babysitting [
'beibiˌsitiŋ]
n. 当临时保姆
babysitting[ noun ]
the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home
<noun.act>
babysitting \babysitting\ n.
the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their
parents are not home.
[WordNet 1.5]
- Pettway told police he was babysitting the children.
- Rachael Ann White was taken Friday when her grandmother left the room while interviewing a woman for a babysitting job.
- Meanwhile, back in Swan Hills, babysitting services and car pools were set up to encourage a big turnout for a more intensive round of public seminars.
- For the third week in a row, the babysitting comedy "Uncle Buck" was No. 1 at the nation's theaters while the Vietnam drama "Casualties of War" dropped off the charts completely.
- Their brother, Harry, 19, earned just $370.50 from yard work and babysitting.
- Mrs. Ward has found less-expensive child care and organized a homemakers' network to swap children's clothing and babysitting help.