| 单词 | housecleaning |
| 释义 | housecleaning in American English (ˈhaʊsˌklinɪŋ) US noun 1. the cleaning of the furniture, floors, woodwork, etc. of a house 2. a getting rid of superfluous things, undesirable conditions, etc. Derived forms houseclean (ˈhouseˌclean) verb intransitive, verb transitive housecleaning in American English (ˈhausˌklinɪŋ) noun 1. the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, esp. the act of cleaningthoroughly and completely 2. the act of improving or reforming by weeding out excess or corrupt personnel or of revising methods of operation Word origin [1860–65; house + cleaning]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, calibrate, metric system, monism, raiderExamples of 'housecleaning' in a sentence |
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