Babysitting is taking care of someone else's children for a short time while the parents are out — an evening, a Saturday afternoon, not years of raising the child. You babysit (the verb); the work is babysitting; the person is a babysitter.

Babysitting Babysitting is指的是 taking care of someone else's children幫別人照顧小孩 for a short time一小段時間 while the parents are out趁父母外出的時候 an evening像一個晚上 a Saturday afternoon一個星期六下午 not years of raising the child而不是花好幾年帶大孩子。You你 babysit當babysitter (the verb動詞); the work這件工作 is叫做 babysitting babysitting; the person這個人 is就是 a babysitter babysitter。

A lot of teenagers do it for neighbours; some people do it as paid work. The baby in the word is used loosely: you can babysit a school-age child.

A lot of teenagers很多青少年 do it for neighbours會幫鄰居做這個; some people有些人 do it as paid work則把它當成有薪工作。The baby這個字裡的baby in the word用得比較鬆散 is used loosely: you你 can babysit可以幫忙照顧 a school-age child已經在上學的孩子。

What it does not mean is a full-time nanny, a nursery school, or looking after your own brothers and sisters as your main job, though families stretch the word that way sometimes. It is an informal, everyday word, more home than office.

What it does not mean它不代表的 is是 a full-time nanny全職保母 a nursery school幼兒園 or或 looking after your own brothers and sisters照顧自己的兄弟姊妹 as your main job當成自己的正職 though families stretch the word that way sometimes雖然有些家庭有時候會這樣延伸這個字的用法。It它 is an informal, everyday word是個非正式的日常用字 more home than office比較居家、不太辦公室。