babysit

B1 大学 FREQ #11754 ★☆☆☆☆

vi. (代人临时)照看婴孩

发音

US /ˈbeɪ.bi.sɪt/

词形变化

babysat babysits 三单 babysits babysitted babysitting babysitting 现在分词 babysat 过去式 babysat 过去分词 babysitted 过去式 babysitted 过去分词

别名

baby-sit

教材释义与例句

动词

（临时代人）照看婴孩

释义与例句

v. B1
  1. 1.

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

    代人照看孩子

    照看婴儿

    及物/不及物

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

    We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.

  2. 2.

    To watch or tend a thing or process without normally intervening in it, e.g. as a precaution should an emergency happen.

    非正式 及物

    The reaction takes several hours, so we leave a graduate student to babysit it.

  3. 3.

    To watch or attend anything or anyone more closely than ought to be needed; to have to help or coax too much.

    非正式 及物

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

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

sit

上位词 1

guard

词源

Back-formation from babysitter.

来源：wiktionary