dry nurse

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed. historical
    — The family found a dry nurse to take care of the infant.
  2. An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship. archaic,slang
动词 v.
  1. To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
  2. Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship. archaic,slang

词形变化

dry nurses plural dry nurses present,singular,third-person dry nursing participle,present dry nursed participle,past dry nursed past

词源

词源 1
To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby.
词源 2
To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby.
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