Nurse

[nɜːs] or [nɝs]

解釋/意思:

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

(verb.) try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; 'He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs'.

(verb.) treat carefully; 'He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon'; 'He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly'.

(verb.) serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people.

校對:米利森特--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.

(n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.

(n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.

(n.) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.

(n.) Either one of the nurse sharks.

(v. t.) To nourish; to cherish; to foster

(v. t.) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.

(v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.

(v. t.) To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.

(v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.

(v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.

埃莉诺校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Nourish, nurture, supply with nourishment.[2]. Suckle, feed at the breast, give suck to.[3]. Cherish, foster, encourage, succor, promote.

费格斯錄入

同義詞及反義詞：

[See NOURISH]

錄入:诺兰

解釋/意思:

n. a woman who nourishes an infant: a mother while her infant is at the breast: one who has the care of infants or of the sick: (hort.) a shrub or tree which protects a young plant.—v.t. to tend as an infant or a sick person: to bring up: to cherish: to manage with care and economy: to play skilfully as billiard-balls in order to get them into the position one wants.—adj. Nurse′like (Shak.) like or becoming a nurse.—ns. Nurse′maid a girl who takes care of children; Nurs′er one who nurses: one who promotes growth; Nurs′ery place for nursing: an apartment for young children: a place where the growth of anything is promoted: (hort.) a piece of ground where plants are reared; Nurs′ery-gov′erness; Nurs′erymaid a nurse-maid; Nurs′eryman a man who owns or works a nursery: one who is employed in cultivating plants &c. for sale; Nurs′ing-fa′ther (B.) a foster-father; Nurs′ling that which is nursed: an infant.

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