nurse

看護師

病気やけがをした人の世話をする専門教育を受けた人。

やさしい英語で： A trained person who looks after people who are ill or injured.

• The nurse checked my temperature.
• Two nurses helped him into bed.
• Is there a nurse on duty tonight?

よく使う表現： hospital nurse, school nurse, nurse on duty, qualified nurse

介護者、世話をする人

専門教育の有無にかかわらず、病人やけが人の世話をする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who looks after an ill or injured person, whether trained or not.

• My sister was my nurse at home.
• He became his wife’s nurse during her illness.
• Our neighbor acted as nurse while I recovered from surgery.

類義語： carer, caregiver

よく使う表現： act as nurse, someone’s nurse, devoted nurse

子守、乳母

他の家庭の子供の世話をするために雇われた女性。

やさしい英語で： A woman employed to look after another family’s children.

• The nurse put the children to bed.
• Their nurse took them out each morning.
• A wealthy family employed her as a nurse for their baby.

類義語： nanny, nursemaid

よく使う表現： children’s nurse, family nurse, nurse and children

乳母

他の人の赤ちゃんに自分の母乳を飲ませる女性。

やさしい英語で： A woman who feeds another person’s baby with milk from her own breasts.

• The baby was fed by a wet nurse.
• They hired a nurse when the mother could not feed her child.
• The nurse fed both her own infant and the family’s baby.

類義語： wet nurse

よく使う表現： wet nurse, hire a nurse

看病する、介抱する

病気やけがをした人や動物の世話をする。

やさしい英語で： To look after someone or an animal that is ill or injured.

• She nursed her sick father.
• We nursed the injured bird back to health.
• He stayed home to nurse his wife through her illness.

使い方： nurse someone back to health (They nursed the injured dog back to health.); nurse someone through something (Her mother nursed her through a long illness.)

類義語： care for, look after, tend

よく使う表現： nurse someone back, nurse a patient, nurse someone through something

いたわる、養生する

痛む所やけがをした体の部分を守り、休ませる。

やさしい英語で： To protect and rest a painful or injured part of your body.

• He is nursing a sore knee.
• She stayed home to nurse her injured ankle.
• Several players are still nursing injuries from the last match.

よく使う表現： nurse an injury, nurse a sore ankle, nurse a bad back

授乳する、母乳を飲ませる

赤ちゃんに自分の母乳を飲ませる。

やさしい英語で： To feed a baby with milk from your breasts.

• She nurses her baby every morning.
• The mother sat down to nurse.
• How often does your newborn need to nurse?

類義語： breastfeed, suckle

よく使う表現： nurse a baby, nurse your child, nurse at night

抱き続ける、根に持つ

嫌な感情を手放さず、いつまでも心に抱き続ける。

やさしい英語で： To keep thinking about an unpleasant feeling instead of letting it go.

• He still nurses a grudge.
• She nursed her resentment for years.
• They quietly nursed their anger after the unfair decision.

類義語： harbor, cherish

よく使う表現： nurse a grudge, nurse resentment, nurse bitter feelings