喜樂美語
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    A nursemaid is a woman paid to look after young children in a private home. She is not a hospital nurse, even though the first half of the word looks the same. A hundred years ago this was a common job in rich houses: she dressed the children, walked with them, and stayed with them while the parents were busy. Today the word feels old-fashioned. People more often say nanny if it is the person's main job, or if it is only for a few hours. You still meet nursemaid in stories set in the past, and sometimes as a teasing word for someone who fusses over adults as if they were babies.

    保姆（舊時私宅僱來照顧幼兒的女人；台灣現在日常多說保母）

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組成nurse (look after, especially children) + maid (a woman servant).

同家族的字

  • nursesame first piece: care for someone, especially a child
  • maidsame second piece: a woman servant, as in housemaid

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

nursemaidnoun

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    A woman or girl employed to care for children.

nursemaidverb

  • 1

    To tend to as a nursemaid.

  • 2

    To care for or look after.

    • I don't believe I have to nursemaid these two rookies through their entire probationary period.
    • ‘Make the most of it,’ said Ford. ‘Because what I want you to do is to nursemaid that package out of the building.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。