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单词 live-out
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live-outadj.

Brit. /ˈlɪvaʊt/, U.S. /ˈlɪvaʊt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: live v.1, out adv.
Etymology: < live v.1 + out adv., after to live out 3 at live v.1 Phrasal verbs 1. Compare earlier live-in adj. 1.
colloquial.
Of domestic staff, an employee, etc.: that is non-resident; that lives away from the place of work. Compare live-in adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > dwelling on premises > not
non-resident1540
unresident1574
out-college1816
live-out1959
1959 L. J. Ragatz in Coll. Papers Amer. Studies (1962) 7 With cheap immigrant labor cut off and the few native live-out maids demanding $200 a month,..there are no servants.
1969 New Yorker 18 Jan. 41 He has a live-out cook, but he likes to bend over the stove himself.
1971 H. Waugh Shadow Guest ii. 10 We had a live-in couple to cook and caretake and a live-out woman to clean.
2005 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 17/1 Working mothers in central London..have to earn a small fortune in order to pay the wages of a live-out nanny.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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