| 释义 |
housemate|ˈhaʊsmeɪt|
One who lives in the same house with another; a household companion. Also fig.
1809–10Coleridge Friend (1837) III. 325 Knowledge to be gained from books, children, housemates and neighbours. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Uses Gt. Men Wks. (Bohn) I. 284 It is observed in old couples, or in persons who have been housemates for a course of years, that they grow alike. 1861Lowell E Pluribus Unum Pr. Wks. 1890 V. 74 Peace..is a blessing that will not long be the housemate of cowardice.
Hence ˈhousemating, living together in a house.
1882Hall Caine D. G. Rossetti 273 Remaining..in the same mind relative to our mutual housemating. |