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noun (a woman employed to breast-feed someone else's baby.) dojilja -
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[wet] 1. adjective1) (containing, soaked in, or covered with, water or another liquid: We got soaking wet when it began to rain; His shirt was wet through with sweat; wet hair; The car skidded on the wet road.) moker2) (rainy: a wet day; wet weather; It was wet yesterday.) deževen2. verb(to make wet: She wet her hair and put shampoo on it; The baby has wet himself / his nappy / the bed.) zmočiti, pomočiti (se)3. noun1) (moisture: a patch of wet.) vlaga2) (rain: Don't go out in the wet.) dež•- wetness- wet blanket
- wet-nurse
- wetsuit
- wet through* * *I [wet]1.nounmokrota, vlaga; voda, dež, deževno vreme; slang pijača; požirek; American nasprotnik prohibicije;2.adjectivemoker, premočen, še ne suh, (na)vlažen, namočen; deževen; bogat s padavinami; konserviran (v steklenicah); American ki ni pod prohibicijo; ki glasuje, je proti prohibiciji; slang obrnjen, napačen; nor, prismojenwet behind the ears figuratively moker za ušesi, neizkušenwet blanket figuratively hladna prha, kvarilec dobrega razpoloženjawet bargain — kupčija, potrjena s kozarcem vinawet bob — študent iz Etona, ki se bavi z vodnim športomwet paint! — sveže (pre)pleskano!wet goods American commerce blago (roba) v tekočem stanju, colloquially alkoholne pijačeyou are all wet slang si popolnoma na krivi, napačni potiII [wet]transitive verbna-, pre-, z-močiti; navlažiti; slang proslaviti (dogodek) s pijačo, zaliti; intransitive verb zmočiti se, postati mokerto wet one's whistle ( —ali clay) — colloquially popiti (ga) kozarček, zmočiti si grlo -
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[nə:s] 1. noun1) (a person who looks after sick or injured people in hospital: She wants to be a nurse.) bolničarka, sestra2) (a person, usually a woman, who looks after small children: The children have gone out with their nurse.) varuška2. verb1) (to look after sick or injured people, especially in a hospital: He was nursed back to health.) negovati2) (to give (a baby) milk from the breast.) dojiti3) (to hold with care: She was nursing a kitten.) pestovati4) (to have or encourage (feelings eg of anger or hope) in oneself.) gojiti•- nursery- nursing
- nursemaid
- nurseryman
- nursery rhyme
- nursery school
- nursing-home* * *I [nə:s]noundojilja, pestunja; hraniteljica; bolničarka, strežnica; hranjenje, dojenje; figuratively varstvo; zoology čebela delavka; botany drevo ali grm, ki varuje mlado rastlinopractical aid nurse — patronažna sestra, sestra za nego na domuII [nə:s]1.transitive verbdojiti, hraniti; vzgajati, vzrediti (otroka); streči, negovati (bolnika); brigati se za kaj, paziti na kaj, varovati (zdravje); pestovati, okleniti (kaj z obema rokama); figuratively gojiti (čustva); figuratively podpirati (umetnost); figuratively božati, gladiti, razvajati;2.intransitive verbsesati (otrok); biti negovalec, -lkato nurse a cold — zdraviti prehlad, ostati doma na toplem -
5 amah
1) (in Eastern Countries, a native female servant.)2) (a baby's nurse, especially a wet-nurse.)* * *[ámə]noundojilja, pestunja
См. также в других словарях:
Wet nurse — Nurse Nurse (n[^u]rs), n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See {Nourish}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wet-nurse — [wet′nʉrs΄] vt. wet nursed, wet nursing 1. to act as wet nurse to 2. to give overly careful attention to … English World dictionary
Wet nurse — A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. {Dry nurse}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wet nurse — wet nurses also wet nurse N COUNT In former times, a wet nurse was a woman who was paid to breast feed another woman s baby … English dictionary
wet-nurse — /wet nerrs /, v.t., wet nursed, wet nursing. 1. to act as a wet nurse to (an infant). 2. to give excessive care or attention to; treat as if helpless: The warden is accused of wet nursing his prisoners. [1775 85] * * * … Universalium
wet-nurse — wet ,nurse verb transitive to be a child s wet nurse a. to treat an adult like a child, especially by protecting or helping them too much … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wet-nurse — wet′ nurse v. t. nursed, nurs•ing 1) to act as a wet nurse to (an infant) 2) to give excessive care or attention to • Etymology: 1775–85 … From formal English to slang
wet nurse — n a woman who cares for and suckles young not her own * * * a woman who breast feeds the infant of another … Medical dictionary
wet nurse — n old use a woman paid to give her breast milk to another woman s baby … Dictionary of contemporary English
wet-nurse — v [T] to give someone too much care and attention, as if they were a child … Dictionary of contemporary English
wet-nurse — v [T] to give someone too much care and attention, as if they were a child … Dictionary of contemporary English