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housemate

/hous-meyt/US // ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt //UK // (ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt) //

同居者,同居人,同房者,同屋

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person with whom one shares a house or other residence.
    • : a sexual partner with whom one shares a house or other living quarters without being married.

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Examples

  • They accused her of making questionable parenting choices, like taking the baby to a nail salon when he was 2 months old and leaving him with her housemate so she could go to a concert out of state.

  • Sanchez and her housemates feel they are being punished for having sought a safer place to live.

  • So far, I’ve used it on two subfreezing camping trips, two backyard firepit hangs, one drive-in movie, one patio happy hour, and much to the amusement of my housemates, several cold mornings at my desk.

  • They kept hearing from their housemates about the issues their companies faced with customer service as they began scaling.

  • Recently, my 20-something niece was delighted to share the query by her housemate in D.C.: “Are you related to Amy Siskind?”

  • The smallest housemate's pouf is about as iconic as her orange skin, though she's decided to retire the former.

  • Alas, his relationship with housemate Sammi sure broke that one quickly.

  • Every self-proclaimed guido should know this, according to housemate J-WOWW.

  • So he went away, vaguely indignant, and his new housemate comforted him, and he came no more.

  • Old Angus, however, was not so passive an observer of his new and unlooked-for housemate.

  • Dahlia lived seven years her sister's housemate, nurse of the growing swarm.

  • Never again would Susanna be just the same to her young housemate that she had been.

  • The "portfolios" were found, shortly after Emily Dickinson's death, by her sister and only surviving housemate.