nursery

• n. 苗圃；托兒所；溫床

來自nurse,護理，照料。引申詞義幼兒園，苗圃。

nursery (n.)

c. 1400, "breeding, nursing," from Old French norture, norreture "food, nourishment; education, training," from Late Latin nutritia "a nursing, suckling," from Latin nutrire "to nourish, suckle" (see nourish). Meaning "place or room for infants and young children and their nurse" is from c. 1300. As a type of school, 1580s. Horticultural sense is from 1560s. Nursery rhyme is from 1832.

1. We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services.

我們已發起一場要求改善幼兒園和中小學教育服務的運動。

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2. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.

當地政府提供的保育服務隻有少數上班族母親才能夠享受到。

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3. Not all nursery schools make use of the opportunities open to them.

並不是所有的托兒所都能抓住他們麵臨的機會。

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4. After mating the male wasps tunnel through the sides of their nursery.

交配之後，雄黃峰們就從蜂房的側麵鑽出去了。

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5. The availability of nursery school places varies widely across London.

倫敦幼兒園的分布非常不均衡。

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