crèche

发音

其它 /kɹɛʃ/

词形变化

crèches 复数 crèches

别名

creche

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A representation of the nativity scene.

  2. 2.

    A day nursery.

    爱尔兰 英国

    They drop their two-year-old off at the crèche in the morning before they go to work.

  3. 3.

    A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital.

    历史
  4. 4.

    A group of young who stay together for protection.

    生物

词源

Unadapted borrowing from French crèche (“manger”), from Frankish *krippija, *kribbija, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ. Doublet of crib. Daycare meaning comes from recent use in France French (whereas in Canadian French garderie is used instead).

来源:wiktionary