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

双语例句

• We've each got a babysitter.
  我们每个人都有个保姆了。
• I got a babysitter for the first time in three months.
  三个月里，我第一次请到了一个保姆。
• Can you recommend a babysitter for my child?
  您可以为我的孩子推荐一位保姆吗？
• You know how hard it is to find a babysitter?
  你知道要找到一个保姆是多么难吗？
• She enjoyed most her employment as babysitter.
  她非常喜欢保姆的工作。
• She couldn't always afford a babysitter
  她并不是总能请得起临时保姆。
• Is the babysitter not taking care of you?
  阿姨对你不好？
• They arranged for a babysitter to take care of the children.
  他们安排了一位保姆来照顾孩子。
• Finding a babysitter while you go out to work is, for example, an inconvenience.
  例如，当你出去工作时找一个临时照顾孩子的保姆是一种不便。
• What's the babysitter's name?
  你说保姆叫什么来著？