| 释义 |
over-housed, ppl. a.|ˌəʊvəˈhaʊzd|
[f. over- 28 d + housed ppl. a.1]
Having house accommodation in excess of one's requirements or means. Hence (as a back-formation) over-house v. refl., to have house accommodation in excess of one's requirements or means.
1863W. M. Thackeray Let. 23 Sept. in J. Brown Lett. (1907) 332 If I don't mistake there was a man who lived at Abbotsford [sc. Sir W. Scott] overhoused himself. 1887Spectator 5 Mar. 318/2 A doctor is always over⁓housed from professional necessities. 1887Jessopp Arcady i. 15 The rural clergy..too many of them find themselves quite overhoused. 1921Spectator 26 Feb. 261/1 Young people marrying on little and determined not to ‘overhouse’ themselves. 1963Guardian 8 Mar. 4/4 Many of the chronic invalids were overhoused in that they were not able to make full use of their accommodation. 1970Times 14 Mar. 3 In 1965 they found themselves over-housed and decided to sublet the fourth floor. |