homestead

• n. 宅地；家園；田產(chǎn)

home,家，stead,農(nóng)莊。

homestead (n.)

Old English hamstede "home, town, village," from home (n.) + stead (q.v.). In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family" (1690s), defined by the Homestead Act of 1862 as 160 acres. Hence, the verb, first recorded 1872. Homesteader also is from 1872.

1. When we reached the homestead and were sitting on the stoep drinking our coffee, we heard that Richard had left quite suddenly and had gone back to England.

當(dāng)我們趕到范·倫斯堡家,坐在他們家屋前的門廊上喝咖啡時(shí), 卻聽說(shuō)理查德已經(jīng)不辭而別回英國(guó)去了.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. The daylight revealed the whole of Mr. Melbury's homestead.

白日的天光,把麥爾布禮先生的整個(gè)產(chǎn)業(yè)都展現(xiàn)在人們面前.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. He was a survival from the days when Gile's father held the homestead.

他是當(dāng)初還由基爾的父親掌管家業(yè)那個(gè)時(shí)代的一個(gè)幸存者.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Could we just wait until he's done with the homestead act chapter?

能等到他講完宅地法那章再走 嗎 ?

來(lái)自電影對(duì)白

5. Moreover land contracting right of management circulation and homestead circulation question.

再如土地承包經(jīng)營(yíng)權(quán)的流轉(zhuǎn)和宅基地的流轉(zhuǎn)問(wèn)題.

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