nurse 1 S2 W3 / nɜs $ nɜrs / 名词 [可数名词]

1 someone whose job is to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital :

The nurse is coming to give you an injection.

The school nurse sent Sara home.

a male nurse

a senior nurse

a student nurse (= someone who is learning to be a nurse )

a psychiatric nurse (= a nurse for people who are mentally ill )

a community nurse → district nurse , staff nurse

2 old-fashioned a woman employed to look after a young child 同义词 nanny

→ nursery nurse , wet nurse