nurse

1. N-COUNT/N-TITLE/N-VOC A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill. 護(hù)士

She had spent 29 years as a nurse. 她已當(dāng)了29年護(hù)士。

2. V-T If you nurse someone, you care for them when they are ill. 護(hù)理

All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him. 在他有病的那些年里，我母親一直照顧他。

3. V-T If you nurse an illness or injury, you allow it to get better by resting as much as possible. 調(diào)治

We're going to go home and nurse our colds. 我們打算回家調(diào)治感冒。

4. V-T If you nurse an emotion or desire, you feel it strongly for a long time. 懷有

Jane still nurses the pain of rejection. 簡依然懷著被拒絕的痛苦。