Word · Frequency #26667
childminders
照看孩子的人；保姆
childminders is the plural of childminder.
a person who is paid to look after other people's children, especially in their own home
英式英语
- 1.
A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.
受雇看护他人孩子的人；保姆
托儿所中心工作者；保育员；受雇看护他人孩子的人；保姆；<英>(代人)照看孩子者；托儿所中心工作者
In use
Since I work from home, I only need a childminder for two hours after school.
Our childminder takes the children to the park every afternoon when the weather is nice.
She has worked as a registered childminder for over ten years and has excellent references.
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。
a childminder for [sb]
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。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- registered childminder
- 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。
- employ a childminder
- 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。
- local childminder
- 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。
- professional childminder
- 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。
- childminder agency
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
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