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work as a childminder
childminder 是英式说法，指在自己或别人家中照看孩子的人；美式英语常用 babysitter。
She works as a childminder for a family in Bristol.
她在布里斯托尔为一户人家当照看孩子的保育员。
照看孩子的人；保姆
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照看孩子的人；保姆
a person who is paid to look after other people's children, especially in their own home
She works as a childminder for a family in Bristol.
她在布里斯托尔为一户人家当照看孩子的保育员。
英式英语
受雇看护他人孩子的人；保姆
A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.
Since I work from home, I only need a childminder for two hours after school.
因为我是在家工作，放学后只需要请人照看孩子两个小时。
Our childminder takes the children to the park every afternoon when the weather is nice.
天气好的时候，我们的临时照看孩子的人每天下午都会带孩子去公园。
She has worked as a registered childminder for over ten years and has excellent references.
她当注册托儿保育员已经十多年了，并且有极好的推荐信。
childminder 是英式说法，指在自己或别人家中照看孩子的人；美式英语常用 babysitter。
She works as a childminder for a family in Bristol.
她在布里斯托尔为一户人家当照看孩子的保育员。
They are looking for a childminder for their two children.
他们正在为两个孩子找一位照看孩子的保育员。
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She works as childminder.
Use this
She works as a childminder.
childminder 是可数名词单数，表示职业或身份时前面需要加不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。加上 a 后句子才符合英语单数可数名词的规则。
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I take my son to childminder every morning.
Use this
I take my son to the childminder's every morning.
childminder 指人，不是地点；表示“去照看孩子的人那里”要说 to the childminder's，即照看者的家或工作场所。这里需要用定冠词 the，并加所有格 's 来表达地点含义。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
注册保姆
We found our registered childminder through a friend.
我们通过朋友找到了一位注册保姆。
雇用托儿保姆
More parents now employ a childminder because of flexible working hours.
由于工作时间灵活，现在更多父母雇用托儿保姆。
当地保姆
Our local childminder has a full-time vacancy this summer.
我们当地的一位保姆今年夏天有一个全职空缺。
专业保姆
A professional childminder keeps a record of each child's progress.
专业保姆会记录每个孩子的成长情况。
保姆中介机构
Parents can choose a childminder agency to help with the vetting process.
父母可以选择保姆中介机构来协助进行审查程序。
找保姆
Many websites help parents find a childminder in their area.
许多网站帮助父母在自己所在地区找保姆。
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联想 child（孩子）+ minder（照看者），就像“mind the children（照看孩子）”，记住 childminder 就是照看孩子的人。
语域：neutral 常见场景：childcare registration、daily childcare discussion 这个词是英式英语，通常用于正式的托儿服务或登记注册语境，日常谈论 childcare 时也比较常见，一般不需要特意区分正式或非正式。
Rhymes with childminder: minder, finder, grinder, reminder all share the /aɪndə(r)/ ending with childminder's '-minder'. Warning: tinder and cinder look like they should rhyme because of the '-inder' spelling, but they are pronounced /ˈtɪndə(r)/ and /ˈsɪndə(r)/ with a short /ɪ/, so they do not rhyme with childminder.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.