(pl. -ies)
1
- a person, typically a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home（照看小孩的）保姆。
1.1
- figurative a person or institution regarded as interfering and overprotective〈喻〉保姆式人物（或机构）：
as modifier a precarious path between freedom and the nanny state.在自由和保姆国之间的多险路途。
1.2
- Brit. informal one's grandmother〈英, 非正式〉祖母; 外祖母。
2
- （全称nanny goat）a female goat雌山羊。
(-ies, -ied)with obj.［usu. as noun nannying］
- be overprotective towards像保姆那样对待; 把…当小孩儿看待：
his well-intentioned nannying.
他出自好意的保姆式看管。
词源
early 18th cent. (as a noun)： pet form of the given name Ann. The verb dates from the 1950s.