| 单词 | keeper |
| 释义 | keeper (once / 403 pages) n A keeper is someone who is responsible for something, especially a property or a lot of animals. A keeper might take care of a big summer house during the winter months. You can use keeper to mean "caretaker," someone whose job involves maintaining a house, farm, estate, or grounds. The keeper of a golf course might, for example, keep the greens tidy and groomed. It's also shorthand for zookeeper, or a person who cares for the animals in a zoo. Since about 1300, keeper has meant "one who has charge of some person or thing." It comes from keep and its Old English root cepan, "seize or hold." WORD FAMILYkeeper: keepers+/keep: keeper, keeping, keeps, kept/keeping: keepings/kept: keptest, unkept USAGE EXAMPLESAt the other end of the pitch, the two keepers with the best shots-to-saves record do not belong to a top-six club. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) Jamie Walker drew a fine save from Dons keeper Joe Lewis late on as the visitors held on for a deserved win. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) More than 14,000 creatures are being counted at Bristol Zoo as keepers begin their annual stock-take. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1n one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals Syn|Hypo|Hyper custodian, steward caretaker a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) conservator, curatorthe custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) game warden, gamekeepera person employed to take care of game and wildlife greenskeepersomeone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course house sittera custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money) janitorsomeone employed to clean and maintain a building lighthouse keeperthe keeper of a lighthouse critter sitter, pet sittersomeone left in charge of pets while their owners are away from home zoo keeperthe chief person responsible for a zoological garden conciergea French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter sacristan, sextonan officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects super, superintendenta caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector vergera church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies warrenermaintains a rabbit warren defender, guardian, protector, shielder a person who cares for persons or property 2n someone in charge of other people am I my brother's keeper? Hypo|Hyper baby farmer someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee baby minder, babyminder, mindera person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working baby-sitter, babysitter, sittera person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkeysomeone who guards prisoners nanny, nurse, nursemaida woman who is the custodian of children dry nursea nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnursea woman hired to suckle a child of someone else defender, guardian, protector, shielder a person who cares for persons or property |
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