nurse, tend, foster, cultivate, cherish

名詞 nurse:

1. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
2. a woman who is the custodian of children
   同義詞：nanny, nursemaid

動詞 nurse:

1. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
   同義詞：harbor, harbour, hold, entertain
3. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
4. treat carefully
5. give suck to
   同義詞：breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck

1. A nurse came to put on a clean dressing for him.
   一位護士來給他包上干凈的繃帶。
2. Jane and Mary are good friends; the former is a teacher, the latter is a nurse.
   珍和瑪麗是好朋友，前者是老師，后者是護士。
3. She spends her spare time nursing her old mother.
   她的業(yè)余時間都花在照顧她年老的母親上。
4. My daughter is a nurse.
   我女兒是一名護士。

nurse

n.（名詞）
A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.
護士，看護：被教育和訓(xùn)練用來照顧病人或殘廢人的人

A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
奶媽：被雇傭給別人的而不是自己的孩子哺乳的人；奶媽
A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.
保姆，養(yǎng)育者：被雇傭來照看孩子的婦女；保姆
One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means:
養(yǎng)育者，培養(yǎng)者：做為養(yǎng)育或培養(yǎng)因素或方法者：
例句：
.Town life is the nurse of civilization.(C.L.R. James)
.城市生活是文明的養(yǎng)育者.(C.L.R.詹姆斯)

Zoology A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony`s young.
【動物學(xué)】 工蟻，工蜂：喂養(yǎng)和照料共生蟻群或共生蜂群幼蟲的工蟻或工蜂
v.（動詞）
nursed,nurs.ing,nurs.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To serve as a nurse for:
看護：給…當護士：
例句：
nursed the patient back to health.
護理病人恢復(fù)健康

To feed at the breast; suckle.
給…喂奶；哺乳
To try to cure by special care or treatment:
調(diào)養(yǎng)，調(diào)治：試圖通過特殊護理或治療而治愈：
例句：
nurse a cough with various remedies.
用各種藥方治療咳嗽

To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain:
護理：小心地對待，尤指為防止疼痛：
例句：
He nursed his injured knee by shifting his weight to the other leg.
把重心移到另一腿上，以護理他受傷的膝蓋

To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster:
細心管理，仔細栽培：小心地操縱或指導(dǎo)；細心照料；培養(yǎng)：
例句：
nursed her business through the depression.See Synonyms at nurture
在經(jīng)濟蕭條中精心料理她的生意參見 nurture

To bear privately in the mind:
懷有：腦中私自抱有想法：
例句：
nursing a grudge.
懷恨在心

To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve:
節(jié)約使用：精打細算地花：
例句：
nursed one drink for the whole evening.
整個晚上在慢慢地品一杯酒

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To serve as a nurse.
當護士
To take nourishment from the breast; suckle.
吸奶：從乳房中吸取營養(yǎng)；吸奶

來源：
Middle English norice, nurse [wet nurse]
中古英語 norice, nurse [奶媽]
from Old French norrice
源自 古法語 norrice
from Vulgar Latin *nutrocia
源自 俗拉丁語 *nutrocia
from Late Latin nôtrocia
源自 后期拉丁語 nôtrocia
from feminine of Latin nôtrocius [that suckles]
源自 拉丁語 nôtrocius的陰性詞 [喂奶]
from nôtrox nôtroc- [wet nurse] * see (s)n3u-
源自 nôtrox nôtroc- [奶媽] *參見 (s)n3u-

【引伸】
nurs.er
n.（名詞）