household英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.

— And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.
Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.
Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.
A line of ancestry; a race or house. obsolete

— In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

形容词 adj.

Belonging to the same house and family. not-comparable
Found in or having its origin in a home. not-comparable

— Whether boarding an airplane with underwear on your face to protest mask requirements, injecting yourself with horse dewormer instead of a safe and effective vaccine or swallowing household disinfectants because the President of the United States unironically suggested that it might help, the pandemic has amplified the frequency and tenor of ridiculous and sometimes alarming behavior.
Widely known to the public; familiar. not-comparable

— a household word; a household name

词形变化

households plural

词汇关系

衍生词

extended household head of household household appliance household art household arts household bread Household Cavalry household deity household-dwelling household effect household effects householder household god household goods household help household income householding household name householdry householdship household soap household word interhousehold intrahousehold joint household multihousehold nonhousehold put one's household in order royal household

词源

词源 1

From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold.
Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”) (earlier huishoud), German Low German Huushollen (“household”) (Middle Low German hūsholt), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).

词源 2

From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold.
Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”) (earlier huishoud), German Low German Huushollen (“household”) (Middle Low German hūsholt), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).