babysit /ˈbeɪbɪsɪt/ TEM4 ( babysitting, babysat, babysits )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I 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

  例：

  I promised to babysit for Mrs. Plunkett.

  我答应了为普伦基特太太临时照看孩子。

  例：

  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。

• 2. 

  babysitter N-COUNT 临时保姆

  例：

  It can be difficult to find a good babysitter.

  可能难以找到一个好的临时保姆。