| 单词 | to mind the shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mind the shop (also store) a. transitive. To take care of, take charge of, look after, watch over (esp. a baby or child, or a shop, store, etc.), now usually for a short or limited period; (now also) to look after (a child, etc.) in an official or paid capacity; to mind the shop (also store): to be in temporary charge (of an operation, enterprise, etc.), take over temporary authority. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] hold971 yemeOE biwitc1000 keepa1325 wait1362 tentc1400 attendc1420 to take guard1426 tend?1521 to have the care of1579 to have, take, give (the) charge of1611 mind1640 to have, take in charge1665 tutor1682 attend1796 shepherda1822 mother1851 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > serve customer in shop > look after a shop or store mind1640 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after > specifically a person > a child in parents' absence mind1839 sit1950 babysit1962 childmind1969 1640 H. Mill Nights Search §49 247 Who'd be so troubled with such lazie sluts? They're good for nothing, but to mind their guts. 1694 J. Dryden Love Triumphant Epil. 84 The Wife that was a Cat may mind her house. 1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 26 They were..to exhort them to stay at home and mind their families. 1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 65 The men..were gone to dinner: I stayed to mind the furnace. 1811 S. Beazley Boarding-house ii. iii. 34 Nonsense, girl—I Can't av'oord it—mind the shop. 1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 67 I ha left Bill at home to mind the children. 1873 W. Collins New Magdalen II. xviii. 8 The lodge-keeper's wife..is minding the gate. 1884 J. H. Ewing Daddy Darwin's Dovecot iv. 24 Let me mind your pigeons. 1895 T. Hardy Jude vi. vii. 476 She put her head into the little pork-shop... ‘You must mind the shop this morning,’ he said casually. 1902 Dial. Notes 2 239 Mind the baby while I'm gone. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Psmith, Journalist v. 28 You'll see that each page is run by some one. I'm simply the fellow who minds the shop. 1940 C. Stead Man who loved Children i. 1 Henrietta, their mother, was in town..and they were being minded by Louisa, their half-sister. 1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait x. 93 He accused me of neglecting the baby and said he'd..let his..secretary mind it. 1957 J. Blish Fallen Star vi. 75 The cabin door opened and the Commodore came out... ‘Who's minding the store?’ I asked him. ‘Hanchett. We're on autopilot and he's watching the instruments.’ 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard ii. 70 The CID room was quiet. DC Jones was minding the shop. 1971 Where Nov. 343/2 A certificate is issued specifying the number of children and the hours and days when they can be minded. 1987 USA Today 21 Oct. 9/2 Trained nurturers—not just nannies—will mind kids. 1993 R. Doyle Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1994) 157 I minded the pram while my ma talked to her. < as lemmas |
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