| 单词 | household book |
| 释义 | > as lemmashousehold book household book n. a book in which household affairs and accounts are noted; cf. house book n. at house n.1 and int. Compounds 10. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book > household household book1457 house book1598 1457 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 171 Manye oþere accomptantes that maken lyuere of prouysyons..can not approve theyr liberatz just tille the seyd housold bokes be made vpp. 1599 Lady Hoby Diary 18 Feb. (1930) 104 Then to supper: after, I looked of the Houshould book, and then went to priuat praers. 1780 S. Pegge Forme of Cury p. xxxv The present dean of Carlisle, to whom I stand indebted for his useful notes on the Northumberland-Household Book. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. vi. 145 Though she could not succeed in making retrenchments, she could and did succeed in keeping the household books. 1931 S. Jameson Richer Dust xviii. 503 Mrs. James, pen stirring the clotted ink at the bottom of the bottle, bent close over the pages of her Household Book. 1999 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. 3/2 The fifth earl, known as ‘Henry the Magnificent’, had 166 people listed in his household book, including 11 priests and 17 chanters and musicians. < as lemmas |
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