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 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。
• 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。
• We hope all of them are keepers ( legal-sized).
  我们希望它们都能是合格品。
• 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。
• A friend of mine working there told me the other day that they were in need of some volunteer keepers.
  我一个在那里工作的朋友前几天告诉我，他们需要一些志愿饲养员。
• 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。
• The zoo keepers released the lions from their cage.
  动物饲养员把狮子从笼子里放出来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。