Household

(n.) Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

(n.) A line of ancestory; a race or house.

(a.) Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.

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• The tribe was a big family; the nation a group of tribal families; a household often contained hundreds of people. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Chemistry plays a part in every phase of life; in the arts, the industries, the household, and in the body itself, where digestion, excretion, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Part of the evening church service was the form of worship observed in Mr. Helstone's household. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• About six o'clock, the hour which called up the household, I went out to the court, and washed my face in its cold, fresh well-water. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A picture of our family life would be incomplete without the household servants. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In those days the principal expense of the sovereign seems to have consisted in the maintenance of his own family and household. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If you were to search all England, said he, I don't suppose you could find a household more self-contained or freer from outside influences. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• There, she said, it is not heavy, and will not shame your neat toilette, as if it were a household, servant-like detail. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Turner had a considerable household, some half-dozen at the least. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I don't believe there was a happier household in England than this. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Besides, was Margaret one to give way before strange men, or even household friends like the cook and Charlotte! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The head of the household or the tribe was less of a leader and more of a master, more like the Pal?olithic Old Man. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Gerald wanted her to be attached to the household at Shortlands, he was using Winifred as his stalking-horse. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Mr. Bhupendranath Basu has recently described a typical Hindu household. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But let me see thee use the dress and costume of thy English ancestry--no short cloaks, no gay bonnets, no fantastic plumage in my decent household. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• They live in the households of other people; they do not have households and rear large families of their own. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The vedas, says Mr. Basu, were transmitted chiefly in the households by the women. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Unimportant people slept about anywhere as retainers did in the medi?val castles and as people still do in Indian households. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It replaced in many households pewter ware which, until the introduction of Sheffield plate, was the best substitute for sterling silver. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They became a distinct factor in the life of the community; they formed great households of their own. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In the Hindu community of to-day these great households of the earlier stages of human society are still to be found. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As the extent and complexity of government increased, the number of households multiplied. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Both she and my son disobeyed me in marrying; therefore I have no interest in their households. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• We took many specimens, to the end that we might confer happiness upon certain households that we wot of. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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