wet nurse

乳母

ほかの女性の赤ちゃんに、自分の母乳を飲ませる女性。

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

• They hired a wet nurse for the baby.
• The wet nurse fed the child during the night.
• Before safe baby formula, some families depended on a wet nurse.

よく使う表現： a wet nurse, hire a wet nurse

子守役

人を必要以上に助けたり、守ったりする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who gives another person too much help and protection.

• I am not your wet nurse.
• The manager became a wet nurse to the new staff.
• He wants a partner, not a wet nurse to solve every problem.

類義語： babysitter

よく使う表現： a wet nurse, your wet nurse

乳母として授乳する、過保護に世話する

ほかの女性の赤ちゃんに授乳すること。また、人を必要以上に世話すること。

やさしい英語で： To breastfeed another woman’s baby, or give someone too much care and help.

• She wet nursed her sister’s baby.
• A neighbour agreed to wet nurse the newborn.
• The supervisor refused to wet nurse adults who could work independently.

使い方： wet nurse someone (She was hired to wet nurse the infant.)

類義語： breastfeed, coddle

よく使う表現： wet nurse babies, wet nurse someone