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join a playgroup
Her son joined a playgroup in the village.
她儿子加入了村里的一所托儿所。
托儿所
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托儿所
a small group of young children who meet regularly to play together, often with adult supervision
Her son joined a playgroup in the village.
她儿子加入了村里的一所托儿所。
一群在监管下聚在一起玩耍的儿童。
A group of children who meet together for supervised play.
一群游戏玩家聚在一起,尤其是玩角色扮演游戏。
A group of gamers who meet together, especially for role-playing games.
Sarah takes her two-year-old to the playgroup near the park every morning.
莎拉每天早上带她两岁的孩子去公园附近的托儿所。
The playgroup has a small garden where the children can play safely.
这家托儿所有一个小花园，孩子们可以在里面安全地玩耍。
Some playgroups ask parents to stay and help with the activities.
有些托儿所要求家长留下来帮忙开展活动。
Her son joined a playgroup in the village.
她儿子加入了村里的一所托儿所。
表示参加托儿所活动时，to 后通常不加冠词。
Young children often go to playgroup in the morning.
幼儿经常在早上去上托儿所。
The church runs a playgroup for preschoolers.
这座教堂为学龄前儿童开办了一所托儿所。
Not this
The children are playing on the swings at the playgroup.
Use this
The children are playing on the swings at the playground.
playgroup 指‘托儿所/幼儿游戏班’，不是‘游乐场’；playground 才指带有秋千、滑梯等设施的户外游乐场所。表达‘在游乐场里玩’时要用 playground，at the playground 是正确搭配。
Not this
We playgroup together every Friday afternoon.
Use this
We go to a playgroup together every Friday afternoon.
playgroup 是名词，不能直接当动词用。表示‘去托儿所/参加幼儿游戏班’要借助动词，如 go to、attend 或 join，所以应说 go to a playgroup。
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加入幼儿游戏小组
Many parents join a playgroup to help their children socialise.
许多父母加入幼儿游戏小组，帮助孩子社交。
创办幼儿游戏小组
They started a playgroup in their neighbourhood.
他们在自己社区创办了一个幼儿游戏小组。
去幼儿游戏小组
The children go to playgroup every weekday morning.
孩子们每个工作日的上午都去幼儿游戏小组。
幼儿游戏小组活动
The playgroup session lasts two hours.
幼儿游戏小组的活动持续两个小时。
当地的幼儿游戏小组
There is a local playgroup near the park.
公园附近有一个当地的幼儿游戏小组。
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play（玩）+group（组）：一群小孩组成玩耍小组的地方，即托儿所。
语域：neutral 常见场景：childcare、preschool education、parenting groups playgroup 通常是中性词，多用于日常谈论幼儿游戏小组或托儿所场景。正式书面文件中可能更常用 preschool 或 childcare，但日常交流中使用 playgroup 很自然。具体译法可依语境灵活处理。
这些词都以 /uːp/ 结尾，和 playgroup 末尾的 -group（读 /-ɡruːp/）元音和辅音部分相同，但 playgroup 的重音在第一个音节 play- 上，所以它们只是近似韵脚，并非严格押韵。注意形近词：coup 虽以 -oup 结尾，但读 /kuː/，p 不发音；plague、playground 也容易看错，发音分别不同，不要混淆。
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