单词 | nursery |
释义 | nurserynur‧se‧ry /ˈnɜːsəri $ ˈnɜːr-/ ●●○ noun (plural nurseries) [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS word sets
WORD SETS► Agriculture Collocationsagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► nursery/pre-school education Phrases (=for children aged under 5)· The funding will provide nursery education for all four-year-olds. ► a nursery school (=for children under 5) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► local· If you have trouble in finding exactly the same varieties, you local nursery should be able to suggest some good alternatives.· Most children attend only part-time - morning or afternoon. Local authority nurseries charge, nursery classes do not.· After attending a local nursery school, some children had been able to write their own names.· Of the 3.5 million under fives in this country, only 1% can be placed in local authority nurseries. ► old· The old nursery became the parents' bedroom, with a dressing room for Corinne, and the children resented it. ► private· Enquiries are being made with regard to the setting up of a private nursery. 2.· Joanne was 4 years old and attended a private nursery in a private housing estate within a large city. NOUN► class· Local authority nurseries charge, nursery classes do not.· There were teams for the tuberculosis clinics, the general dispensaries, the homes for abandoned children, nursery classes and creches.· In the nursery class, a semi-structured interview schedule was used, with ample opportunity for expanding answers.· For the nursery class, the researcher studied and commented on the data and then discussed what emerged with the staff.· He then takes Keith to his morning nursery class.· Almost half were in nursery classes in school.· A meeting of the education committee decided that the nursery classes should be transferred to the School Annexe. 5.· Only the children in the school nursery class and the Village Hall nursery group will be invited. ► day· One of a pair of walnut medicine cupboards in the lobby between the bathroom and day nursery.· There is a day nursery for toddlers and the Pirates Club for children from four to eleven years.· Some of our Clubs operate a day nursery for the 2-4 year olds.· Abandoning art after 1914, she established a number of clinics and a day nursery in east London during the war.· Feminist arguments in favour of day nurseries were also conspicuously absent.· Thus state day nurseries became confined very largely to the children of poor and needy parents, often single parents.· The girls shared the night nursery, and the day nursery adjoining.· The fete is at Elim day nursery, in Alvanley Road. ► education· Is he further aware that a problem exists in finding suitable financial resources for nursery education?· Are these the partnership circumstances in which we want children to receive nursery education?· First, a nursery education for all three and four year olds whose parents wish by the year 2000.· Must they wait until they are four, and then go into part-time nursery education? ► nurse· These take children only from the age of 3, and are staffed not by nursery nurses but by trained teachers.· How nursery nurses and other students choose to use this knowledge is another matter entirely.· We share the annexe base with nursery nurse students and staff.· There are three full-time workers -a counsellor, a teacher, and a nursery nurse.· He said Darlington College of Technology already provided one of the best nursery nurse courses in the country.· A Labour Government would help nursery nurses progress after qualifying. ► place· Recent reports have shown the North leads the country in provision of nursery places.· Five other locations throughout County Durham are also to be considered for extra nursery places.· Labour planned to ensure a nursery place was available for every three and four-year-old whose parents wanted it.· Mr Fallon said the Tories were committed to encourage the creation of nursery places but not just through local authorities.· The cost of a childminder averages £90 a week, with a nursery place around £110.· We will continue to encourage the creation of nursery places. ► provision· A petition signed by 2,500 people calling for better nursery provision was presented to County Hall in Durham.· Such families would therefore have no legitimate claim to nursery provisions and other facilities.· They should show up Tory authorities for not providing nursery provision.· LEAs were busily extending nursery provision and running courses and projects.· Best workplace nursery provision is to be found in the public sector - local authorities, hospitals and colleges. ► rhyme· Nursery rhymes A good nursery rhyme idea is Humpty Dumpty.· They listen to stories, memorize nursery rhymes, look at picture books and gain other experiences that prepare them to read.· More than 40 children aged between three and five turned up as their favourite nursery rhyme or story book characters.· Among the lessons: Know your colors, shapes and nursery rhymes.· He was, incidentally, the only applicant who hadn't named the drink St Clements, from the nursery rhyme.· Quaint nursery rhymes defiled by crashing noise nightmares?· This is a good idea for a nursery rhyme party where the eggs can represent Humpty Dumpty.· The first team chooses a nursery rhyme and they all sing it together. ► school· Eighty pupils from Kirkby Malham Primary School have planted ash seedlings which they reared themselves in the school nursery.· Only the children in the school nursery class and the Village Hall nursery group will be invited. ► slope· The nursery slope can be terrifying to the person on skis for the first time, and yet boring to the expert.· But Ilkley Moor, however exhilarating for us townies, forms only the nursery slopes of the Yorkshire Dales. ► teacher· He is always pleased to see his nursery teacher but is terrified that she will think he is a naughty boy.· In one instance a nursery teacher felt that she should praise a little boy every time he spoke to her. ► unit· Keith Mitchell, director of education, has recommended consideration be given to the new nursery units at the meeting.· A nursery unit was built in 1977 and has two teachers. ► workplace· In addition, we have relieved employees from paying income tax on the benefit of workplace nurseries.· The first idea she came up with was managing workplace nurseries for companies.· In fact workplace nurseries are not suitable for most employers unless they employ a large number of staff in one location.· The Prime Minister was quick to claim the credit for abolishing the tax on workplace nurseries.· Then, bizarrely, he announced that the perk of a workplace nursery would no longer be taxable.· This Government in particular took away tax relief on workplace nurseries.· Best workplace nursery provision is to be found in the public sector - local authorities, hospitals and colleges. VERB► open· He opened his own nursery on a spot surrounded by the infant Ouse.· Some camps have recently opened nurseries for women who wish to keep their children with them.· David has opened a nursery at Misarden, specialising in old fashioned herbaceous plants and shrubs.· Since 1986, ten councils have opened nurseries for their staff. ► provide· To back this up we provide subsidised nurseries and a dependent care allowance to those whose hours change at short notice.· Looking like a Legoland space station, Ikea also provides supervised nurseries, free parking, restaurants and endless loos.· They should show up Tory authorities for not providing nursery provision.· Female wasps of this species dig burrows in the sand, to provide a nursery for their offspring.· On Wednesday the county schools subcommittee will be recommended to consider providing 52 nursery places in an extension at Springfield Primary School. ► run· I was ready to run down to the nursery.· There he had an official residence, but he continued to run his Whitechapel nursery, with another in London Fields.· Another thing, she didn't feel she was good any more at running the nursery school.· An executive from an international chemical company has given up the rat race to run a plant nursery. ► set· What they needed, they decided, was to set up a nursery themselves to gain a corporate reputation.· Two years later he returned home to help his father set up a nursery, but the venture was unsuccessful.· They decided to set up a nursery in the house and objections by Renfrew District Council were overcome.· The breakfast set in the nursery lobby left-hand cupboard was donated by Miss Henrietta Wedgwood. ► start· And we've helped people to start their own tree nurseries and grow their own trees for firewood. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► nursery education/unit/teacher etc Word family
WORD FAMILYnounnursenurserynursingverbnurse 1a place where young children are taken care of during the day while their parents are at work2a place where plants and trees are grown and sold3nursery education/unit/teacher etc British English education etc for young children from three to five years old → nursery school4a room in a hospital where babies that have just been born are looked after5old-fashioned a baby’s bedroom or a room in a house where young children play |
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