nanny

noun

/ˈnæni/

(plural nannies)

Idioms

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a person whose job is to take care of young children in the children’s own home
- She applied for the job of nanny to the Rickman family.
- She was taken on as a nanny to their two small children.
Topics Life stagesc1, Jobsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- live-in
- full-time
preposition
- nanny for
- nanny to
See full entry
(also nan)
(both British English) (used by children, especially as a form of address) a grandmother
- When is Nanny coming to stay?
- my nan and grandad
see also grannyTopics Family and relationshipsc2

Word Originearly 18th cent.: familiar form of the given name Ann.

Idioms

the nanny state

(disapproving) a way of talking about government which shows that you do not approve of it and suggests that it is too involved in controlling and protecting people in a way that limits their freedom
- This latest policy is an example of the nanny state gone mad.

单词	nanny
释义	nanny noun /ˈnæni/ /ˈnæni/ (plural nannies) Idioms jump to other results a person whose job is to take care of young children in the children’s own home She applied for the job of nanny to the Rickman family. She was taken on as a nanny to their two small children. Topics Life stagesc1, Jobsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective live-in full-time preposition nanny for nanny to See full entry (also nan) (both British English) (used by children, especially as a form of address) a grandmother When is Nanny coming to stay? my nan and grandad see also grannyTopics Family and relationshipsc2 Word Originearly 18th cent.: familiar form of the given name Ann. Idioms the nanny state (disapproving) a way of talking about government which shows that you do not approve of it and suggests that it is too involved in controlling and protecting people in a way that limits their freedom This latest policy is an example of the nanny state gone mad.
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