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

• 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。
• Why do the keepers at the sanctuary use recorded howls?
  为什麽保护区的饲养人要使用预录的吼叫声？
• We are the keepers of this legacy.
  我们是这个遗产的保存者。
• Refuge keepers have adopted the joey and are raising it in a bucket lined with towels.
  保育员收养了犹大，把它安置在一个装毛巾的桶子里。
• Zhu Xinglong and Zhu Jianping are the keepers of this farmland area.
  朱兴龙和朱建平是这片农田的管理人。
• This council elected sachems, war-chiefs and also the other "Keepers of the Faith," and deposed them;
  这种议事会选举、撤换酋长和军事首领，以及其余的信仰守护人；
• This being a new week, score keepers can add another deal to their list South African gold.
  这是崭新的一周，“记分员”又可以在清单上记上一笔了这次是南非的黄金。
• I began to interview retired zoo keepers.
  我开始采访退休的动物园看守人。
• 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。
• The zoo keepers released the lions from their cage.
  动物饲养员把狮子从笼子里放出来。