babysitter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtə/|[ˈbe̞ɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪtʰə]    美 /ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ/|[ˈbeɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪɾɚ]|/ˈbæ̝ɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ/|[ˈbæ̝ɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
    — My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
  2. A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder. derogatory
    — He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.

词形变化

babysitters plural baby-sitter alternative baby sitter alternative,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
babysit babysitter test electronic babysitter
相关词
birdsitter catsitter dogsitter homesitter house-sitter petsitter puppysitter nanny nurse

词源

From baby + sitter.
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