| 释义 |
housekeep, v.|ˈhaʊskiːp|
[Back-formation from next or housekeeping: cf. housebreak.]
intr. To act as housekeeper, keep house.
1842Mrs. Peabody in N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. 251, I housekeep, paint, sew, study German, read. 1892Blackw. Mag. CLI. 84/2 Kate shall come and housekeep. 1900Kipling in Daily Express 26 June 4/5 One or other of them would housekeep for him the year round. 1947N. Marsh Final Curtain ii. 26 Millamant who, since the death of her husband, has house-kept for her father-in-law. 1954Encounter May 20/1 The widow whom she housekeeps for. |