| 单词 | housing |
| 释义 | housing housing1 /how"zing/, n. 1. any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place. 2. houses collectively. 3. the act of one who houses or puts under shelter. 4. the providing of houses for a group or community: the housing of an influx of laborers. 5. anything that covers or protects. 6. Mach. a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism. 7. Carpentry. the space made in one piece of wood, or the like, for the insertion of another. 8. Naut. a. Also called bury. the portion of a mast below the deck. b. Also called bury. the portion of a bowsprit aft of the forward part of the stem of a vessel. c. the doubling of an upper mast. 9. a niche for a statue. [1250-1300; ME husing. See HOUSE, -ING1] Syn. 5. covering, casing, shield, sheath. housing2 /how"zing/, n. 1. a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament. 2. housings. the trappings on a horse. [1635-45; cf. earlier house, ME hous(e), houc(e) in same sense < OF houce < Gmc *hulfti- (cf. ML hultia), akin to MD hulfte cover for bow and arrow, MHG hulft covering; -ING1 added by assoc. with HOUSE, HOUSING1] |
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