/'ki:pə(r); `kipɚ/
n
1 person who looks after animals in a zoo or a collection of items in a museum （动物园的）饲养员; （博物馆的）保管人.
2 (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) person who is in charge of or looks after sth 负责或照料某事物的人
*a `lighthouse-keeper
* a `gamekeeper
* a `shopkeeper.
3 (infml 口)(a) = goalkeeper (goal).
(b) = wicket-keeper (wicket).
4 (idm 习语) finders keepers => finder (find1).

n[C]
someone who looks after animals
　a beekeeper
　Bob is head lion keeper at the zoo.
→gamekeeper, zoo-keeper
someone whose job is to look after a particular place or thing
　a lighthouse keeper
keeper of
　the keeper of Greek coins in the British Museum
BrE informal a goalkeeper
I am not sb's keeper
spoken used to say that you are not responsible for someone else's actions
→wicket keeper