🇬🇧🇨🇳 nanny - 保姆 : English Lesson

Meaning of "nanny" ("保姆"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A nanny is a grown-up who is paid to take care of children—playing with them, feeding them, keeping them safe, and helping them when their parents are busy or at work.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The nanny tried to teach us yoga, but we mostly learned how to fall over very slowly.

When the nanny said, “We’re having a quiet afternoon,” the blender, the dog, and my little sister all started yelling.

Our nanny can hear cookie wrappers from three rooms away, even over the vacuum cleaner.

The nanny said, “One cookie,” and my brother heard, “One cookie every five seconds.”

The nanny has a magic bag that always has tissues, snacks, band-aids, and exactly the toy you were whining about.

The nanny arrives with a bright bag. The nanny lifts the crying toddler, hums, and hands a stuffed rabbit. The nanny makes peanut butter toast and builds a blanket fort. The child laughs; the nanny wipes a tear. At dinner, the parents return and hug the nanny, smiling with relief.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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