Then behold the gentle Zoe with her arm round nurse's neck, and her handkerchief to nurse's eyes, murmuring, "There--there--don't cry, nurse; everybody esteems you, and that lady did not mean to affront you; she did not say 'obelisk;' she said 'obstacle.' That only means that you stand in the way of her improvements; there was not much harm in that, you know. And, nurse, please give that lady her way, to oblige me; for it is by my brother's invitation she is here."英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
LEADER OF THE CHORUS (speaking) O aged dame, faithful nurse of Phaedra, our queen, we see her sorry plight; but what it is that ails her we cannot discern, so fain would learn of thee and hear thy opinion. NURSE I question her, but am no wiser, for she will not answer. LEADER Nor tell what source these sorrows have? NURSE The same answer thou must take, for she is dumb on every point. LEADER How weak and wasted is her body! NURSE What marvel? 'tis three days now since she has tasted food. LEADER Is this infatuation, or an attempt to die?英文原著 · 《Hippolytus》
PHAEDRA Oh! NURSE Ha! doth that touch the quick? PHAEDRA Thou hast undone me, nurse; I do adjure by the gods, mention that man no more. NURSE There now! thou art thyself again, but e'en yet refusest to aid thy children and preserve thy life. PHAEDRA My babes I love, but there is another storm that buffets me. NURSE Daughter, are thy hands from bloodshed pure?英文原著 · 《Hippolytus》
PHAEDRA My hands are pure, but on my soul there rests a stain. NURSE The issue of some enemy's secret witchery? PHAEDRA A friend is my destroyer, one unwilling as myself. NURSE Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise? PHAEDRA Never may I prove untrue to himl NURSE Then what strange mystery is there that drives thee on to die? PHAEDRA O, let my sin and me alone, 'tis not 'gainst thee I sin. NURSE Never willingly! and, if I fail, 'twill rest at thy door.英文原著 · 《Hippolytus》
NURSE At once the sweetest and the bitterest thing, my child. PHAEDRA I shall only find the latter half. NURSE Ha! my child, art thou in love? PHAEDRA The Amazon's son, whoever he may be- NURSE Mean'st thou Hippolytus? PHAEDRA 'Twas thou, not I, that spoke his name. NURSE O heavens! what is this, my child?英文原著 · 《Hippolytus》
NURSE Daughter, cover up thy bosom, fasten thy robe. HERMIONE (chanting) Why should I cover it? My crimes against my lord are manifest and clear, they cannot be hidden. NURSE Art so grieved at having devised thy rival's death? HERMIONE (chanting) Yea, I deeply mourn my fatal deeds of daring; alas! I am now accursed in all men's eyes! NURSE Thy husband will pardon thee this error. HERMIONE (chanting) Oh!英文原著 · 《Andromache》
No, the nurse is mad at Juanita because Juanita stole her lover, and Juanita is mad at the nurse because the nurse told the grandmother about the baby!美剧 · 《Modern Family》
I don't mean your wet nurse, that involves breast-feeding, But your nurse, your baby nurse.美剧 · 《Shameless》
You're a nurse... an underpaid, underappreciated nurse who might need some help making ends meet.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
Nurses are sexy, but nurses aren't sexy.美剧 · 《Suits》