1.American EnglishAmESEP a school or class for children aged five 〔为五岁儿童开办的〕学前班
2.British EnglishBrESEP a school for children aged two to five 〔为两岁至五岁儿童开办的〕幼儿园SYN nursery school
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kindergarten• The Tams, who worked then as a high school principal and a kindergartenteacher, lived in a two-story home.• Jessie has declared that she wants to be a kindergarten teacher.• In one of the sessionsround the pool he was horrified to hear Mao applykindergartenarithmetic to war.• Generalfundspending for kindergarten through high school would increase 12. 7 percent to $ 17. 1 billion.• Poverty made mere housing a luxury; and poverty forced families to forgokindergartens and higher education for their children.• Mrs. Marks was my kindergarten teacher.• Diana was enrolled at a girls' day-school, Charles at a nearbykindergarten.• Katie was one of the few children who could read when she started kindergarten.• About 70 percent of the funds raised by the tax go on salaries for everyone from parishpriests to kindergarten teachers.• I had been the celebrated child at home and in our villagekindergarten.
(especially NAmE) ➡ see also nurseryADJECTIVE | VERB + KINDERGARTEN | KINDERGARTEN + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤all-day, full-day, half-day全日制幼兒園;半日制幼兒園◇their plans for Hannah to start all-day kindergarten他們讓漢娜開始上全日制幼兒園的計劃VERB + KINDERGARTEN➤enter, start進入/開始上幼兒園➤attend, be in上幼兒園;在幼兒園◇She was still attending kindergarten at Assumption School.她還在上薩普天主教學校的幼兒園。◇My father died while I was still in kindergarten.我還在上幼兒園的時候父親就去世了。➤teach (NAmE) 執教於幼兒園◇She has been teaching kindergarten for 13 years.她在幼兒園教課已經 13 年了。KINDERGARTEN + NOUN➤classroom幼兒園教室➤class幼兒園班級➤children, students (NAmE) 幼兒園的孩子/學生➤teacher幼兒園教師PREPOSITION➤at kindergarten在幼兒園◇his first day at kindergarten他在幼兒園的第一天➤in kindergarten在幼兒園裏◇She teaches reading to students in kindergarten.她教幼兒園的學生閱讀。