English Dictionary

nanny

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnæni/

名詞

口語 アメリカ英語

A child's nurse. / (colloquial) A grandmother. / (US, colloquial) A godmother. / A female goat.

日本語の意味

乳母 – 子供の世話をする女性（子供の看護師としての意味） / おばあちゃん – 口語的に祖母を指す場合の意味 / 名付け親 – （米国の口語表現）教母を意味する場合の意味 / 雌ヤギ – ヤギの雌

The nanny rocked the baby gently while humming a lullaby.

子守が赤ちゃんを優しく揺すり、子守歌を口ずさんだ。

意味（1）

A child's nurse.

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.

意味（2）

(colloquial) A grandmother.

意味（3）

(US, colloquial) A godmother.

意味（4）

A female goat.

Breeding is a consuming goal, and the ascendance of the sex drive is nearly as apparent in the behavior of a mountain goat billy. So given over is he to following and defending a succession of nannies as he searches for one in heat (estrus), he loses interest in food altogether; […]

nannies （ plural ）