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house-sit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈhouse-sit verb (past tense and past participle house-sat, present participle house-sitting) [intransitive]  LOOK AFTER somethingto look after someone’s house while they are away 〔房主外出时〕代为看管房屋housesitter noun [countable]→ See Verb table
ˈhouse-sit verbChineseSyllable
Corpus someone’s house after while away to look they are


house-sit
ˈhouse-sit verb (past tense and past participle house-sat, present participle house-sitting) [intransitive]
to look after someone’s house while they are away
—housesitter noun [countable]


house-sitBrE /ˈhaʊs sɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaʊs sɪt/ 🔊 verb [intransitive] present simple - I / you / we / they house-sit BrE /ˈhaʊs sɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaʊs sɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it house-sits BrE /ˈhaʊs sɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaʊs sɪts/ 🔊past simple house-sat BrE /ˈhaʊs sæt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaʊs sæt/ 🔊past participle house-sat BrE /ˈhaʊs sæt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaʊs sæt/ 🔊 -ing form house-sitting BrE /ˈhaʊs sɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaʊs sɪtɪŋ/ 🔊to live in sb's house while they are away in order to take care of it for them (屋主外出时)代为照看房子