| 释义 |
‖ au pair|o pɛr, əʊ pɛə(r)|
[F., on equality.]
Applied to an arrangement between two parties by which mutual domestic services are rendered formerly without consideration of money payment; esp. of a young girl learning the language of a foreign country while rendering certain services in return for hospitality. Also attrib. Hence as n., a person who is ‘au pair’.
1897Girl's Own Paper 16 Oct. 63/1 An arrangement..frequently made is for an English girl to enter a French, German or Swiss school and teach her own language in return for joining the usual classes. This is called being au pair. 1928Sunday Express 22 July 15 To have a German lady on ‘au pair’ terms in my house to teach German to my children in return for education in English. 1960Oxford Times 1 Jan. 2/2 Au pair to help with young children. 1962Times 22 May 13 An agency for placing au pair girls. 1967Guardian 3 July 5/5 The au pair's Italian boy friend. |