nurse
n
1 person, usu female, trained to help a doctor to look after the sick or injured 護士
Red Cross nurses 紅十字會護士
Male nurses are often employed in hospitals for the mentally ill. 精神病院常雇用男護士護理精神病人.
a psychiatric nurse, ie one who works in a mental hospital 精神病院的護士.
2 (also `nursemaid) woman or girl employed to look after babies or small children 保育員; 保姆; 照顧小孩的女用人. Cf 參看 nanny 1.
3 (also `wet nurse) woman employed to breast-feed a baby who is not her own 奶媽; 奶母.
nurse v
1 [I, Tn] take care of (the sick or injured); look after (sb) 看護, 護理(病人或受傷者); 照顧(某人)
My mother's been nursing for 40 years. 我母親40年來一直做護理工作.
She nurses her aged mother. 她照顧年邁的母親.
2 [I, Tn] be breast-fed; breast-feed (sb) 以人乳哺養; 給(某人)喂奶, 哺乳
The baby was nursing/being nursed at its mother's breast. 那個孩子正在吃母親的奶.
3 [Tn] hold (sb/sth) carefully and lovingly (小心、 疼愛地)抱, 持(某人[某物])
nurse a child, puppy 疼愛地摟著小孩、 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 特別照料(某事物); 培養
nurse young plants (along) 培育幼苗
nurse a project 協助一計畫
nurse a constituency, ie visit it often, etc in order to gain or retain votes 籠絡選區的選民(時常訪問等以爭取選票)
nurse a cold, ie stay warm, stay in bed, etc in order to cure it quickly 調治傷風(保暖、 臥床等以便早日痊愈).
(b) [Tn] think a lot about (sth); foster (sth) in the mind 思考(某事); 心存,心懷(某事)
nurse feelings of revenge, hopes of promotion,etc 心存報復、 晉升的希望等
nurse a grievance 心懷不滿.