 他一直在照顾一位年老的亲戚。 After Ray’s operation, Mrs Stallard nursed him back to health. 雷接受手术后，斯托拉德夫人照料他恢复了健康。 b) [intransitive usually in progressive]MN to work as a nurse 当护士 She spent several years nursing in a military hospital. 她在一家军队医院里当了几年护士。2 rest 休息 [transitive]LOOK AFTER somebody to rest when you have an illness or injury so that it will get better 疗养〔伤病〕 Shaw has been nursing an injury, and will not play on Sunday. 肖一直在养伤，星期天将不参加比赛。n Grammar Nurse is never passive in this meaning.3 feed a baby 喂婴儿 a) [intransitive, transitive]MBHBH old-fashioned if a woman nurses a baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts 哺乳，给〔婴儿〕喂奶 SYN breast-feed information on nutrition for nursing mothers 关于哺乳期母亲所需营养的信息 b) [intransitive] if a baby nurses, it sucks milk from its mother’s breast 〔婴儿〕吃(母亲的)奶4 your feelings 情感 [transitive]FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC to keep a feeling or idea in your mind for a long time, especially an angry feeling 怀有〔愤恨等〕nurse a grudge/grievance/ambition etc For years he had nursed a grievance against his former employer. 多年来他一直对前雇主心怀不满。nGrammar Nurse is never passive in this meaning.5 take care of STH 照料某事物 [transitive]LOOK AFTER somethingSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN to take special care of something, especially during a difficult situation 〔尤指在困难时期〕精心照料，打理nurse something through/along etc He bought the hotel in 1927 and managed to nurse it through the Depression. 他于1927年买下那家宾馆并精心打理，顺利度过了大萧条时期。6 drink 喝 [transitive] informal if you nurse a drink, especially an alcoholic one, you drink it very slowly 慢慢地喝〔尤指含酒精的饮料〕 Oliver sat at the bar, nursing a bottle of beer. 奥利弗坐在酒吧里，慢慢地喝着一瓶啤酒。7 hold 抱 [transitive] literaryHOLD to hold something carefully in your hands or arms close to your body 小心地捧[抱]着；爱惜地搂抱 a child nursing a kitten 怀抱着一只小猫的孩子→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusnurse• She never nurses a grievance or plans revenge.• Police believe the suspect nursed a grudge against women.• Penelope sat on the couch nursing a scotch and soda.• Shaw has been nursing a sore ankle.• Parents will become superfluous, the robots will nurse and play with children.• So Demeter nursed Demophoon, the son that Metaneira had borne to wise Celeus.• The monks tended his wounds and nursed him back to health.• Irina had wanted to nurse him, but the doctors had sent her away.• Tony nursed his wife through her long illness without ever complaining.• Martha nursed Ted herself.• The youngest bees clean out the cells and nurse the brood.• The others need to nurse the insult.• Somewhere the sturdy beggars nursed their wounds and cursed.nurse a grudge/grievance/ambition etc• Since 1960, when they had been humiliated by the Summerdale police scandal, Chicago police had nursed a grudge.• Dawson had been nursing a grudge even more intense than that of the others.Origin nurse1 (1200-1300) Old French nurice, from Latin nutricius; → NUTRITIOUS nurse2 (1500-1600) nursh “to nourish” ((14-16 centuries)), from nourish; influenced by → NURSE1nurse1 nounnurse2 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2LDOCE OnlineChinese after people to whose job look Corpus someone is |
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