caretaker

Word family adjectivecarefulcarelesscaringcarefreecarewornadverbcarefullycarelesslycaringlynouncarefulnesscarelessnesscarercaregivercare labelcaretakercarewarecareworkercareverbcaretake

Related topics: Occupations, School, Sociology

care·tak·er /ˈkeəˌteɪkə $ ˈkerˌteɪkər/ noun [countableC]

1. British EnglishBrEBOSES someone whose job is to look after a building, especially a school 〔尤指学校等建筑物的〕管理员 SYN American English janitor

2. LOOK AFTER somebodysomeone who looks after a house or land while the person who owns it is not there 〔主人不在时照料其房地产的〕看管人

3. caretaker manager/government/boss etc a manager, government etc that is in charge for a short period of time until another manager or government is chosen 代理经理/看守政府/临时老板等

Examples from the Corpus

caretaker manager/government/boss etc• They sought extra-parliamentary means to oust Chavalit, establish a caretaker government and hold a new election.• A caretaker boss is expected to be named today.• And caretaker boss Barrow said he was a little disappointed at not taking three points!• In the meantime, his assistant, Mr Ronnie Moran, would act as caretaker manager.• A player representation, led by caretaker manager Edwin Stein, received a rapturous welcome.• All three parties undertook to support the caretaker government until the elections.• The caretaker government had earlier introduced new laws increasing the penalties for election offences.

4. American EnglishAmESS someone who looks after other people, especially a teacher, parent, nurse etc 照看人，看护人；监护人〔尤指老师、父母、护士等〕 SYN British English carer

Examples from the Corpus

caretaker• Poole and Bowman had often humorously referred to them-selves as caretakers or janitors aboard a ship that could really run itself.• Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life.• The infant can feel at one with its care-taker because the caretaker identifies with the needs of the infant.• When they had fruitlessly exhausted their task, Myeloski called the caretaker to guide them round the rest of the palace.• Baptist Nunn, the caretaker of Bigshot Rayle and Lodge was receiving threats of extortion from the gang.• The other, the caretaker said, had been empty since 1974 and had housed a testing facility for the Navy.• The caretaker, an old man and frightened by what he saw, went to his wife who then called the police.• Higher up the hill the streets were full of office buildings, so that the parishioners were caretakers.

词汇	caretaker
释义	caretaker Word family adjectivecarefulcarelesscaringcarefreecarewornadverbcarefullycarelesslycaringlynouncarefulnesscarelessnesscarercaregivercare labelcaretakercarewarecareworkercareverbcaretake Related topics: Occupations, School, Sociology care·tak·er /ˈkeəˌteɪkə $ ˈkerˌteɪkər/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1. British EnglishBrEBOSES someone whose job is to look after a building, especially a school 〔尤指学校等建筑物的〕管理员 SYN American English janitor 2. LOOK AFTER somebodysomeone who looks after a house or land while the person who owns it is not there 〔主人不在时照料其房地产的〕看管人 3. caretaker manager/government/boss etc a manager, government etc that is in charge for a short period of time until another manager or government is chosen 代理经理/看守政府/临时老板等 Examples from the Corpus caretaker manager/government/boss etc• They sought extra-parliamentary means to oust Chavalit, establish a caretaker government and hold a new election.• A caretaker boss is expected to be named today.• And caretaker boss Barrow said he was a little disappointed at not taking three points!• In the meantime, his assistant, Mr Ronnie Moran, would act as caretaker manager.• A player representation, led by caretaker manager Edwin Stein, received a rapturous welcome.• All three parties undertook to support the caretaker government until the elections.• The caretaker government had earlier introduced new laws increasing the penalties for election offences. 4. American EnglishAmESS someone who looks after other people, especially a teacher, parent, nurse etc 照看人，看护人；监护人〔尤指老师、父母、护士等〕 SYN British English carer Examples from the Corpus caretaker• Poole and Bowman had often humorously referred to them-selves as caretakers or janitors aboard a ship that could really run itself.• Apparently she accepted that she was the primary caretaker of her children and the linchpin of family life.• The infant can feel at one with its care-taker because the caretaker identifies with the needs of the infant.• When they had fruitlessly exhausted their task, Myeloski called the caretaker to guide them round the rest of the palace.• Baptist Nunn, the caretaker of Bigshot Rayle and Lodge was receiving threats of extortion from the gang.• The other, the caretaker said, had been empty since 1974 and had housed a testing facility for the Navy.• The caretaker, an old man and frightened by what he saw, went to his wife who then called the police.• Higher up the hill the streets were full of office buildings, so that the parishioners were caretakers.
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