nursery
UK/ˈnɜːsəri/US/'nә:sәri/
IELTSB2
Definitions
n.
A place where young children are cared for while their parents are at work
托儿所，幼儿园
n.
A room in a house set apart for young children
（家中的）育婴室，儿童房
n.
A place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or transplanting
苗圃，育苗场
Root Breakdown
Root-derivednurse + -ery (a place of) = 'the feeding-and-tending place.' First a room where babies are fed and raised, then a school for very young children — and, by a neat extension, a place where young plants are fed and raised until they're strong enough to move. The plant sense is the same logic applied to seedlings instead of infants.
Root nour still carries 21 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.nursery school幼儿园
- 2.nursery rhyme童谣
- 3.plant nursery苗圃
- 4.day nursery日托所
- 5.nursery teacher幼师
Example Sentences
- 1.
They enrolled their daughter in a nursery near their home.
- 2.
We bought the rose bushes from a local plant nursery.
- 3.
The baby's nursery was painted a soft shade of yellow.