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

• Keepers said Asian elephants have the longest gestation period-at22 months-of any animal in the world.
  动物看护人员说，比起世界上其他动物来，亚洲象有最长的怀孕期&22个月。
• Some of us keepers and breeders will be thinking that we have no problems because our birds have access to cuttlebone or they get oyster shell grit or crushed egg shells or chicken bones.
  我们中的一些人员和育种会认为我们没有问题，因为我们只获得海螵蛸或他们得到牡蛎壳砂砾或压碎蛋壳或鸡骨头。
• Long sleeve features a double-elbow and sleeve keepers to help keep your sleeves rolled up.
  长袖的特点是有双层护肘和有助于卷起袖子的袖绊。
• I began to interview retired zoo keepers.
  我开始采访退休的动物园看守人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。