| 释义 |
toddler|ˈtɒdlə(r)|
[f. toddle v. + -er1.]
One who toddles; esp. a toddling child.
1793Ure Hist. Rutherglen i. 95 She who sits next the fire, towards the east, is called the Todler. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Toddler, an infirm elderly person or a child not yet perfect in walking. 1821Sporting Mag. IX. 51 The road..exhibited a variety of toddlers eager to arrive at the destined spot. 1876Besant & Rice Gold. Butterfly III. 197 Little Phillis—a wee toddler of six or seven.
▸ toddler group n. a group of parents with toddlers who meet regularly to enable the children to take part in supervised creative and social play; cf. playgroup n. 2.
1961Mich. Yearbk. 3 113 She sat supportively on the sidelines in the pre-nursery-school ‘*toddler group’ with Barbara, her first-born. 1981N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Apr. They point out that there is no provision in New York city or state regulations covering family-home-group day care, a category including the in-home toddler groups. 2002S. Horne & A. Maddrell Charity Shops iv. 65 Such repeated consumption occurs most obviously with hand-me-downs within nuclear or extended families or friendship groups or networks, such as toddler groups. |