- (在足球中)同goalkeeper
In football, the keeper is the same as the goalkeeper.
- (橄榄球中的)护球推进打法
In American football, a keeper is a play in which the quarterback keeps the ball.
- (动物园的)饲养员
A keeper at a zoo is a person who takes care of the animals.
- (博物馆或美术馆的)馆长,主任
The keeper of 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 you are not someone's keeper, you mean that you are not responsible for what they do or for what happens to them.
- '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