nurse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/nɜːs/

Noun

archaic figuratively

Japanese Meaning

乳母 - （古語）湿った乳を与える女性、または他人の子供の世話をする人。 / 看護師 - 患者の治療や介護を担当する医療従事者。

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In the old manor, the nurse fed and swaddled the newborn by lamplight.

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古い邸宅で、乳母は灯りのもとで新生児に授乳して包んだ。

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Sense（1）

(archaic) A wet nurse.

Sense（2）

A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.

They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.

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Sense（3）

A person trained to provide care for the sick.

The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.

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Sense（4）

(figuratively) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.

Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".

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Sense（5）

(horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.

Sense（6）

(nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.

Sense（7）

A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.

nurses

（ plural ）

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