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homemaking

/hohm-mey-king/US // ˈhoʊmˌmeɪ kɪŋ //

养家糊口,养家,家政,家务

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the management of a home: homemaking tasks.

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Examples

  • She would be married off after learning the basics of homemaking — and perhaps how to play the pianoforte — and learning to please her boss, I mean husband.

  • The idea behind her homemaking philosophy is to present recipes that women on the go can make without a whole lot of fuss.

  • But the homemaking instinct is strong in a woman, and the musterers went out west without the missus.

  • There has been a dearth of teachers prepared to teach art in its application to homemaking.

  • They are more often undertaken in connection with home furnishing than with other phases of homemaking.

  • As for the more strenuous tasks connected with homemaking, they served as natural and pleasurable vents for her surplus energy.

  • But, after all, it is safe to assume that marriage and homemaking do go hand in hand.