单词 | housebroken |
释义 | housebrokenadj. Originally and chiefly North American. That has been housebroken (see housebreak v. 2.). ΚΠ 1885 Amer. Kennel Reg. July 103/2 (advt.) Toodles... Imported pug bitch,..stocky, house-broken, playful, and a fine pet for children. 1893 C. P. Goldey Sportsman's Direct. & Year Bk. (end matter) p.xx, (advt.) Pet dogs, house-broken dogs. 1905 T. Roosevelt Let. 14 May in Wks. (1926) XIX. 487 Skip is housebroken, but he is like a real little Indian. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water xii. 207 House-broken husband though he was, he still had an eye for beauty. 2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Sept. 304/1 I can tell from the pee pads scattered everywhere that none of the dogs is fully housebroken. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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