minder

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper.
    — With the bulky, heavy helmet for the film strapped on, I was inside a fully immersive virtual world. With de la Peña playing minder and holding a tether which prevented me from bumping into walls, I somehow ended up inside the news story.
  2. A personal bodyguard. UK
  3. A monitor assigned by the authorities to someone, such as a foreign visitor (to exercise control over their contacts with the populace) or a journalist or someone who is speaking to journalists (to monitor and control what they say).
    — The twenty-eight journalists who sailed with the task force were accompanied by seven censors or 'minders' from the MoD, as well as by military press officers attached to each unit.
  4. One who is taken care of, such as a pauper child in the care of private person; a ward. obsolete

词形变化

minders plural

词汇关系

近义词
protector guardian
衍生词
baby-minder child minder childminder goalminder houseminder minute minder netminder net minder

词源

From Middle English mynder, mendowre (“one who has a good memory; bears in mind; watches over; a keeper”); equivalent to mind + -er.
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