Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #3383
nursery
托儿所；育儿所
A place where young children are cared for or raised
- 1.
A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
- 2.
a child's room for a baby
婴儿的房间
- 3.
A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
- 4.
a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
用于植物栽培和展示的玻璃墙和屋顶建筑
- 5.
Something which educates and nurtures.
婴儿房；婴儿室；苗圃；培育地；温室；暖房；摇篮；培育之所；婴儿的房间
In use
The nurse brought the newborn baby to the hospital nursery.
We painted the nursery a soft yellow before the baby arrived.
The nursery is kept warm and quiet to help the infants sleep.
nursery + noun
nursery 可作定语修饰其他名词，表示“幼儿的”或“育苗的”。
She works at a nursery school.
她在一所幼儿园工作。
in the nursery
The baby is sleeping in the nursery.
宝宝在婴儿室里睡觉。
work at a nursery
nursery 作“托儿所”解时，地点介词常用 at。
He has been working at a nursery for two years.
Connections
Collocations
- nursery school
- 幼儿园
- She started attending nursery school at age three.她三岁开始上幼儿园。
- nursery rhyme
- 童谣
- The children were singing a nursery rhyme together.孩子们一起唱童谣。
- nursery room
- 婴儿房
- We painted the nursery room a soft blue.我们把婴儿房刷成了柔和的蓝色。
- day nursery
- 日托所
- Working parents often rely on a day nursery for childcare.双职工父母常常依赖日托所照顾孩子。
- nursery teacher
- 幼儿园老师
- The nursery teacher organized fun activities for the kids.幼儿园老师为孩子们组织了有趣的活动。
- nursery garden
Learner notes
Memory Tip
nurse（护士）+ -ery（场所）→ 护士照顾婴儿或植物的房间。
Context & Register
register: neutral; contexts: ['家庭', '儿童护理']; note_zh: 通常用于指家中的婴儿房或托儿所，在正式和非正式场合均适用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending '-ery' but do not rhyme with 'nursery' (/ˈnɜːsəri/) because their stressed vowels differ (e.g., /eɪ/, /oʊ/, /ɛ/, /eɪ/). They are common lookalikes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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