| 单词 | man of the house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman of the house man of the house n. the male head of a household; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of household houselordOE husbandOE lordOE goodmanc1275 husbandmanc1330 master1536 man of the house1539 housemaster1593 major-domo1649 house head1864 old baas1882 1539 Bible (Great) Judges xix. f. xxi The men..set the house round about, and thrust at the dore, and spake to the man of the house, the olde man. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. vii. 340 The man of the house..was one of the Gend'arme of the King's own Troop. 1789 J. Gough Hist. People called Quakers II. xii. 114 There were none present in the house at that time, but the man of the house, his wife and servant maid. 1850 N.Y. Daily Tribune 1 June 1/3 Some of the young men boarding in the house offered to contribute $12 to send him to the Hospital, but the man of the house told them it would cost $25. 1905 J. A. LeRoy Philippine Life in Town & Country iii. 81 Not a purchase was made..without the final and effective intervention of the quiet mistress of the place. She was ‘the man of the house’. 2006 Sight & Sound Sept. 46/1 When their successful businessman father, Jim, is diagnosed with a terminal disease, he readies young Jack to become the man of the house. < as lemmas |
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