babysitter

babysitter — 名詞

1. a person, often a teenager paid by the hour, who comes to a family's house to lo

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釋義

臨時保母

到家裡照顧小孩幾小時的人

a person, often a teenager paid by the hour, who comes to a family's house to look after the children for a few hours so that the parents can go out.

例句

The Garcias hired a babysitter so they could attend their friend's wedding on Saturday night.

賈西亞夫婦請了一位臨時保母，這樣他們週六晚上才能去參加朋友的婚禮。

hire a babysitter (so that...)

Linnea works as a babysitter for two neighbours and earns about ten dollars an hour.

瑪雅幫兩戶鄰居當臨時保母，一小時可以賺大約十美元。

work as a babysitter for [family]

同義詞
  • sitter

    shortened, conversational form of babysitter

  • childminder

    British English; can mean either an at-home sitter or a registered daycare provider

文法句型

babysitter for + [child/family]

用法筆記

Subject of the action is usually a teenager or young adult paid by the hour; the job is short-term and ends when the parents return home.

常見錯誤

❌I am a babysitter of three children every weekend.
✅I babysit three children every weekend.
💡use the verb 'babysit' for the activity; 'babysitter' names the person.
❌We need a babysitter to our son tonight.
✅We need a babysitter for our son tonight.
💡the preposition is 'for', not 'to'.

2. a person who runs a small childcare business from inside their own house, lookin

2.名詞
釋義

家庭保母

在自家照顧多戶幼童的人

a person who runs a small childcare business from inside their own house, looking after several other families' children during the day while the parents are at work.

例句

Mrs. Wong is a licensed babysitter and looks after six toddlers in her living room each weekday.

黃太太是有執照的家庭保母，平日在自家客廳照顧六個學步的小孩。

licensed babysitter running home daycare

We drop our daughter off at the babysitter's house at 8 a.m. every weekday morning.

我們每個工作日早上八點把女兒送到家庭保母的家。

at the babysitter's [house]

同義詞

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: here the children come TO the carer's home and stay during work hours, rather than the carer visiting the family for an evening. Closer in meaning to 'childminder' (UK) or 'home daycare provider' (US).

常見錯誤

❌My babysitter comes every morning at eight.
✅I take my son to the babysitter's every morning at eight.
💡for sense 2, the children travel to the carer, not the other way around.