• n. 苗圃；托儿所；温床

来自nurse,护理，照料。引申词义幼儿园，苗圃。

nursery (n.)

c. 1400, "breeding, nursing," from Old French norture, norreture "food, nourishment; education, training," from Late Latin nutritia "a nursing, suckling," from Latin nutrire "to nourish, suckle" (see nourish). Meaning "place or room for infants and young children and their nurse" is from c. 1300. As a type of school, 1580s. Horticultural sense is from 1560s. Nursery rhyme is from 1832.

1. We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services.

我们已发起一场要求改善幼儿园和中小学教育服务的运动。

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2. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.

当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数上班族母亲才能够享受到。

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3. Not all nursery schools make use of the opportunities open to them.

并不是所有的托儿所都能抓住他们面临的机会。

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4. After mating the male wasps tunnel through the sides of their nursery.

交配之后，雄黄峰们就从蜂房的侧面钻出去了。

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5. The availability of nursery school places varies widely across London.

伦敦幼儿园的分布非常不均衡。

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