| 释义 |
ˈnurse-tend, v.
[Back-formation on nurse-tender or -tending.]
1. trans. To tend (a person) as a sick-nurse does.
1792Elvina II. 85 They would not have any violent objection to nurse-tend each other. 1858Morris Welland River 230, I pray you, nurse-tend me, my knight, Whiles that I have my breath.
2. intr. To act or serve as a sick-nurse.
1863Mrs. Gaskell Sylvia's L. (ed. 2) I. 233 Sylvie shall go play hersen; she's been nurse-tending long enough. 1888Quiver May 492/1 She has done nothing but nurse-tend ever since she married that old man. |
