| 单词 | housebound |
| 释义 | > as lemmashousebound housebound adj. †(a) having an obligation to or duty towards a (or one's) house (obsolete rare); (b) confined to the house, as by illness, bad weather, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adjective] > confined > to house, office, or town homebound1794 house-ridden1835 town-bound1835 housefast1855 housebound1878 office-bound1961 1645 J. Bond Occasus Occidentalis 27 Our British fore-fathers were Shire-bound, City-bound, Town-bound, Parish-bound, House-bound. 1840 Monthly Chron. 6 287 He is conscious of a delight which none can know who are house-bound and pent up in cities. 1878 Harper's Mag. Jan. 277/1 The rains set in furiously, and I was completely house-bound. 1960 Sunday Express 10 July 11/4 His ailing, house-bound wife is attended to by a home help. 2007 Climb Mag. May 8/1 Being practically housebound for the past six weeks following a climbing injury, may I thank your magazine for preventing me from becoming stir crazy. < as lemmas |
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