| 单词 | house pride |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse pride house pride n. pride in one's house; desire to keep one's house clean and tidy or (in negative use) preoccupation with the care and appearance of one's home (cf. house-proud adj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > other types of pride self-pridea1586 pride and prejudice1610 purse-pride1648 beggar-pride1764 house pride1847 pride1870 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > desire to have house clean and tidy house pride1847 1847 Sharpe's London Mag. 26 June 137/2 The Saxons had little ‘house-pride’; the Normans, in time, much. 1909 Daily Chron. 7 Dec. 1/2 The ‘instinct of house-pride’ seems almost never entirely wanting in the home studied. 1936 Punch 19 Oct. 600/1 The joke of Felix's housepride continues a trifle too long. 2004 Tin House 6 12 I find Cindy's girlishness loathsome—her fakey hostess patter, fluttering lashes, house pride, her complete and utter dedication to the veneer. < as lemmas |
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