wet nurse

英 [ˈwet nɜːs]

美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]

n.  (通常指旧时的)奶妈，乳母

医学

牛津词典

noun

• （通常指旧时的）奶妈，乳母
  (usually in the past) a woman employed to feed another woman's baby with her own breast milk

柯林斯词典

• (旧时的)乳母,奶妈
  In former times, awet nursewas a woman who was paid to breast-feed another woman's baby.

英英释义

noun

• a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
  Synonym:wet-nursewetnurseamah

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