wet nurse
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
wet nurse
dialectA woman employed to breastfeed another's child. This term is considered dialectal and somewhat old-fashioned.
Tā她
xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
shì是
chī吃
nǎi奶
niáng娘
de的
nǎi奶
zhǎng长
dà大
de的
。
She grew up drinking the milk of a wet nurse.
Cóng从
qián前
fù富
guì贵
rén人
jiā家
cháng常
huì会
qǐng请
nǎi奶
niáng娘
wèi喂
yǎng养
yīng婴
ér儿
。
In the past, wealthy families often hired wet nurses to feed their infants.
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Tā他
jiā家
de的
nǎi奶
niáng娘
duì对
tā他
xiàng像
qīn亲
shēng生
ér儿
zi子
yī一
yàng样
hǎo好
。
The wet nurse in his family treated him as well as her own son.