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 household ['haushәuld]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 一家人, 家庭, 家族, 王室

a. 家庭的, 家常的, 王室的

[法] 家庭, 户, 家属




    household
    [ noun ]
    a social unit living together
    <noun.group>
    he moved his family to VirginiaIt was a good Christian household
    I waited until the whole house was asleep
    the teacher asked how many people made up his home


    Household \House"hold`\, n.
    1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

    And calls, without affecting airs,
    His household twice a day to prayers. --Swift.

    2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] --Shak.


    Household \House"hold`\, a.
    Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household
    furniture; household affairs.

    {Household bread}, bread made in the house for common use;
    hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]

    {Household gods} (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the
    house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all
    objects endeared by association with home.

    {Household troops}, troops appointed to attend and guard the
    sovereign or his residence.

    1. Average household income of buyers is $200,000-plus and average age is 43.5 years.
    2. It was the older Knievel who made the jump famous and turned himself into a household name in the process when he crashed on landing and flipped like a rag doll through the parking lot and broke nearly ever bone in his body.
    3. Not so long ago, the wealthy liked to show off their household help and well-run homes.
    4. The Census Bureau reckons that the typical household's net worth didn't change significantly between 1984 and 1988.
    5. For his wife, adjusting to life as the head of her household is frightening.
    6. They expect hard work from their children, but they don't saddle them with household chores or afterschool jobs.
    7. This accounts for the main part of household bills. Although electricity costs have stabilised and even started to fall in some areas, high prices, profits and salaries have attracted much criticism.
    8. "That's the job of the local reporter, but I don't do that in the book," she says. "This is more of a household encyclopedia that would be applicable anywhere."
    9. "Anyone outside the family who does it is in big trouble" at the Emick household, he said.
    10. Selling a product that's not a household word "is like rowing a boat upstream," notes Frank Delano, chairman of Delano Goldman & Young, a corporate- and brand-image consultant in New York.
    11. The "American Focus" radio show and the college students who produce it are hardly household names, but the guests heard on the program usually are.
    12. Consumer goods, including clothing and household goods, led the increase in imports.
    13. The planned sale of the Olympic paints division, a strategic move to concentrate on core household and food-service businesses is pending.
    14. The countdown to the currency switchover caused shortages of food and household products in East Berlin and other cities.
    15. Every major Wall Street broker except Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. now imposes a so-called inactive account fee on investors who don't generate enough commissions, either individually or per household.
    16. With household products, "POISON" means highly toxic, "DANGER" means extremely flammable or corrosive or highly toxic, "WARNING" or "CAUTION" means less toxic.
    17. But the judge added that Larry hadn't established the date of any divorce; thus, he must file as a single taxpayer for 1987, not as a head of household.
    18. This will increase household incomes and stimulate the economy,' said Mr Hosokawa. The Bank of England provided the UK money market with Pounds 750m of late, unspecified assistance.
    19. Among the few corporate features, health and household products group Glaxo Holdings fell 43 pence to 761 pence ($16.08) a share.
    20. Scripts call for actors to chat about household chores, using and mentioning by name a number of P&G products.
    21. Prince Charles, who is known for his environmental concerns, announced lsat summer that his household would give up aerosols.
    22. However, economists expect that household spending data, due to be announced this week, will reflect continued sluggishness.
    23. The department is also considering new energy efficiency standards for television sets and 11 other types of household appliances, as required by a 1987 law.
    24. But his strategy isn't limited to household names.
    25. While Lucia is cared for by a doting aunt, her sisters, now 5 to 12 years old, were seriously neglected even though they were living in the same household.
    26. The secret is to take what comes, accepting that what you reap from a household garden is rarely what you sow.
    27. UK consumers borrowed less money through finance houses to buy items such as cars, large household goods and DIY items in April, official statistics showed yesterday.
    28. Indeed, CU is already making an underwriting profit on private and commercial motor business, domestic household lines and - were it not for the loss on bomb damage to its own headquarters - industrial fire insurance as well.
    29. When I went to make my first household purchase, a kettle for boiling drinking water, I had only FEC and the price was in renminbi.
    30. It examines the patterns of spending of nearly 7,000 households. The survey finds that average weekly spending per household rose 1.8 per cent to Pounds 277 in 1993 from Pounds 272 in 1992.
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