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語源 1

From babysit +‎ -ing.

別の表記

• baby sitting, baby-sitting

動詞

babysitting

1. present participle and gerund of babysit

語源 2

From baby +‎ sitting.

名詞

babysitting (usually uncountable, plural babysittings)

1. The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents or guardians.

   Synonym: daycare

   Hypernym: childminding

   • 2013, Stephen Dixon, 30 Pieces of a Novel, →ISBN:

     But some have no parents, or none to speak of, and are living with a grandmother or uncle or married sister or sister who's not married but has three tots of her own to look after, or this unruly student's helping her to take care of them with babysitting or a paying after-school job.

派生語

• babysitting circle

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