babysittingn.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪbɪsɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪbiˌsɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: baby n., sitting n.

Etymology: < baby n. + sitting n. Compare slightly earlier babysitter n. and later babysit v.

Originally U.S.

The action of babysit v. (esp. in sense 1a). Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > looking after > child in parents' absence

babysitting1940

1940 Denton (Texas) Record-Chron. 8 Aug. 5/4 As examples of their odd-job, money-earning activities... A ‘baby sitting’ bureau for the care of children when mothers have other things to do.

1944 San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 13 Aug. 1/4 Among the changes noted in ‘baby sitting’ in the last 10 years is the progressive lateness in the time when parents want ‘sitters’.

1951 Punch 4 Apr. 421/3 Undoubtedly one of the worst features of the baby-sitting age is the coy handing over of the fee.

1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy 47 A sleek, diminutive creature who had shared with Guillam the job of baby-sitting for Smiley during the smoking-out of Haydon.

2000 K. Charles Cruel Habitations (2001) xxi. 425 She does a bit of that sort of thing—child-minding, baby-sitting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

babysittingadj.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪbɪsɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪbiˌsɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: babysit v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < babysit v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier babysitting n.

That babysits (in various senses).

ΚΠ

1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 248/3 Car-owning miners and baby-sitting scholars.

1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Dec. a30/1 Complaints about young boys pestering young baby-sitting girls must be pretty common.

2008 S. Atwell Through Glass, Deadly xvii. 175 You want me to have a chat with our babysitting cop while I'm at it?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	babysitting
释义	babysittingn. Brit. /ˈbeɪbɪsɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: baby n., sitting n. Etymology: < baby n. + sitting n. Compare slightly earlier babysitter n. and later babysit v. Originally U.S. The action of babysit v. (esp. in sense 1a). Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > looking after > child in parents' absence babysitting1940 1940 Denton (Texas) Record-Chron. 8 Aug. 5/4 As examples of their odd-job, money-earning activities... A ‘baby sitting’ bureau for the care of children when mothers have other things to do. 1944 San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 13 Aug. 1/4 Among the changes noted in ‘baby sitting’ in the last 10 years is the progressive lateness in the time when parents want ‘sitters’. 1951 Punch 4 Apr. 421/3 Undoubtedly one of the worst features of the baby-sitting age is the coy handing over of the fee. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy 47 A sleek, diminutive creature who had shared with Guillam the job of baby-sitting for Smiley during the smoking-out of Haydon. 2000 K. Charles Cruel Habitations (2001) xxi. 425 She does a bit of that sort of thing—child-minding, baby-sitting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). babysittingadj. Brit. /ˈbeɪbɪsɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: babysit v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < babysit v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier babysitting n. That babysits (in various senses). ΚΠ 1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 248/3 Car-owning miners and baby-sitting scholars. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Dec. a30/1 Complaints about young boys pestering young baby-sitting girls must be pretty common. 2008 S. Atwell Through Glass, Deadly xvii. 175 You want me to have a chat with our babysitting cop while I'm at it? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1940adj.1958
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