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a zookeeper
zookeeper 是可数名词，单数形式前用 a/an。
A zookeeper has to know each animal's habits.
动物园管理员必须了解每只动物的习性。
动物园管理员；动物园饲养员
zookeepers — plural of zookeeper
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
动物园管理员；动物园饲养员
a person whose job is to care for the animals in a zoo
A zookeeper has to know each animal's habits.
动物园管理员必须了解每只动物的习性。
动物园中照管动物的人。
A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.
The zookeeper feeds the pandas every morning at nine.
这位动物园饲养员每天早上九点喂熊猫。
My cousin wants to become a zookeeper because she loves animals.
我表妹想成为动物园饲养员，因为她热爱动物。
The zookeepers cleaned the lion enclosure before the visitors arrived.
饲养员们在游客到来之前打扫了狮子展区。
zookeeper 是可数名词，单数形式前用 a/an。
A zookeeper has to know each animal's habits.
动物园管理员必须了解每只动物的习性。
复数形式为 zookeepers，作主语时谓语动词用复数形式。
The zookeepers feed the pandas at noon.
动物园管理员们在中午喂熊猫。
Not this
He is zookeeper at the city zoo.
Use this
He is a zookeeper at the city zoo.
zookeeper 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 a。汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉 a；加上 a 后句子才完整。
Not this
There are three zookeeper in the zoo.
Use this
There are three zookeepers in the zoo.
zookeeper 是可数名词，受 three 修饰时必须用复数 zookeepers。汉语名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
担任动物园管理员；当动物园管理员
She works as a zookeeper at the city zoo.
她在市动物园担任动物园管理员。
饲养主管；动物园主管
The head zookeeper is responsible for the whole team.
饲养主管负责整个团队。
动物园管理员的职责
Zookeeper duties include preparing food and cleaning enclosures.
动物园管理员的职责包括准备食物和清扫兽舍。
成为动物园管理员
She wants to become a zookeeper when she grows up.
她长大后想成为动物园管理员。
接受动物园管理员培训
He is training as a zookeeper at a wildlife park.
他正在一家野生动物园接受动物园管理员培训。
Use zookeepers naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
zoo（动物园）+ keeper（看守人），想象动物园里拿着钥匙看管动物的人，就是管理员。
语域：neutral 常见场景：动物园工作岗位、参观指南或标识、日常口语交流 该词是中性常用词，多用于指动物园中负责照顾动物和日常管理的工作人员；日常口语和书面介绍都比较常见。
zookeeper 可拆为 zoo + keeper。末尾 -keeper 读 /kiːpə(r)/，因此 keeper、sweeper、sleeper、cheaper（拼写为 -ea-，但读音相同）都与它押韵。注意 zoo 读 /zuː/，oo 为长音 /uː/；而 book 的 oo 读 /ʊ/，拼写相似但发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.