housekeep

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper. archaic
    — The housekeep was back rather quickly with a tray, which held a flagon of ale and a pewter cup as well as bread and cheese.
动词 v.
  1. To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping. intransitive
    — I would go to school, and practise, and housekeep, and club; all in their proper proportions⁠——
  2. To perform the general tasks of housekeeping. ambitransitive
    — The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms.

词形变化

housekeeps present,singular,third-person housekeeping participle,present housekept participle,past housekept past housekeeps plural

词源

词源 1
Back-formation from housekeeping.
词源 2
Back-formation from housekeeping.
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