| 释义 |
child-mind, v. orig. and chiefly Brit.
Brit. |ˈtʃʌɪl(d)mʌɪnd|, U.S. |ˈtʃaɪl(d)ˌmaɪnd|
[‹ child n. + mind v., after child-minding n., child-minder n. at child n. Compounds 2.]
1. trans. To look after (a child) as a childminder.
1969Listener 10 Apr. 480/3 Those who have been to kindergarten have, by and large, been ‘child-minded’ and have not had the advantages of modern pre-school educational methods. 2004Guardian (Nexis) 1 July 5 Nearly 45% of babies and young children are..childminded by Gran.
2. intr. To engage in child-minding, esp. professionally; to work as a childminder.
1975P. White Let. 25 May (1994) xii. 457, I think poor Frances spent most of the holidays child-minding. 1995Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 22 Aug. 29 The need for one of them to cut back on work to nurture, childmind, and homemake. 2004Daily Rec. (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Mar. 14, I now childmind, still providing pre-school care and after school care. |