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Nanny Work Living Job Care Children 英 Næni] 美

英语单词 nanny
英美音标 英 ['næni] 美 ['næni]
中文释义 n.保姆;<英>祖母;外婆
英语例句 (1) They both go out to work and have a nanny living in.
(2) Pearl had to choose between giving up her job or hiring a nanny.
(3) Nanny shakes her head and smiles at their feuding.
中文例句 (1) 他们俩都外出工作,雇了个保姆看家。
(2) 珀尔不得不在放弃工作和雇保姆之间作出选择。
(3) 外婆摇摇头,笑吟吟地看着她们在争斗。
vocabulary简明 A nanny is a full-time babysitter, someone whose job is taking care of a family's children. If you're a lucky kid, your nanny will be like Mary Poppins or Maria from "A Sound of Music."
vocabulary扩展 Being a nanny goes beyond hourly childcare — a nanny is usually the person who spends the most time with a baby or child. A nanny might feed, bathe, play with, and otherwise care for a toddler, or drive an older child to ballet lessons. Most nannies work in the child's home, sometimes even living there. A completely different definition of nanny is "female goat." The word's origin is probably as a nickname for Ann, a generic woman's name, though it's also traditionally used for "close female adult," such as an aunt.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](受雇照看小孩的)保姆,阿姨 A nanny is a woman who is paid by parents to look after their child or children.

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