childmind
verb[IorT]
UKuk/ˈtʃaɪldˌmaɪnd/us/ˈtʃaɪldˌmaɪnd/(USbabysit)to takecareof someone'schildreninyourhomewhile thatpersonis doing somethingelse:
在自己家里替人看孩子，提供幼托服务She's alreadyaskedme to childmind for her when she has herchildren.她已经跟我说过，等她有了孩子后替她照看。
Themotherof two from Northumberland has been childminding for tenyears.这位来自诺森伯兰郡的两个孩子的母亲已经从事了十年的幼托工作。
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childminder
to take care of someone or something
- care forShe had to give up her job to care for her elderly mother.
- take care ofI just want to make enough money to take care of my family.
- look afterMy aunt looked after me after my parents died.
- nurseHe nursed me back to health.
- tendHe lived a quiet life, tending his garden and his hives.
- Teachers are there toteach, not childmind.
- Around 45% ofbabiesandyoungchildrenare childminded bygranny.
- If she's childminding, she can say she'sself-employed.
Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adoptable
- adopted
- adoptee
- adoption
- caretaking
- child-rearing
- childless
- childlessness
- childminder
- looked-after
- mothering
- nanny
- non-custodial
- nursemaid
- swaddle
- unadoptable
- unadopted
- upbringing
- visitation