单词 | homesite |
释义 | homesiten. 1. North American. = home lot n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) > of type of building housesteadOE burghal division1591 house lot1636 shop lot1816 town site1818 homesite1911 1857 J. W. Washbourne Let. 17 Aug. in Message President U.S. to Congr. I. 515 Some [Seminoles] have already moved thither, others have selected home sites. 1893 J. W. Sullivan Direct Legislation through Citizenship 110 Why not give each producer a homesite–a footing on the earth? 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Apr. 12/2 Saanich Waterfront... Magnificent homesites of nearly two acres from $450. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 46/6 (advt.) Landscaped, fenced homesite. 2000 Denver Post 15 Oct. a31 (caption) An Aspen landowner is planning to build a multimillion-dollar driveway off Brush Creek Road to reach 20 homesites projected to fetch between $2.5 million and $10 million each. 2. A place in which an animal or group of animals normally resides when not searching for food or defending territory, e.g. when resting or rearing young; a nest, den, burrow, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter houseOE denOE holdc1275 lying-placea1382 coucha1398 homea1398 logis1477 starting-hole1530 cabbage1567 lodge1567 lair1575 lay1590 squat1590 hover1602 denning1622 start-holea1641 bed1694 niche1725 shed1821 lying1834 basking-hole1856 lie1869 homesite1882 holt1890 lying-ground1895 1882 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1881 45 A branch upon which the foragers [sc. ants] were at work was removed to my tent for study. First, however, it was taken to the home site, and a dwarf worker coaxed upon a leaf and laid on the nest. 1913 J. G. Needham Nat. Hist. Farm iii. 302 Catbird and thrush and many other song-birds search the thickest of the unpruned crowns for home-sites. 1988 E. W. Jameson & H. J. Peeters Calif. Mammals 53 There appears to be a stage in the lives of all animals in which they depart from the homesite and assume residence in another area. 2007 I. McAllister Last Wild Wolves 109/2 If the ravens were not around, it usually meant that the wolves had made a kill away from the home site. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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