housekeeping

house·keep·ing

H0298800 (hous′kē′pĭng)n.1. Performance or management of household tasks.2. Management and maintenance of the property of an institution or organization.3. Routine tasks and procedures carried out in the functioning of an operation or system.4. A department in a hotel or institution that is in charge of cleaning and minor maintenance.

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house′keep′ v.

housekeeping

(ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ) n1. the running of a household2. (Banking & Finance) money allocated for the running of a household3. organization and tidiness in general, as of an office, shop, etc4. (Computer Science) the general maintenance of a computer storage system, including removal of obsolete files, documentation, security copying, etc

house•keep•ing

(ˈhaʊsˌki pɪŋ)

n. 1. the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment. 2. the management of household affairs. 3. the routine management and servicing of any system. [1530–40]

Thesaurus

Noun

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housekeeping - the work of cleaning and running a househouseworkwork - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

housekeeping

noun household management, homemaking (U.S.), home economy, housewifery, housecraft I thought that cooking and housekeeping were unimportant tasks.

Translations

家务管理

house

(haus) – plural houses (ˈhauziz) – noun1. a building in which people, especially a single family, live. Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate. 房子 房子2. a place or building used for a particular purpose. a hen-house; a public house. 用於特定目的的處所或建築物 用作某种目的的建筑物3. a theatre, or the audience in a theatre. There was a full house for the first night of the play. 劇場，觀眾 剧场，观众 4. a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants. the house of David. 家族 家族 (hauz) verb1. to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter. All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn. 提供住處或住宿 提供住房2. to store or keep somewhere. The electric generator is housed in the garage. 收藏或置放於某處 收藏ˈhousing (-ziŋ) noun1. houses. These flats will provide housing for the immigrants. 住處 住房2. the hard cover round a machine etc. 機器外殼 机壳ˈhousing benefit noun a payment given by a government to people who are entitled to it according to certain criteria (eg poverty) when they buy or rent a house, an apartment etc. 房貸或房租補助金 住房救济金，租房补贴 house agent (American ˈreal-estate agent) a person who arranges the sale or letting of houses. 房地產仲介商 房地产经纪人house arrest a type of arrest in which a person is not allowed to leave his own house. He was kept under house arrest. 居家監(軟)禁 不淮离家的软禁，（本宅）软禁 ˈhouseboat noun a type of boat, usually with a flat bottom, which is built to be lived in. 船屋 船屋，水上住家 ˈhousebreaker noun a person who breaks into a house in order to steal. 闖空門的歹徒 侵入他人住宅者ˈhousebreaking noun 闖空門 入室偷盗，侵入家宅 ˈhouse-fly noun the common fly, found throughout the world. 家蠅 家蝇ˈhousehold noun the people who live together in a house, including their servants. How many people are there in this household? 一家子的人，包括僕人 同住在一家的人ˈhouseholder noun the person who owns a house or pays the rent for it. 住戶 占有房子的人，住户 household word something which is well-known to everyone. His name is a household word throughout the country. 家喻戶曉的事物 家喻户晓的词语ˈhousekeeper noun a person, usually a woman, who is paid to look after the management of a house. 管理家務的主婦，女管家 管理家务的主妇，女管家 ˈhousekeeping noun the management of a house. 家管，管家 家务管理ˈhouseman noun a recently qualified doctor who is living in a hospital while working there to complete his training. 住院實習醫生 住院实习医生ˈhousetrain verb to train (a dog, cat etc) to be clean inside the house. 訓練(寵物等的)衛生習慣 训练（狗等）保持家中清洁 ˈhouse-warming noun a party given after moving into a new house. 喬遷宴會 乔迁喜宴，庆祝迁居的宴会 adjectivea house-warming party. 喬遷慶祝的 庆祝迁居的ˈhousewife noun – plural ˈhousewives – a woman who looks after her house, her husband and her family, and who usually does not have a job outside the home. 家庭主婦 家庭主妇ˈhousework noun the work of keeping a house clean and tidy. My mother has a woman to help her with the housework. 家務 家务劳动like a house on fire1. very well. The two children got on with each other like a house on fire. 很融洽 很好2. very quickly. I'm getting through this job like a house on fire. 迅速地 迅速地