单词 | homekeeping |
释义 | homekeepingn.ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > home-life home life1602 homekeeping1612 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 375 These [sc. vertues] be seaven in number, 1. Love of their husbands... 4. Chastitie. 5. Home keeping. [etc.]. 1620 T. Gataker Marriage Duties 20 As the Apostle ioyneth chastitie and home keeping together, as the one a meanes of preseruing the other: so the wise man maketh such gadding abroad a note of a light and a lewd houswife. 2. The action or activity of running a home or household; = housekeeping n. 1b. 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 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. i. 74 We find ascribed to her..attributes of industry and home-keeping. 1898 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 534 Oikology, from its Greek derivation, includes also family life or homekeeping. 1915 Atlantic Monthly May 654/2 Cleaning, disinfecting,..household accounts, nursing, all the elements of home-keeping, were systematically taught. 1984 W. Wharton Scumbler (1986) xv. 175 Kate does most of the homekeeping on these long vacations when she's not teaching. 2005 M. Stewart Martha Rules ix. 173 I had established myself as an expert in the broad category of homekeeping. I was a good cook, a good decorator, and a good gardener. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : home-keepingadj. < n.1612 see also |
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