单词 | nursery |
释义 | nursery (nɜːʳsəri ) Word forms: nurseries 1. countable noun [oft at/from/to N] B2 A nursery is a place where children who are not old enough to go to school are looked after. This nursery will be able to cater for 29 children. Her company ran its own workplace nursery. Synonyms: crèche, kindergarten, playgroup, play-centre [New Zealand] 2. See also day nursery 3. variable noun [oft NOUN noun] Nursery is a school for very young children. An affordable nursery education service is an essential basic amenity. ...a nursery teacher. 4. countable noun A nursery is a room in a family home in which the young children of the family sleep or play. He has painted murals in his children's nursery. 5. countable noun A nursery is a place where plants are grown in order to be sold. The garden, developed over the past 35 years, includes a nursery. Image of nursery © Photographee.eu, Shutterstock Collocations: nursery care That said, high-quality nursery care for two and three-year-olds, particularly those from deprived backgrounds, can make a staggering difference to their chances. Times, Sunday Times This happens for ushers, greeters and nursery care, too. Christianity Today The costs of full-time nursery care are also up, by a third in four years. Times, Sunday Times The cost of full-time nursery care has risen to an incredible 11,000 a year. Times, Sunday Times Many nurseries are struggling to keep going, not helped by an expansion in free hours of nursery care. Times, Sunday Times In addition to clothing and toys, it has stylish interiors for infants, with nursery furniture including cots, chairs, storage, rugs, lights and decorative accessories. Times, Sunday Times Extravagant bouquets of flowers are dying in vases amid a collection of creepy old nursery furniture. Times, Sunday Times I'd bought all the nursery furniture and nappies. The Sun They are frequently used in mangroves and seagrass beds which are important nursery grounds for fish. Times, Sunday Times Maerl beds are reservoirs of biodiversity, important both as nursery grounds for young scallops and young fish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Forage fish often make great migrations between their spawning, feeding and nursery grounds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Juvenile pink shrimp moved from their estuarine nursery grounds into deeper water about 60mi km offshore, where they were subsequently captured by fishermen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It provides nursery grounds for young fish, crustaceans and mollusks, and for sport and commercial purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You're bound to take a fancy to many of the plants, and you can pick some of these up in the specialist nursery. Times, Sunday Times Now's the time to check them out in the garden centre or make a trip to a specialist nursery. Times, Sunday Times For the greatest choice you need to order dahlias now from a specialist nursery (catalogues are available online). Times, Sunday Times For bulbs, perennials, flowering shrubs and small trees he will usually visit a national collection or specialist nursery and test his own favourites against the experts' views. The Times Literary Supplement If you're looking for something more unusual, or for a specific variety or cultivar, it's well worth visiting a specialist nursery or scouring the mail-order catalogues. Times, Sunday Times A group of local people, helped by international conservationists, has started a tree nursery. Times, Sunday Times It's best to visit a garden centre or specialist tree nursery to see exactly what you're getting. Times, Sunday Times We have been working together at a tree nursery for two years. The Sun They were used as a tree nursery until the early eighties, when they became surplus to requirements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He managed a tree nursery in private life, and wrote occasional newspaper articles on horticultural matters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 托儿所 Japanese: 子供部屋 |
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