单词 | live-out |
释义 | live-outadj. 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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