保姆

She hired on as a baby sitter.

她当临时照看孩子的保姆。

The baby-sitter can board in during Christmas.

圣诞节期间可为孩子的保姆提供膳食。

Mother puts the baby in the charge of the baby-sitter while she is out.

母亲外出时, 婴临时保姆照顾。

She had to choose between giving up her job or hiring a nanny.

她得放弃工作和雇保姆之间作出抉择。

They have a nanny living in.

他们有个保姆住家里。

Can't you find a baby sitter?

你能找个临时保姆吗？

The daily housemaid hoovers the carpet every other day.

白天做工的保姆每隔一天用真空吸尘器把地毯弄净。

"Oh," said Minna, breaking in, lying with sudden unwonted fluency ,"I am a nursegirl."

“嗨”，明娜插嘴说，突然一反往常的习惯，一口气扯着谎，“我也是当保姆的”。

Housewifery, and ordinary social life bored her intensely and her children were cared for by a perfect nanny.

她烦透家务和日常的社会生活，而她的孩子被保姆照顾得无可挑剔。

I don’t think we can come. The odds are that we won’t be able to get a babysitter—not on Christmas Eve.

我觉得我们去，平安夜大可能找得到临时保姆。

We’re living in a nanny state; the government watches over you for everything and nobody’s responsible for their own actions any more.

我们所的国家是保姆式的，你的一切都受政府的监控，人们再对自己的行为负责。

Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

久前她还是个皮包骨头的黑小妞，穿着简单的短裙，扎着呆板的发辫，如今俨然一派保姆的模样，穿着印花布的连衣长裙，戴着浆洗得硬挺的雪白头巾。