单词 | child-minding |
释义 | child-minding, n. Chiefly Brit. Brit. |ˈtʃʌɪl(d)ˌmʌɪndɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈtʃaɪl(d)ˌmaɪndɪŋ| [‹ child n. + minding n.] The action of looking after children; esp. the care of other people's children, (now) usually in one's own home, as a paid occupation.
1919Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 21 Mar. 8/1 (advt.) Half-grown girl wants light housework or child minding to do. 1955Econ. Jrnl. 65 322, I violently disagree..that housewives' general services of cooking, cleaning, child bearing, child minding and the like should be considered economic activity. 1980R. Liljeström in R. S. Rainer Equal Employm. Policy for Women xviii. 394 [The] woman [of the family] is household mother, but does odd jobs or works at home—for instance, daytime childminding. 2000Independent 6 Mar. i. 10/8 The community noticeboard is bare but for two offers of child-minding and a bus timetable. |

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