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childmind
verb[ I or T ]
UKuk /ˈtʃaɪldˌmaɪnd/ us /ˈtʃaɪldˌmaɪnd/(USbabysit)
to take care of someone's children in your home while that person is doing something else: 在自己家里替人看孩子，提供幼托服务
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。
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Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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 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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parenting & caring for children
adopt
adoptable
adopted
adoptee
adoption
caretaking
child-rearing
childless
childlessness
childminder
kinship carer
lawnmower parent
looked-after
milestone
mothering
snowploughing
stay-at-home
swaddle
unadoptable
unadopted
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