Word · Frequency #12818
playgroups
托儿所
playgroups is the plural of playgroup.
a small group of young children who meet regularly to play together, often with adult supervision
- 1.
A group of children who meet together for supervised play.
一群在监管下聚在一起玩耍的儿童。
- 2.
A group of gamers who meet together, especially for role-playing games.
一群游戏玩家聚在一起,尤其是玩角色扮演游戏。
一群在监管下聚在一起玩耍的儿童。；一群游戏玩家聚在一起,尤其是玩角色扮演游戏。
In use
Sarah takes her two-year-old to the playgroup near the park every morning.
The playgroup has a small garden where the children can play safely.
Some playgroups ask parents to stay and help with the activities.
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。
go to playgroup
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。
run a playgroup for [age group]
Connections
Collocations
- join a playgroup
- 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。
- start a playgroup
- 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。
- go to playgroup
- 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。
- playgroup session
- 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。
- local playgroup
- 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。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
play（玩）+group（组）：一群小孩组成玩耍小组的地方，即托儿所。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.