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单词 home economics
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home economicsn.

Brit. /ˌhəʊm iːkəˈnɒmɪks/, /ˌhəʊm ɛkəˈnɒmɪks/, U.S. /ˌhoʊm ɛkəˈnɑmɪks/, /ˌhoʊm ikəˈnɑmɪks/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, economics n.
Etymology: < home n.1 + economics n. Compare German Hausökonomie (late 18th cent. or earlier; now rare), Hauswirtschaftslehre (1804 or earlier as †Hauswirthschaftslehre ), both probably after French économie domestique (1576 in Middle French as †conomie domestique ; rare before mid 18th cent.). Compare earlier domestic economy n. at domestic adj. and n. Compounds.
The science or practice of household management, including cooking, nutrition, child development, etc.; spec. this as a subject of study or examination. Cf. domestic science n. at domestic adj. and n. Compounds.Sometimes colloquially abbreviated to home ec (see as main entry).
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management
housewifeship?c1225
cove and keyc1250
husbandryc1300
economica1393
ménagea1393
householda1398
householdinga1425
housewifery1440
economyc1454
economics1535
house rule1579
householdry1581
managery1586
housekeeping1652
household management1741
notability1756
homebuilding1757
domestic economy1778
Wirtschaft1841
homekeeping1846
housecraft1848
homemaking1863
home economics1872
home science1886
household science1896
domestic science1897
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > art of cooking
curya1387
cookerya1393
curea1400
kitchenc1400
kitchenry1563
magirology1814
home science1886
magirics1889
home economics1934
1872 W. Eassie Healthy Houses xv. 196 It is chiefly for laundry purposes that this kind of heating is now applied, at least, I for one would limit its use to this branch of home economics.
1898 M. Parloa Home Econ. p. vHome economics’, ‘domestic science’, ‘domestic economy’, and ‘household economy’ are all terms which are applied to the same science (the management of the home).
1934 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 3 32/1 In home economics the girls are taught plain cooking and dressmaking.
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. b6/4 (advt.) Applicants should have a diploma or a degree in Home Economics or Food Science and experience in the formulation of foods.
1987 R. Doyle Commitments 124 Art was an option he'd done in school because there was no room for him in metal work and there was no way they could get him into home economics.
2004 Independent on Sunday 21 Nov. (Review Suppl.) 33/1 Hay escaped to study home economics at college before becoming a freelance food stylist.

Compounds

General attributive, as home economics class, home economics teacher, etc.
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1899 (title) Lake Placid conference on home economics proceedings.
1926 Chicago Drovers' Jrnl. 5 May 3/3 Here all of the home economics work..will be housed.
1963 Weekly News (Auckland) 27 Mar. 11/1 Miss Elsa Haglund, of Sweden, home economics officer of the [United Nations] Food and Agriculture Organisation, with headquarters in Rome.
1973 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 122 309 A home economics class composed of 28 eighth-grade girls.
2001 S. Rodriguez Giants among Us ii. 26 In eleventh grade I decided I wanted to be a home economics teacher because my home economics instructor made sewing so much fun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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