| 单词 | housework |
| 释义 | house /hows/noun (pl houses /howzˈiz/)
An exclamation made by the first player to finish a game of bingo ORIGIN: OE hūs; Gothic hūs, Ger Haus houseˈful noun (pl houseˈfuls) houseˈless adjective
housˈey adjective Typical of house music (qv below) housing /howˈzing/ noun
house agent noun A person who arranges the buying, selling and letting of houses house arrest noun Confinement, under guard, to one's house, or to a hospital, etc instead of imprisonment houseˈboat noun A barge with a deck-cabin that may serve as a dwelling-place houseˈ-bote noun (law) A tenant's right to wood to repair his or her house houseˈbound adjective Confined to one's house, eg because of illness, responsibilities towards young children, etc houseˈboy noun A male domestic servant, esp in Africa or India houseˈbreaker noun
houseˈbreaking noun houseˈ-broken adjective House-trained house call noun A visit made by a professional person, esp a doctor, to a client or patient at home houseˈ-carl noun (historical) A member of a king's or noble's bodyguard house church or house group noun A group of Christians meeting, usu in a house, for worship, prayer, Bible study, etc, usu in addition to Sunday church worship houseˈcoat noun A woman's usu long coatlike dressing-gown, worn at home houseˈcraft noun Skill in domestic activities houseˈ-dog noun
houseˈ-dūty or houseˈ-tax noun A tax laid on inhabited houses houseˈ-factor noun (Scot) A house agent houseˈ-father noun
house flag noun The distinguishing flag of a shipowner or shipping company houseˈfly noun The common fly house group see house church above. house guest noun A guest in a private house houseˈhold noun
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Household Cavalry noun The two cavalry regiments, the Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards, responsible for guarding the British sovereign houseˈholder noun The holder or tenant of a house household gods see under god, lar, penates household suffrage or household franchise noun The right of householders to vote for members of parliament household troops plural noun Guards regiments whose particular duty is to attend the sovereign and defend the metropolis household word noun A familiar saying or name houseˈ-hunt intransitive verb To look for a house to live in houseˈ-hunter noun houseˈ-hunting noun houseˈ-husband noun A married man or live-in male partner who looks after the house and family and does not have a paid job houseˈkeeper noun
houseˈkeeping noun
adjective Domestic house leek noun A plant (Sempervivum tectorum) of the stonecrop family with succulent leaves, often growing on roofs house lights plural noun (theatre) The lights illuminating the auditorium houseˈ-line noun (nautical) A small line of three strands, for seizings, etc house longhorn beetle see longhorn under long1 houseˈmaid noun A maid employed to keep a house clean, etc housemaid's knee noun An inflammation of the sac between the kneecap and the skin, to which those whose work involves frequent kneeling are especially liable houseˈman noun A house officer (qv below) house martin noun A kind of black-and-white swallow (Delichon urbica) with a slightly forked tail, often building its nest on a house wall houseˈmaster or houseˈmistress noun (in schools) the male or female head of a (boarding-)house, esp in connection with a public school houseˈ-mate noun One person sharing a house with another houseˈ-mother noun
house mouse noun A brownish-grey mouse (Mus musculus) that is a pest in human houses house music noun (also with cap) a type of electronically produced dance music with a strong 4–4 beat, often incorporating edited fragments of other recordings house of call noun
house of cards noun A situation, etc that is as unstable as a pile of playing cards House of Commons see under common house of correction noun A jail house officer noun A recent graduate in medicine holding a junior resident post in a hospital house of God, house of prayer or house of worship noun A place of worship house of ill fame or house of ill repute noun A brothel House of Keys see under Keys House of Lords see under lord House of Peers see under peer1 House of Representatives see under represent houseˈparent noun A man or woman in charge of children in an institution house party noun A company of guests spending some days in a private house, esp one in the country house plant noun A plant that can be grown indoors as decoration houseˈ-proud adjective Taking a pride (often an excessive and fussy pride) in the condition of one's house houseˈroom noun Room or place in a house (also figurative) houseˈ-sit intransitive verb houseˈ-sitting noun Looking after a house by living in it while the owner is away, on holiday, etc house sparrow see under sparrow houseˈ-steward noun A steward who manages the household affairs of a great family house style noun The particular forms of type, layout, presentation, etc preferred by a publisher or other business house surgeon noun A resident surgeon in a hospital (also house physician) house-tax see house-duty above. houseˈ-to-houseˈ adjective Performed or conducted by calling at house after house houseˈtop noun The top or roof of a house houseˈ-train transitive verb houseˈ-trained adjective
houseˈ-warming noun A party given after moving into a new house housewife /howsˈwīf, formerly huzˈif/ noun
houseˈwifely adjective housewifery /howsˈwif-ri, -wīf-ri or huzˈif-ri/ noun houseˈwifeship or (Scot) houseˈwifeskep noun houseˈwork noun Domestic work houseˈy-houseˈy noun A game in which numbers are drawn at random and marked off on players' boards until one is clear (now usu called bingo) housing association noun A non-profit-making organization that owns, maintains and lets houses at reasonable rents housing estate noun A planned residential area, esp one built by a local authority housing joint noun A joint where the end of one board fits into a groove cut across another board housing scheme noun
bring the house down To evoke very loud applause in a place of entertainment full house see under full1 House or Council of States The upper house of the Indian parliament House of the People The lower house of the Indian parliament Inner House The higher branch of the Court of Session, its jurisdiction chiefly appellate (Outer House the lower branch of the Court of Session) keep a good house To keep up a plentifully supplied table keep house To maintain or manage an establishment keep open house To give entertainment to all comers keep the house
like a house on fire (or afire)
on the house
put or set one's house in order To settle one's affairs set up house To start a domestic life of one's own the Household The royal domestic establishment |
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