childmind
verb [ I or T ] UK uk/ˈtʃaɪldˌmaɪnd/ us/ˈtʃaɪldˌmaɪnd/ (US babysit)
在自己家里替人看孩子，提供幼托服务
to take care of someone's children in your home while that person is doing something else
She's already asked me to childmind for her when she has her children. 她已经跟我说过，等她有了孩子后替她照看。
The mother of two from Northumberland has been childminding for ten years. 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。
See: childminder
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- Teachers are there to teach, not childmind.
- Around 45% of babies and young children are childminded by granny.
- If she's childminding, she can say she's self-employed.