wet nurse

英 [ˈwet nɜːs]

美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]

n. (通常指旧时的)奶妈，乳母

牛津词典

noun

（通常指旧时的）奶妈，乳母
(usually in the past) a woman employed to feed another woman's baby with her own breast milk

(旧时的)乳母,奶妈
In former times, awet nursewas a woman who was paid to breast-feed another woman's baby.

noun

Woman is unrivaled as a wet nurse.
作为奶妈，女人是无与伦比的。
The wet nurse went over to investigate. When she reached the other boat, the first thing she saw was a pool of blood!
奶妈于是过去查个究竟。当她来到那只船时，首先看到的竟是一滩鲜血。
Engels once compared taxes to the wet nurse of the government.
恩格斯曾把赋税比作政府的乳娘。
The wet nurse, said lady melisandre. "your grace gave her freedom of the castle."
“那个奶妈，”梅丽珊卓夫人说道。“陛下大人准许她在城堡内自由起居。”
When the wet nurse came on board, it struggled and twisted.
当奶妈上船时，小猪正在挣扎扭动。
Stannis furrowed his brow. "I was told that the wet nurse was this man craster's wife."
史坦尼斯额头皱了起来。“据我所知这奶妈是卡斯特的妻子。”
A housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the far east.
阿妈印度和远东的女佣，特别是奶妈。
'I have to ask the husband face-to-face whether he will let his wife work as a wet nurse,'he says.
他说，我得当面问她们的老公，他愿不愿意让老婆去当奶妈。
I tried to find him a wet nurse.
我曾试过给他找个好保姆。
When Hung-chien first came back to china, the house was spacious and ah ch'ou had a wet nurse to look after him, so that ah ch'ou did not become a nuisance.
鸿渐初回国，家里房子大，阿丑有奶妈领着，所以还不甚碍眼讨厌。