nanny
nanny 英 [ˈnæni] 美 [ˈnæni]
n. 保姆；母山羊
名词复数:nannies
- 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."
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- n. 保姆；母山羊
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1. You see these nanny programmes on the television and the children are awful.
你在电视上可以看到这些保姆节目，这些孩子们是很糟的。
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2. Yet whatever they are, there is one comforting thing about them. If a nanny spreads false terribles you can sue and, with any luck, win.
然而，不管她们是谁，令人安慰的一点是，如果一个保姆散布恐怖谎言，你可以起诉她，有点运气的话，你还会赢。
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3. First of all, Brad and Angelina have one nanny for each of their six children.
首先，布拉德和安吉丽娜的孩子们每人都配备有一名保姆。
- nanny (n.) "children's nurse," 1795, from widespread child's word for "female adult other than mother" (compare Greek nanna "aunt"). The word also is a nickname form of the fem. proper name Ann, which probably is the sense in nanny goat (1788, compare billy goat). Nanny-house "brothel" is slang from c. 1700. Nanny state, in reference to overintrusive government policies is attested by 1987, the term associated with British political leader Margaret Thatcher, who criticized the tendency.
- nanny (v.) "to be unduly protective," 1954, from nanny (n.). Related: Nannied; nannying.
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