| 单词 | domestic |
| 释义 | do·mes·tic I. 1. obsolete 2. a. < affects the house at large and the course of domestic affairs — Herbert Spencer > < the servant has risen in the world and become a domestic worker — Gabriel Ullstein > b. < coke as a fuel for domestic heating plants > < sewing, interior decoration, and other domestic arts > < a scarcity of domestic help > c. < the community, which possesses a domestic architecture of charm and distinction — American Guide Series: North Carolina > also < both an ecclesiastical and a domestic architect > d. < domestic status > < the domestic chastity required is recommended in effect to produce an equilibrium population — G.E.Hutchinson > : participated in by or emanating from members of a family < there seemed no place for myself in this domestic tableau — Christopher Isherwood > < under strict domestic orders not to sit out of doors — John Buchan > e. < Diderot never achieved domestic happiness, either in his marriage or in his many affairs of the heart — J.S.Schapiro > < there are others beside Charles Lamb who are peculiarly sensitive to the charm of the domestic — John Dewey > also < her many domestic virtues > < weighed down with domestic worries > f. < we have the domestic epic dealing with the details of modern life which pass daily under our eyes — Matthew Arnold > < domestic drama of the sentimental kind > 3. 4. a. < charts of domestic as well as foreign waters > < once a state has assumed such an obligation the matter ceases to be within its domestic jurisdiction — Quincy Wright > specifically < a domestic power struggle between the president and the congress > b. < a depression that proved one of our worst domestic calamities > < evincing a major interest in domestic politics > < painting the domestic scene in somber colors > also < the various forms of entertainment available to domestic vacationers > < all the critics, domestic and foreign — S.P.Sherman > c. < the domestic shipping industry declined after 1939 > < the acknowledged power of a state to regulate its police, its domestic trade — John Marshall > < domestic corporations, that is, those chartered by the state in which they do business — M.S.Kendrick > < short trip services by a domestic airline > < formerly scornful of the quality of our domestic wines > < caves used for the ripening of a domestic Roquefort-type cheese > < cats of various breeds, some domestic, some imported > also < domestic airmail rates > < domestic prices of oil products > d. < domestic snails representing 12 species of the family Bulimidae > e. 5. a. < rats, roaches, and other domestic vermin > b. 6. < author of blood-and-thunder novels, yet quite domestic in his tastes > II. 1. obsolete 2. obsolete 3. 4. a. b. c. domestics plural |
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