babysit

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money. ambitransitive
    — My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night.
  2. To watch or tend a thing or process without normally intervening in it, e.g. as a precaution should an emergency happen. informal,transitive
    — The reaction takes several hours, so we leave a graduate student to babysit it.
  3. To watch or attend anything or anyone more closely than ought to be needed; to have to help or coax too much. informal,transitive
    — He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.

词形变化

babysits present,singular,third-person babysitting participle,present babysat participle,past babysat past babysitted participle,past,uncommon babysitted past,uncommon baby-sit alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
birdysit
相关词
babysitter catsit dogsit housesit

词源

Back-formation from babysitter.
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