| 单词 |
nurse-child |
| 释义 |
ˈnurse-child
[nurse n.1]
A child in relation to its nurse; a foster-child.
1560Becon New Catech. Wks. 1564 I. 537 b, Can the nurses instill any goodnes into the tender brestes of their nurse children, when they themselues haue learned none? 1587Golding De Mornay xii. (1592) 184 After the same maner dealeth the Nurce with her Nurcechild. 1626T. H[awkins] tr. Caussin's Holy Crt. 70 She..made her litle Nurse-child superlatiuely inheritour of her vices. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 329 A nurse-child; or one that sucketh the same milk. 1769Johnson in Croker's Boswell (1831) II. 94 If we had..given her a nurse-child to tend, her life would have been saved. 1815Paris Chit-Chat (1816) II. 18 Each nurse has her bed placed between two cradles, one for her own, and the other for the nurse⁓child. 1866Routledge's Mag. for Boys July 408 Norwood was a dreadful place for nurse-children never being called for at one time.
fig.1622J. Davies Hymns vii, Sweet Nurse-child of the Springs young Hours. 1821Lamb Elia, Witches & other Night-fears, From his little midnight pillow this nurse⁓child of optimism will start at shapes. |
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