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单词 housework
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Definition of housework in English:

housework

nounˈhaʊswəːkˈhaʊsˌwərk
mass noun
  • Regular work done in housekeeping, especially cleaning and tidying.

    I was busy doing housework when the doorbell rang
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even daily activities such as general housework or playing with your kids can be a good opportunity to boost your fitness levels.
    • As the only boy, I definitely got away with doing very little housework.
    • In her memory, her grandma was always busy with housework from early morning.
    • It pointed out that one and a half million women would have to be drafted into war industry from housework and from less essential work.
    • When the question is broadened to satisfaction with job or housework, a similar pattern obtains.
    • She spends her days drawing, leaving Stan to tend to the kids and housework.
    • We're generally taught that housework is a menial, even demeaning task.
    • Helen always worked hard and when she came home on weekends she helped Mother with the endless housework.
    • There's only so much newsworthiness you can get out of laundry, cleaning, cooking, housework.
    • She had finished a 16-hour shift at work and had to do three hours of housework and everything was on top of her.
    • Even the seemingly laborious housework became enjoyable when there was no time pressure.
    • She also did housework for various elderly people who had her services in their homes on a regular basis.
    • In my experience, it would seem that the biggest problem facing new mothers is not housework but a general sense of isolation.
    • MUM Emma Langley took a clean sweep of her health after regaining her figure doing housework.
    • They spend 15 minutes longer on housework in general than men who do not own them, according to the research.
    • She says she goes back home with amusing anecdotes about the day - and housework doesn't take over her life.
    • There was also an improvement in satisfaction in the share-out of housework and childcare.
    • My hip hurts a lot from all the train sitting and housework today.
    • After lunch, I have to fulfil my daily quota of three hours' housework.
    • Researchers in Britain have found there is no evidence that housework has any health benefits.
 
 

Definition of housework in US English:

housework

nounˈhaʊsˌwərkˈhousˌwərk
  • Regular work done in housekeeping, such as cleaning, shopping, and cooking.

    I was busy doing housework when the doorbell rang
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We're generally taught that housework is a menial, even demeaning task.
    • Researchers in Britain have found there is no evidence that housework has any health benefits.
    • She says she goes back home with amusing anecdotes about the day - and housework doesn't take over her life.
    • MUM Emma Langley took a clean sweep of her health after regaining her figure doing housework.
    • It pointed out that one and a half million women would have to be drafted into war industry from housework and from less essential work.
    • As the only boy, I definitely got away with doing very little housework.
    • She had finished a 16-hour shift at work and had to do three hours of housework and everything was on top of her.
    • My hip hurts a lot from all the train sitting and housework today.
    • Helen always worked hard and when she came home on weekends she helped Mother with the endless housework.
    • She spends her days drawing, leaving Stan to tend to the kids and housework.
    • There's only so much newsworthiness you can get out of laundry, cleaning, cooking, housework.
    • Even the seemingly laborious housework became enjoyable when there was no time pressure.
    • She also did housework for various elderly people who had her services in their homes on a regular basis.
    • When the question is broadened to satisfaction with job or housework, a similar pattern obtains.
    • They spend 15 minutes longer on housework in general than men who do not own them, according to the research.
    • Even daily activities such as general housework or playing with your kids can be a good opportunity to boost your fitness levels.
    • In my experience, it would seem that the biggest problem facing new mothers is not housework but a general sense of isolation.
    • After lunch, I have to fulfil my daily quota of three hours' housework.
    • There was also an improvement in satisfaction in the share-out of housework and childcare.
    • In her memory, her grandma was always busy with housework from early morning.
 
 
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