| 单词 |
householding |
| 释义 |
▪ I. householding, n.|ˈhaʊshəʊldɪŋ|
[f. house n.1 + holding vbl. n. Cf. Ger. haushaltung, Du. huishouding (Kilian huyshoudinghe). The other Teut. langs. have the vb., Ger. haushalten, Du. huishouden, Sw. hushålla to keep house.]
†a. Management of a household; housekeeping. Obs.
b. Occupation of a house. Also attrib.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 1132 A yong man fulle of semelyhede..His lust was mich in housholding. 1565–73Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Consuetudo, Cicero translated Xenophons booke of housholding into the latine tongue. 1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 107 Economie, or housholdinge cannot truely be termed neether Art nor Science. 1865Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 6/5 Champions of ‘fancy franchises’ and those who insisted upon the householding test. 1884Gladstone Sp. Ho. Com. 28 Feb., There will be a fourfold occupation franchise, or householding franchise.
▪ II. ˈhouseholding, a.
[f. as prec. + holding ppl. a.]
That occupies, or manages, a house.
1866Dickens Repr. Pieces 129 The householding population of our watering-place. 1871G. Macdonald Story Sea-Shore in Wks. Fancy & Imag. II. 4 Householding Nature from her treasures brought Things old and new. |
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