| 单词 | nanny |
| 释义 | nanny (once / 2846 pages) 1n 2n 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." 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. WORD FAMILYnanny: nannies USAGE EXAMPLESHe works at a coin-op laundry, while his wife, 49, is a babysitter, a midwife and a nanny. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Competition is fierce to become a panda nanny in China, but what is the job really like? BBC(Dec 25, 2016) The sequel is set in the 1930s and involves the now grown up children being paid a visit by their former nanny following a bereavement. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) 1 n a woman who is the custodian of children 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper nurse, nursemaid dry nurse a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnursea woman hired to suckle a child of someone else keeper someone in charge of other people adult female, womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man) n female goat Syn|Hyper nanny-goat, she-goat caprine animal, goat any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns |
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