- (especially North American English)
a school or class to prepare children aged five for school 学前班 his first day at kindergarten 他在幼儿园的第一天
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb2James is in kindergarten now, but he's moving up to infant school this autumn. 詹姆斯现在在幼儿园，但他今年秋天要升入幼儿园。 She teaches reading to students in kindergarten. 她教幼儿园的学生阅读。 She was still attending kindergarten at Assumption School. 她还在上萨普天主教学校的幼儿园。 their plans for Hannah to start all-day kindergarten 他们让汉娜开始上全日制幼儿园的计划
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-day
- full-day
- half-day
- …
- enter
- start
- attend
- …
- classroom
- class
- children
- …
- at kindergarten
- in kindergarten
- (British English, Australian English, New Zealand English)
nursery school (= a school for children between the ages of about two and five) 学前班 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-day
- full-day
- half-day
- …
- enter
- start
- attend
- …
- classroom
- class
- children
- …
- at kindergarten
- in kindergarten
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from German, literally ‘children's garden’.