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英语词汇 "nursery"的意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语

更新时间:2026-08-13 01:17:16   栏目: 题库

好的,我们来详细解析英语词汇 "nursery"。

1. 读音

英式音标: /ˈnɜːsəri/

美式音标: /ˈnɜːrsəri/

中文谐音: "呢瑟瑞"(注意:"瑟" 的发音要轻而短)

2. 核心释义与用法

"Nursery" 的核心含义是 "一个用于照料和培育年幼事物的地方"。根据被照料的对象不同,其具体含义有很大差异。

主要释义:

① 托儿所,幼儿园(小班)
这是最常见的意思,指照料婴幼儿(通常为学龄前儿童)的机构。

用法: 作为可数名词。

例句:

Their two-year-old son goes to the nursery near their house.
(他们两岁的儿子去了家附近的托儿所。)

She works as a teacher in a nursery school.
(她在一家幼儿园当老师。)

 

② 苗圃
指培育和出售植物幼苗的地方。

用法: 作为可数名词。

例句:

We bought these tomato plants from a local nursery.
(我们从当地一家苗圃买了这些番茄苗。)

He owns a nursery that specializes in growing rare orchids.
(他拥有一个专门培育稀有兰花的苗圃。)

 

③ 儿童房
指家里为婴儿或幼儿准备的卧室。

用法: 作为可数名词。

例句:

They painted the nursery light blue before the baby was born.
(在宝宝出生前,他们把儿童房刷成了浅蓝色。)

The mother sang a lullaby to her child in the nursery.
(母亲在儿童房里给孩子唱摇篮曲。)

 

④ (为特定目的设立的)培育场,温床
用于比喻,指某事产生或发展的初始地或有利环境。

用法: 作为可数名词,常与介词 "for" 连用。

例句:

The university is a nursery for future leaders and innovators.
(这所大学是未来领袖和创新者的摇篮。)

That area became a nursery of crime.
(那个地区成了犯罪的温床。)

 

3. 常用短语

nursery school

释义: 幼儿园(通常指针对3-5岁儿童的学前教育机构)

例句: Children learn basic social skills at nursery school.

 

nursery rhyme

释义: 童谣,儿歌(如 "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star")

例句: My grandmother taught me that old nursery rhyme.

 

nursery furniture

释义: 儿童家具(如婴儿床、换尿布台等)

例句: They spent the weekend assembling the nursery furniture.

 

nursery nurse

释义: (英式英语)托儿所保育员

例句: The nursery nurse is trained in first aid.

 

day nursery

释义: (尤指为在职父母提供的)日间托儿所

例句: The company provides a day nursery for its employees' children.

 

4. 翻译

根据上下文,"nursery" 的中文翻译主要有:

托儿所 (最常见的翻译)

幼儿园 (尤其指 "nursery school")

苗圃

儿童房

摇篮、温床 (比喻义)

5. 例句中英对照

The working mother sends her child to a nursery every weekday.
(这位职场母亲每个工作日都把她的孩子送到托儿所。)

We need to get some new soil and pots from the garden nursery.
(我们需要从花园苗圃买些新土和花盆。)

They decorated the nursery with cartoon characters and a mobile.
(他们用卡通人物和一个挂饰装饰了儿童房。)

"Humpty Dumpty" is a famous English nursery rhyme.
(《矮胖子》是一首著名的英文童谣。)

Some people believe that poverty is a nursery of social unrest.
(有些人认为贫困是社会动荡的温床。)

总结

"Nursery" 是一个多义词,但其核心概念始终围绕着 "培育""初期阶段"。理解这个词的关键在于判断其上下文所指的对象是 儿童植物 还是一个 抽象概念