babysitter

英 [ˈbeɪbisɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈbeɪbisɪtər]

n.  临时保姆; 代人临时照看小孩的人

复数：babysitters　

BNC.22346

牛津词典

noun

• 临时保姆；代人临时照看小孩的人
  a person who takes care of babies or children while their parents are away from home and is usually paid to do this
  1. I can't find a babysitter for tonight.
     我找不到人今天晚上帮我看小孩。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 替人临时照看（小孩）
  If youbabysit forsomeone orbabysittheir children, you look after their children while they are out.
  1. I promised to babysit for Mrs Plunkett...
     我答应给普伦基特夫人临时照看孩子。
  2. My friend asked me to babysit for her six-month-old son...
     我朋友请我临时看顾她6个月大的儿子。
  3. You can take it in turns to babysit...
     你们可以轮流照看孩子。
  4. She had been babysitting him and his four-year-old sister.
     她一直都在照看他和他4岁的妹妹。

英英释义

noun

• a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
  Synonym:baby-sittersitter

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