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单词 house-training
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house-trainingn.

Brit. /ˈhaʊsˌtreɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌtreɪnɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.1, training n.
Etymology: < house n.1 + training n. Compare later house-train v.
1. Instruction or schooling given or undertaken at home, esp. in housekeeping (housekeeping n. 1b); an instance of this. Now rare.
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1848 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 397/1 The best training for a girl, at least in low or middle life, is a house-training under a good mother.
1867 Vermont Chron. 2 Mar. 3/2 House training as well as school instruction, should be conducted with wisdom and skill.
1877 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 17 Feb. 10/1 We can bring them up in such a way that they can support themselves comfortably and honorably. Careful house-training will prove more advantageous to them than mere money.
1913 W. A. McKeever Training Boy ii. 23 After some rigid and persistent training boys become excellent home helpers... The boy's house training is profitable for two reasons [etc.].
2. The action or process of house-train v. Also: the quality of being house-trained.
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1856 J. J. Hooper Dog & Gun v. 39 After giving Dash house training and he should refuse to point his first bird, I would be disposed to turn him over to the halter.
1880 Pennsylvania School Jrnl. Apr. 402/2 Among the most trustworthy tests of good house-training is that of table manners. The properly trained youth does not annoy those next to whom he sits by moving his feet.
1891 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 7 Dec. 7/1 On these principles yard and house training is simple with well-bred dogs.
1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xii. 180 Dr. Suttie, whose book..contains an interesting chapter on the effects of early house-training upon the emotional life of human beings.
1999 Dogs in Canada July 110/4 Clinical signs of this [sc. senility] include disorientation, altered or decreased interaction with family,..change in activity and/or loss of house-training.
2006 M. Cannon & M. Forster-van Hijfte Feline Med. i. 13/1 Basic house-training needs to begin with the cat being restricted to a small area containing a litter tray.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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