nurse
n
1 person, usu female, trained to help a doctor to look after the sick or injured 护士
Red Cross nurses 红十字会护士
Male nurses are often employed in hospitals for the mentally ill. 精神病院常雇用男护士护理精神病人.
a psychiatric nurse, ie one who works in a mental hospital 精神病院的护士.
2 (also `nursemaid) woman or girl employed to look after babies or small children 保育员; 保姆; 照顾小孩的女用人. Cf 参看 nanny 1.
3 (also `wet nurse) woman employed to breast-feed a baby who is not her own 奶妈; 奶母.
nurse v
1 [I, Tn] take care of (the sick or injured); look after (sb) 看护, 护理(病人或受伤者); 照顾(某人)
My mother's been nursing for 40 years. 我母亲40年来一直做护理工作.
She nurses her aged mother. 她照顾年迈的母亲.
2 [I, Tn] be breast-fed; breast-feed (sb) 以人乳哺养; 给(某人)喂奶, 哺乳
The baby was nursing/being nursed at its mother's breast. 那个孩子正在吃母亲的奶.
3 [Tn] hold (sb/sth) carefully and lovingly (小心、 疼爱地)抱, 持(某人[某物])
nurse a child, puppy 疼爱地搂著小孩、 小狗
nurse a fragile vase in one's arms 小心地抱著易碎的花瓶.
4
(a) [Tn, Tn.p]
give special care to (sth); help to develop 特别照料(某事物); 培养
nurse young plants (along) 培育幼苗
nurse a project 协助一计画
nurse a constituency, ie visit it often, etc in order to gain or retain votes 笼络选区的选民(时常访问等以争取选票)
nurse a cold, ie stay warm, stay in bed, etc in order to cure it quickly 调治伤风(保暖、 卧床等以便早日痊愈).
(b) [Tn] think a lot about (sth); foster (sth) in the mind 思考(某事); 心存,心怀(某事)
nurse feelings of revenge, hopes of promotion,etc 心存报复、 晋升的希望等
nurse a grievance 心怀不满.
but I'm taking a little time to smell the flowers.
我正利用一点时间轻松一下。
Will the court acquit him of the crime?
法庭会宣判他无罪释放吗?
since her parents had impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to make two journeys to meet her.