babysit

英 [ˈbeɪbisɪt]

美 [ˈbeɪbisɪt]

v.  代人临时照看小孩; 当临时保姆

现在分词：babysitting　第三人称单数：babysits　

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牛津词典

verb

• 代人临时照看小孩；当临时保姆
  to take care of babies or children for a short time while their parents are out
  1. She regularly babysits for us.
     她定期来为我们照看小孩。
  2. He's babysitting the neighbour's children.
     他在帮邻居临时照看小孩。

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。

双语例句

• I thought that it would be easy to babysit there.
  我本以为做保姆很容易。
• Or if you think your job here is to babysit me.
  或者你认为你的职责是做我的保姆的话。
• I promised I'd babysit them today. aren't they cute?
  我答应今天照看他们的，他们可爱吗？
• They are expected to babysit, run errands, and help serve at cocktail parties.
  要求他们做的事情有：看孩子、跑腿儿、在鸡尾酒会上帮忙招待。
• I have to babysit my little sister when mom is outside.
  当妈妈外出时，我不得不照顾我的小妹妹。
• 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。
• She has to babysit for her little sister tonight.
  晚上她得照看妹妹。
• Act as a baby-sitter. I thought that it would be easy to babysit there.
  担任临时保姆，照顾婴儿。我本以为做保姆很容易。
• You can take it in turns to babysit
  你们可以轮流照看孩子。
• Dammit Joe, if you were going to babysit me, you could have let me know about it!
  干！周，如果你想让我做保姆，起码告诉我那个生化战场人在哪里？