/'keəteɪkə(r); `kɛr,tekɚ/
n (Brit) (US janitor) person who is employed to look after a house, building, etc 看门人（受雇看管房屋、建筑物等的人）
*the school caretaker 学校的门卫.

adj [attrib 作定语] holding power temporarily; interim 暂时代理的; 临时的
*a caretaker administration, government, prime minister 代理行政、看守政府、代首相.

n[C]
BrE someone whose job is to look after a building, especially a school
American Equivalent: janitor
someone who looks after a house or land while the person who owns it is not there
caretaker manager/government/boss etc
a manager, government etc that is in charge for a short period of time until another manager or government is chosen
AmE someone who looks after other people, especially a teacher, parent, nurse etc