nursery
/ˈnɜːsərɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- a room in a house for the special use of young children（家庭中的）幼儿房。
1.1
- （亦作day nursery）a place where young children are cared for during the working day; a nursery school.托儿所。
1.2
- a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere苗圃。
1.3
- a place or natural habitat which breeds or supports animals动物养殖场。
1.4
- an institution or environment in which certain types of people or qualities are fostered or bred滋生地; 温床：
that nursery of traitors.
叛国者的温床。
1.5
- as modifier denoting a race for two-year-old horses两岁的马参加的赛马。
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