单词 | to hold or keep household |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold or keep household a. to hold or keep household and variants: to maintain a house; to reside. Cf. house n.1 and int. Phrases 4a, house n.1 and int. Phrases 4b(b). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house to hold or keep householdc1425 housec1440 to keep house1523 to take up housec1600 society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > manage or administrate > manage household to keep housec1405 to hold or keep householdc1425 to housewife it1566 economize1649 housekeep1813 to do for ——1844 society > leisure > social event > hospitality > show hospitality [verb (intransitive)] > liberal to hold or keep householdc1425 to keep open door(s)1526 to keep (also hold) (an) open house1530 to keep house1530 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1634 (MED) He schope hym forþe to þe court as blyue, Wher duk Nestor..His housholde held, royal as a kyng. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 61 (MED) Þanne comeþ þe vij deedli synnes With þe wickid aungil housholde to holde. 1463 R. Lampet in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 543 Ther to dwelle and abide and kepe howsold. 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 389 Eny craftiesman, artificer, or other, dwellynge or holdynge houshold, in Cites, Boroughez. ?a1534 H. Medwall Nature sig. c.iii He kepe houshold in thys land. 1556 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbs Eng. Tounge (rev. ed.) i. viii. sig. B In house to kepe household, whan folkes wyll wed, Mo thyngs belong, than foure bare legs in a bed. < as lemmas |
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