美 [ˈbeɪbi sɪt]
vi. 当临时保姆；代人承担照料责任
vt. 为人临时照看；照顾婴儿
第三人称单数baby-sits
现在分词baby-sitting
过去式baby-sat
过去分词baby-sat
babysit /ˈbeɪbɪsɪt/ TEM4 [ babysitting babysat babysits ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out. 代人临时照看 (别人的孩子); 代人临时照看小孩
I promised to babysit for Mrs. Plunkett.
我答应了为普伦基特太太临时照看孩子。
She had been babysitting him and his four-year-old sister.
她曾一直代为临时照看他和他4岁的妹妹。
可数名词 临时保姆
It can be difficult to find a good babysitter.
可能难以找到一个好的临时保姆。
take watchful responsibility for
I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town
... dwell 居住，停歇 baby-sit 看管，临时保姆 tease 取笑，戏弄 ...
... baby-sit看孩子 ghost-write为别人代写 sleep-walk梦游 ...
... baby-minding充任临时保姆 baby-sit临时保姆 baby-sitter保姆 ...
The counsellors will gladly baby-sit during their free time.
咨询员在空闲时也会乐意照看一下孩子。
I used to baby-sit him for his parents.
我过去常替他父母照看他。
My daughter was attending a meeting and asked me to baby-sit my 3-year old granddaughter.
我的女儿要去参加一个会议，所以要我照顾我三岁的小孙女。
They harvest American crops, build American houses and baby-sit American children, but often cannot get driving licences or social benefits.
And, of course, it made it easy for me to baby-sit.
My children were so obsessed that they had their baby sitter also sit the Tamagotchi when they were off taking ice-skating lessons, or whatever.