nursery
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++nur·se·ry /ˈnɜːsəri $ ˈnɜːr-/ ●●○ noun (plural nurseries) [countable] 1. SEPa place where young children are taken care of during the day while their parents are at work 托儿所2. DLGTAa place where plants and trees are grown and sold 苗圃3. nursery education/unit/teacher etc British EnglishSEP education etc for young children from three to five years old 幼儿园教育/幼儿园机构/幼儿园教师等 → nursery school4. a room in a hospital where babies that have just been born are looked after 〔医院的〕保育室5. old-fashionedDHB a baby’s bedroom or a room in a house where young children play 婴儿卧室；儿童活动室Examples from the Corpus
nursery• It was a room that might, in time, become-a nursery.• They need constant attention, constant vigilance, like a nursery of children.• In the nursery she could do what she wanted when she wanted.• This keeps him happy until it is time to go to the nursery by which time she has cleared up the mess.• There was the nursery, the school-room, and the drawing-room: there were three lots.• Such families would therefore have no legitimate claim to nursery provisions and other facilities.nur·se·ry nounChineseSyllable
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nursery
nur‧se‧ry /ˈnɜːsəri $ ˈnɜːr-/
noun (plural nurseries) [countable]1. a place where young children are taken care of during the day while their parents are at work
2. a place where plants and trees are grown and sold
3. nursery education/unit/teacher etc British English education etc for young children from three to five years old ⇨ nursery school
4. a room in a hospital where babies that have just been born are looked after
5. old-fashioned a baby’s bedroom or a room in a house where young children play
nur‧se‧ry /ˈnɜːsəri $ ˈnɜːr-/
noun (plural nurseries) [countable]1. a place where young children are taken care of during the day while their parents are at work2. a place where plants and trees are grown and sold
3. nursery education/unit/teacher etc British English education etc for young children from three to five years old ⇨ nursery school
4. a room in a hospital where babies that have just been born are looked after
5. old-fashioned a baby’s bedroom or a room in a house where young children play