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单词 babysit
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Definition of babysit in English:

babysit

verbbabysitting, babysat, babysits ˈbeɪbɪsɪtˈbeɪbiˌsɪt
[no object]
  • Look after a child or children while the parents are out.

    (孩子家长外出时)临时代为照看孩子

    I babysit for my neighbour sometimes

    我有时替邻居临时照看孩子。

    with object she was babysitting Sophie

    她在临时照看苏菲。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He used to come round here and we would babysit for him.
    • In high school, my sister used to babysit for D's daughter's daughter.
    • We have had some beautiful letters from the parents of children she babysat.
    • She buys cool stuff because she babysits and makes good money.
    • When Nancy visits friends who have younger children, her teenage daughters babysit so the parents can have a night out.
    • Girl Scouts are advised to ask the parents for whom they babysit to unload and lock-up their guns.
    • The woman left to do something - perhaps buy baby supplies - and left me to babysit.
    • On Tuesdays, I babysat for some friends of my parents.
    • Once the child's parents have asked you to babysit for them, it is a good idea to agree rates of payment at that stage.
    • I was asked to babysit for the Alatas children and although I wasn't too keen on watching over a toddler, I had accepted.
    • Which reminds me, I need to get in touch with all the usual parents I babysit for, and tell them to call me here at Alex's instead.
    • My niece babysits, as I have two evening meetings.
    • We give by baking cookies for a neighbour, offering to babysit for weary parents or spending time with a lonely person.
    • We had to ring our neighbour and get her to come and babysit.
    • In Argentina it is usual for couples to ask their parents or a sibling to babysit for their children.
    • Granny babysits, serves buttered toast for tea, and scoops up dancers from ballet classes in the next town.
    • Outwardly, Gina didn't seem troubled - she babysat for neighbors, wrote cute poems, and smiled radiantly for pictures.
    • One night, my parents ask Grandpa to come over and babysit while they go see Chuck Berry at the Westbury Music Fair.
    • Much manly back slapping ensued, and I now have a friend's gown in my room which I agreed to babysit whilst he went to the PT.
    • She used to babysit for neighbours and was quite normal.
    Synonyms
    look after, take care of, tend, attend to, mind, minister to, take charge of, nurse, provide for, foster, protect, watch, guard

Definition of babysit in US English:

babysit

verbˈbābēˌsitˈbeɪbiˌsɪt
[no object]
  • Look after a child or children while the parents are out.

    (孩子家长外出时)临时代为照看孩子

    I babysit for my neighbor sometimes

    我有时替邻居临时照看孩子。

    with object she was babysitting Sophie

    她在临时照看苏菲。

    part-time jobs such as babysitting

    替人临时照看孩子之类的兼职。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Argentina it is usual for couples to ask their parents or a sibling to babysit for their children.
    • In high school, my sister used to babysit for D's daughter's daughter.
    • Once the child's parents have asked you to babysit for them, it is a good idea to agree rates of payment at that stage.
    • Granny babysits, serves buttered toast for tea, and scoops up dancers from ballet classes in the next town.
    • I was asked to babysit for the Alatas children and although I wasn't too keen on watching over a toddler, I had accepted.
    • We have had some beautiful letters from the parents of children she babysat.
    • She buys cool stuff because she babysits and makes good money.
    • He used to come round here and we would babysit for him.
    • We give by baking cookies for a neighbour, offering to babysit for weary parents or spending time with a lonely person.
    • Girl Scouts are advised to ask the parents for whom they babysit to unload and lock-up their guns.
    • We had to ring our neighbour and get her to come and babysit.
    • Which reminds me, I need to get in touch with all the usual parents I babysit for, and tell them to call me here at Alex's instead.
    • One night, my parents ask Grandpa to come over and babysit while they go see Chuck Berry at the Westbury Music Fair.
    • Much manly back slapping ensued, and I now have a friend's gown in my room which I agreed to babysit whilst he went to the PT.
    • My niece babysits, as I have two evening meetings.
    • On Tuesdays, I babysat for some friends of my parents.
    • The woman left to do something - perhaps buy baby supplies - and left me to babysit.
    • Outwardly, Gina didn't seem troubled - she babysat for neighbors, wrote cute poems, and smiled radiantly for pictures.
    • She used to babysit for neighbours and was quite normal.
    • When Nancy visits friends who have younger children, her teenage daughters babysit so the parents can have a night out.
    Synonyms
    look after, take care of, tend, attend to, mind, minister to, take charge of, nurse, provide for, foster, protect, watch, guard
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