house-sit

verb

🔊/ˈhaʊs sɪt/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they house-sit	🔊/ˈhaʊs sɪt/ 🔊/ˈhaʊs sɪt/
he / she / it house-sits	🔊/ˈhaʊs sɪts/ 🔊/ˈhaʊs sɪts/
past simple house-sat	🔊/ˈhaʊs sæt/ 🔊/ˈhaʊs sæt/
past participle house-sat	🔊/ˈhaʊs sæt/ 🔊/ˈhaʊs sæt/
-ing form house-sitting	🔊/ˈhaʊs sɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈhaʊs sɪtɪŋ/

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to live in somebody’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
- A friend of mine needs someone to house-sit and feed her cats.我的一个朋友需要有人在家里坐下来喂猫。
Topics Houses and homesc2