wet-nurse

美 [ˈwet nɜːrs]英 [ˈwet nɜːs]
  • n.(旧时的)乳母,奶妈
  • v.奶(小孩)
wet-nursewet-nurse

noun

1
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
Synonym: wet nurse wetnurse amah

verb

1
give suck to
The wetnurse suckled the infant
You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
Synonym: breastfeed suckle suck nurse lactate give suck

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  1. We plan to wet-nurse the most promising little men to the point where they are good customers for our conventional banking operations .

    我们计划特别关照这些大有可为的小人物,使他们成为我们传统银行业运转的好顾客。

  2. " I don 't need a wet-nurse any more , why should I keep an ancestress like this ?"

    “如今我又吃不着奶了,白白的养着祖宗作什么!”