nursery

noun
🔊/ˈnɜːsəri/
🔊/ˈnɜːrsəri/
(plural nurseries)
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  1. (British English) a place where young children are cared for while their parents are at work; a day nursery or nursery school(供游戏的)儿童室
    • at nursery Her youngest child is at nursery now.她最小的孩子现在上幼儿园。🔊🔊
    • The children are at nursery three days a week.孩子们每周上3 天託儿所。
    compare day care center, preschoolTopics Life stagesc1
  2. (North American English or old-fashioned) a room in a house where a baby sleeps婴儿室
  3. (old-fashioned) a room in a house where young children can play(供游戏的)儿童室Topics Houses and homesc2
  4. a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting somewhere else苗圃Topics Plants and treesc2
  5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French nourice ‘nurse’ (see nurse) + -ery.

nursery

adjective
🔊/ˈnɜːsəri/
🔊/ˈnɜːrsəri/
[only before noun] (British English)
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  1. connected with the education of children from 2 to 5 years old幼儿教育的
    • nursery education幼儿教育
    • a nursery teacher幼儿教师
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryNursery is used with these nouns:
    • provision
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French nourice ‘nurse’ (see nurse) + -ery.