单词 | home economics |
释义 | home economicsn. 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). ΘΚΠ 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. v ‘Home 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1872 |
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