| 单词 | nurse-maid |
| 释义 | ˈnurse-maid
[nurse n.1]
a. A young woman employed as maid to attend to little children.
1657Rutland MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) IV. 539 To Lord Burley for the nurse maids 7s. 6d. 1785Mrs. Fletcher in Wesley Serm. lvii. Wks. 1811 IX. 28 He was reproved by his nurse maid. 1801Med. Jrnl. V. 109 The nurse⁓maid, and two children of my friend,..were inoculated for the Cow-pox. 1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Tales iv, Nurse⁓maids displayed their charms to the greatest possible advantage; and their sweet little charges ran up and down. 1885Harper's Mag. Mar. 566/2 This bright girl who had at present eclipsed..the prettiest nurse-maids.
b. slang. (See quot.)
1943C. H. Ward-Jackson Piece of Cake 44 Nursemaid, a long-distance fighter escort for bombers.
Hence ˈnurse-maid v., to tend and care for (a person) as a nurse-maid does her charge; also with non-personal object; ˈnurse-maiding vbl. n.
1921Glasgow Herald 19 Apr. 8 He had to be nurse-maided and chaperoned to his meals, his bath, and his bed. 1924‘J. Sutherland’ Circle of Stars iv. 40 ‘I really don't need the nurse-maiding you think I ought to have,’ Gloria said impatiently. 1935C. S. Forester African Queen iv. 87 That engine..was greased and cleaned and nurse-maided. 1960Times 5 Apr. 14/6 The kroomen from the African mainland who nursemaided us. 1967Economist 27 May 896/1 By..telling the UN force it could stop nursemaiding his country, President Nasser had scored a clear political success in the Arab world. 1973‘A. York’ Captivator ii. 32 Nursemaiding princesses..is not really in my line. |
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