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单词 housebroken
释义

housebroken

[ hous-broh-kuhn ]
/ ˈhaʊsˌbroʊ kən /
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adjective

(of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.

Origin of housebroken

First recorded in 1895–1900; house + broken

Words nearby housebroken

houseboy, house brand, housebreak, housebreaker, housebreaking, housebroken, house call, housecarl, housecat, house church, houseclean
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Example sentences from the Web for housebroken

  • This is a quickie Rum Tum Tiddy, without any onion, a poor, housebroken version of the original.

    The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown
  • Of course, it'll be harder gettin' 'em housebroken if you don't let 'em into the house, but I'll guarantee you'll do it.

    The Dogs of Boytown|Walter A. Dyer

British Dictionary definitions for housebroken

house-broken

adjective

another word for house-trainedSee house-trained
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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