| 英语单词 | caretaker |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['keəteɪkə(r)] 美 ['kerteɪkər] |
| 中文释义 | adj.临时代理的 n.看门人;看管人 |
| 英语例句 | (1) This block of flats has a non-resident caretaker. (2) The caretaker stokes up twice a day. (3) The caretaker of the warehouse was trustworthy. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这座公寓的管理员不在公寓里住。 (2) 管理员每天往火里加两次煤。 (3) 那个看管仓库的人是很可靠的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you work as a caretaker, you look after a house or a piece of property. The caretaker of a grand old estate might live in a small cottage on its grounds. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A caretaker might make small repairs to a house, weed a property's flower gardens, or mow the lawn. Some caretakers live in the house they care for, often during an off season when its main inhabitants don't stay there. You can also use the word to mean "caregiver," a person who takes care of someone who's elderly or ill, or to refer to someone who looks after animals. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](学校、公寓等的)管理员 A caretaker is a person whose job it is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats or apartments, and deal with small repairs to it. [BRIT 英] in AM, use 美国英语用 janitor 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]看门人;看管人 A caretaker is a person whose job it is to take care of a house or property when the owner is not there. 3 [ADJ 形容词](政府、领导)临时的,代理的 A caretaker government or leader is in charge temporarily until a new government or leader is appointed. [ADJ n]
4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]护理人;看护者 A caretaker is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who is disabled, ill, or very young. [mainly AM 主美] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 carer |
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