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kindergarten

noun
🔊/ˈkɪndəɡɑːtn/
🔊/ˈkɪndərɡɑːrtn/
 (from German)
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  1. (especially North American English) a school or class to prepare children aged five for school学前班
    • his first day at kindergarten他在幼儿园的第一天
    Extra Examples
    • James is in kindergarten now, but he's moving up to infant school this autumn.詹姆斯现在在幼儿园，但今年秋天他要上婴儿学校。
    • She teaches reading to students in kindergarten.她教幼儿园的学生阅读。
    • She was still attending kindergarten at Assumption School.她还在上萨普天主教学校的幼儿园。
    • their plans for Hannah to start all-day kindergarten他们让汉娜开始上全日制幼儿园的计划
    Topics Educationb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • all-day
    • full-day
    • half-day
    • …
    verb + kindergarten
    • enter
    • start
    • attend
    • …
    kindergarten + noun
    • classroom
    • class
    • children
    • …
    preposition
    • at kindergarten
    • in kindergarten
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  2. (British English, Australian English, New Zealand English) nursery school (= a school for children between the ages of about two and five)学前班
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • all-day
    • full-day
    • half-day
    • …
    verb + kindergarten
    • enter
    • start
    • attend
    • …
    kindergarten + noun
    • classroom
    • class
    • children
    • …
    preposition
    • at kindergarten
    • in kindergarten
    See full entry
    3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from German, literally ‘children's garden’.