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  1. 1vB1/ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtər/ · /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtə/當保姆；臨時照顧小孩

    To look after someone else's children for a short time while their parents are out, often in the evening, and often as a small job you are paid for.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei babysits the twins next door while their parents are at a wedding.

    逐字美照顧隔壁的雙胞胎，當他們的爸媽在婚禮上的時候。

    這個意思講的是「動作」：爸媽出門的那幾個小時，你替他們看小孩；做這件事的人就叫 a babysitter。它跟 take care of 的差別在於「短暫、而且小孩不是你的」——你只是暫時頂替爸媽，等他們回來。可以想成 baby + sit：就像有人坐在家裡陪著小孩，直到門打開為止。

    常見搭配

    • babysit for somebody

      替某人照顧他的小孩

      to look after someone's children while they are out

      He used to babysit for Mary when she worked nights.

    • babysit the kids / the children

      照顧那幾個小孩

      to look after the children for a while

      Ren babysat the kids while their mum went to the market.

    • ask somebody to babysit

      請某人來幫忙看小孩

      to ask someone to look after your children for a short time

      I'll ask Jane to babysit on Wednesday night.

    • get / find a babysitter

      找到人來看小孩

      to arrange for someone to look after your children so you can go out

      I'll come with you if I can get a babysitter for Friday.

    意思相近

    mindsitwatchlook aftertake care of

core核心畫面

Picture the person who arrives just as the parents are leaving for the evening: she stays with the child, feeds him, gets him to bed, and hands him back when they come home. A babysitter is that person — the one who does the few-hours job of standing in for the parents, usually for a small payment. (Note: this entry is tagged as a verb and its definition is written as an action; the word itself names the person, not the act.)

可以想成父母出門那一刻進門的那個人：她留下來陪孩子吃飯、洗澡、上床，等父母回來再交回去。babysitter 指的就是「做這件事的那個人」——臨時代看小孩的保姆，通常領一點鐘點費。要注意這筆資料本身有瑕疵：詞性被標成動詞（v），定義也寫成動作「照顧小孩」，那其實是 babysit 的意思；-er 這個字尾在這裡指人，所以 I need a babysitter 是「我需要找個人來看小孩」，不是一個動作。

同家族的字

過去式 babysat過去分詞 babysat-ing babysitting三單 babysits

意思相近

mindsitwatchlook aftertake care of

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

babysitternoun/ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtə/

  • 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

    derogatoryA person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.

    • He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.

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