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

• 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。
• I began to interview retired zoo keepers.
  我开始采访退休的动物园看守人。
• 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 are each other's keepers, we are the guardians of our own humanity.
  我们同时彼此的守护者，也是人性自我的捍卫者。
• San Diego Zoo panda keepers gave the 20-week-old giant panda a plastic ball to test his coordination and encourage him to have fun with something new.
  圣迭戈动物园的熊猫管理员给了这只20周大的大熊猫一个塑料球，测试它的身体协调性，并鼓励它玩一些新鲜事物。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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？
• The zoo keepers released the lions from their cage.
  动物饲养员把狮子从笼子里放出来。
• We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers.
  我们是和平保护者，不是军人。