babysit

/ˈbeɪbiː.sɪt/

Meanings

verb

照顾孩子，看孩子

To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

Examples :

"My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night."

我女儿正在给十号的摩根家看孩子，他们要出去约会。

verb

照看，照料。

To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.

Examples :

"He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done."

他让我盯着那个新人，照顾他，好让他自己能去处理一些工作。

family human person job work

Related Words

morgans noun

/ˈmɔːrɡənz/ /ˈmɔːrɡɪnz/

摩尔根单位，摩根单位

""Geneticists use morgans to measure how likely two genes are to be inherited together; a higher number of morgans means the genes are further apart on the chromosome and less likely to be linked." "

遗传学家使用摩尔根单位/摩根单位来衡量两个基因一起遗传的可能性； 摩尔根单位/摩根单位的数值越高，表示基因在染色体上的距离越远，连锁的可能性就越小。

anyone pronoun

/ˈæniˌwʌn/

任何人，无论谁

"Almost anyone can change a light bulb."

几乎任何人都能换灯泡。

unnecessarily adverb

/ˌʌnˌnesəˈserɪli/ /ˌʌnˌnesɪˈserɪli/

不必要地，多余地。

"He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered."

他把别人已经讲过的内容又重复了很多，完全是多此一举。

anything noun

/ˈɛ.nə.θɪŋ/ /ˈæ.ni.θɪŋ/ /ˈɛ.ni.θɪŋ/ /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/

重要人物，要人，重要的事情，要事

"My daughter's success in school is anything I'm proud of. "

我女儿在学校取得的成功，绝对是让我最骄傲的要事。

attend verb

/əˈtɛnd/

注意，留心

"The teacher spoke slowly, and the students attentively attended to every word. "

老师慢慢地讲，学生们留心地听着每一个字。

closely adverb

/ˈkləʊsliː/

密切地，紧密地.

"Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages."

芬兰语和爱沙尼亚语是密切相关的语言。

someone noun

/ˈsʌmwʌn/

某人，有人

"Do you need a gift for that special someone?"

你需要为你心里的那个特别的人准备一份礼物吗？

daughter noun

/ˈdɑ.tɚ/ /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)/ /ˈdɔ.tɚ/

女儿，千金

"I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter."

我已经有一个儿子了，所以我想再要个女儿。

period noun

/ˈpɪəɹɪəd/

时期，期间。

"There was a period of confusion following the announcement."

宣布之后，有一段时间大家都非常困惑。

number noun

/ˈnʌmbə/ /ˈnʌmbɚ/ /ˈnʌmə/ /ˈnʌmɚ/

数字，号码

"Zero, one, −1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers."

零、一、负一、二点五和π都是数字。

watch noun

/wɒt͡ʃ/ /wɑt͡ʃ/

手表，怀表

"More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets."

现在更多的人戴手表，而不是把怀表放在口袋里。

babysitting verb

/ˈbeɪbɪsɪtɪŋ/ /ˈbeɪbisɪtɪŋ/

照顾小孩，照看孩子

"My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night."

我的女儿正在给十号的摩根一家看孩子，他们要出去约会。