play·group, play group /ˈpleɪɡruːp/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
1British EnglishBrESEP a type of school where children between two and four years old meet to learn and play 〔两岁到四岁孩子的〕幼儿游戏班,幼儿园SYN American English preschool
a playgroup at the community centre
社区中心的幼儿园
2.American EnglishAmE a group of children, usually between two and four years old, whose parents meet each week so that the children can play together 幼儿游戏组
Examples from the Corpus
playgroup• For three mornings a week she went to a playgroup run by a friend who was a trained Froebel teacher.• Now it is used by the localplaygroup and various other events take place there too.• They need to be shown how to shape and extend the language of home, street, playgroup and nursery.• About two years ago the playgroupleader left and I was asked to take charge.• Other people help out at the playgroup.• I mainly run and organise the playgroupsessions which take place each weekday morning, usually for two and a halfhours.• The playgroup will open on Monday.
(BrE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLAYGROUP | PLAYGROUP + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤nursery, preschool幼兒遊戲班▸➤local當地幼兒遊戲班➤voluntary公益幼兒遊戲班VERB + PLAYGROUP➤attend, go to去上幼兒遊戲班▸➤run管理幼兒遊戲班▸➤start開辦幼兒遊戲班◇She started a playgroup in her own house.她在自己家裏開辦了個幼兒遊戲班。➤start, start at開始上幼兒遊戲班◇He'll grow in confidence once he starts at playgroup.他上了幼兒遊戲班自信心就會增強。PLAYGROUP + NOUN➤leader幼兒遊戲班指導老師PREPOSITION➤at playgroup在幼兒遊戲班裏◇She goes shopping while her little girl's at playgroup.她趁小女兒上幼兒遊戲班時去購物。