carer

/ˈkeərə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkerər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈker-ər/ (ame, mw)

carer — noun

  • carersingular
  • carersplural

1. a person who gives day-to-day care and support to someone who cannot fully look

1.名詞B2
釋義

a person who gives day-to-day care and support to someone who cannot fully look after themselves — for example, a child, an older adult, or a person with a long-term illness or disability. A carer may be an unpaid relative or a trained worker in paid employment.

例句

After her grandmother broke her hip, Amara became her main carer for six months.

collocation: main carer

The council sent a trained carer to help Mr. Henderson with his morning routine.

collocation: trained carer

同義詞
  • caregiver

    the usual American English equivalent; interchangeable in most contexts

  • attendant

    more formal; often used in medical or institutional settings

  • nurse

    implies formal medical training and qualifications; a nurse may also act as a carer

文法句型

carer for + noun phrase

常見錯誤

❌She works as a carer of three children.
✅She works as a carer for three children.
💡The preposition ‘for’ is used with ‘carer’, not ‘of’.