nurse /nɜːs/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (nursing,nursed,nurses)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT/N-TITLE/N-VOC（） N-COUNT/N-TITLE/N-VOCA nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill. 护士

  例：

  She had spent 29 years as a nurse.

  她已当了29年护士。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you nurse someone, you care for them when they are ill. 护理

  例：

  All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him.

  在他有病的那些年里，我母亲一直照顾他。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you nurse an illness or injury, you allow it to get better by resting as much as possible. 调治

  例：

  We're going to go home and nurse our colds.

  我们打算回家调治感冒。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you nurse an emotion or desire, you feel it strongly for a long time. 怀有

  例：

  Jane still nurses the pain of rejection.

  简依然怀着被拒绝的痛苦。