domestic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/dəˈmɛs.tɪk/|/-stək/    /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/|/-stək/|/dəˈmes.tɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A maid or household servant.
    — It ſeems, the Minds of theſe People are ſo taken up with intenſe Speculations, that they neither can ſpeak, nor attend to the Diſcourſes of others, without being rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; for which reaſon, thoſe Perſons who are able to afford it always keep a Flapper (the Original is Climenole) in their Family, as one of their Domeſticks, nor ever walk abroad or make Viſits without him.
  2. A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent. colloquial,informal
    — 2005, Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website athttps://web.archive.org/web/20060618212243/http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/dv_whatcom042505.pdf on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to the home.
  2. Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
    — domestic violence; domestic hot water
  3. Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
    — It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.
  4. Internal to a specific country.
    — domestic terrorism
  5. Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.
    — “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily.

词形变化

more domestic comparative most domestic superlative domestick alternative,obsolete domestics plural domestick alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).
词源 2
From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).
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