keepers

英 [ˈkiːpəz]

美 [ˈkipərz]

n.  看守人; 保管人; (尤指动物园的)饲养员
keeper的复数

柯林斯词典

• （在足球中）同goalkeeper
  In football, thekeeperis the same as thegoalkeeper.
• (橄榄球中的）护球推进打法
  In American football, akeeperis a play in which the quarterback keeps the ball.
• （动物园的）饲养员
  Akeeperat a zoo is a person who takes care of the animals.
• （博物馆或美术馆的）馆长，主任
  Thekeeperof a museum or art gallery, or of one part of it, is the person who is responsible for the things in it.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 curator


• PHRASE 不是…的保姆（或管家）
  If you say that youare notsomeone's keeper, you mean that you are not responsible for what they do or for what happens to them.
  1. 'I don't know where he is,' Hughes replied. 'I'm not his keeper.'
     “我不知道他在哪儿，”休斯回答说。“我又不是他的保姆。”
• See also:keep

双语例句

• The zoo keepers released the lions from their cage.
  动物饲养员把狮子从笼子里放出来。
• And with it the cattle and their keepers.
  牛只和它们的牧人亦随之而消失。
• And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
  看守的人，就因他吓得浑身乱战，甚至和死人一样。
• In order to hand-rear the chick, keepers used a homemade glove puppet to mimic an adult macaroni penguin.
  饲养员自制了一只手套玩偶，装作成年长冠企鹅的模样。
• I began to interview retired zoo keepers.
  我开始采访退休的动物园看守人。
• Zoo keepers beat the bear with sticks to free the monkey from the bear's grasp.
  动物园管理人员用棍子打熊，以便将猴子从熊的掌握中救出来。
• Keepers have been closely following the signs that mother and cub were ready to separate for months.
  饲养员们在几个月前开始仔细观察熊猫妈妈和宝宝准备分开的迹象。
• We hope all of them are keepers ( legal-sized).
  我们希望它们都能是合格品。
• Two keepers from the zoo came into the house and looked into the garden.
  动物园的两位饲养员走进屋来，察看了一下花园里的情况。
• Over at Highland Wildlife Park zoo keepers have been celebrating the birth of a little boy.
  而在高地野生动物园，饲养员们也在庆祝库什的诞生。