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nursery

/nur-suh-ree/US // ˈnɜr sə ri //UK // (ˈnɜːsrɪ) //

苗圃,托儿所,幼儿园,幼儿园的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural nurs·er·ies.

    • : a room or place set apart for young children.
    • : a nursery school or day nursery.
    • : a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study.
    • : any place in which something is bred, nourished, or fostered: The art institute has been the nursery of much great painting.
    • : any situation, condition, circumstance, practice, etc., serving to breed or foster something: Slums are nurseries for young criminals.

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Examples

  • When Danae Horst and her husband, Bill, owners of plant nursery Folia Collective in Los Angeles, looked around in March, “we thought we were done,” she says.

  • Today, the main nursery ground for this population is Port Ross, in the subantarctic Auckland Islands.

  • The leaders of the church, at one point, noticed the deacon nod for his son to come back into the nursery.

  • Note that this tree comes with a small nursery type pot, but it is preferable to purchase a heavy decorative pot and faux moss to complete the look of the potted indoor tree.

  • Across from the Parade Grounds and next to a small plant nursery is Shenanigans, the neighborhood dive bar.

  • Mrs. Kouachi works at a nursery and has worn the veil since she made the pilgrimage to Mecca in 2008.

  • One song interweaves adult themes into nursery rhyme cadence.

  • It tracks light, noise, and temperature in the nursery, as well as baby's heart rate and sleep position.

  • In Britain, asked by Nursery World, “How are you supporting working mothers?”

  • The pastel outdoor furnishings look like leftovers from a closed nursery school, while inside collared shirts seem overdressed.

  • Finding him awake, he sat by his side and, with the earnestness of a nursery-maid, patted him off to slumber.

  • Next morning Judy shouted that there was a rat in the nursery, and thus he forgot to tell her the wonderful news.

  • They were standing over the cots in the nursery late at night, and I think that Mamma was crying softly.

  • Black Sheep retreated to the nursery and read "Cometh up as a Flower" with deep and uncomprehending interest.

  • He spent his time in the old nursery looking at the broken toys, for all of which account must be rendered to Mamma.