baby-sit

英 [ˈbeɪbi sɪt]

美 [ˈbeɪbi sɪt]

v.  当临时保姆；代人承担照料责任; 为人临时照看；照顾婴儿

现在分词：baby-sitting　第三人称单数：baby-sits　过去式：baby-sat　过去分词：baby-sat　

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英英释义

verb

• work or act as a baby-sitter
  1. I cannot baby-sit tonigh
  Synonym:sit
• take watchful responsibility for
  1. I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town

双语例句

• I used to baby-sit for my neighbor.
  我过去常为邻居照看孩子。
• I wouldn't ask you if it wasn't important, but could you possibly baby-sit for us tomorrow evening?
  如果事情不要紧，我不会找你帮忙。不过明晚你能否替我照看一下孩子？
• I could walk to eat at a restaurant or walk to the playground where I would baby-sit and play with my nephew.
  我可以步行到饭店去吃饭，也可以走到游乐场，在那儿，我照料我的小侄小外甥，和他们一起玩。
• It will be necessary for someone to baby-sit the machine until it is running properly.
  某人必须修理机器直至它正常运转为止。（或：得找个人把机器修好。）
• You are not expected to baby-sit this evening.
  你今晚不需要当临时保姆。
• They do not have an obligation to baby-sit or to take their grandchildren in their house when the parents were on vacation.
  父母也没有义务给子女当保姆照顾孙辈，或者当子女外出旅游度假时把子女的孩子放到自己家里。
• Could you baby-sit for us on friday?
  星期五你替我们照看小孩行吗？
• Chris: I had to baby-sit the neighbors'kids again today.
  克里斯：我今天又必须代替邻居照顾小孩了。
• The children would grow up and leave home, my husband and I would grow old together, and we'd baby-sit the grandchildren.
  未来于我了然于胸：儿女长大、离家，与丈夫白首偕老，带养孙子孙女。
• A: You promised to baby-sit on the night of Jean's party?
  A：你答应在珍妮开派对那天晚上看孩子？