homestead 详细解释

homestead

['həumsted]

n.家园, 田产,农场
v.住在或工作在家园

词形变化

名词: homesteader | 动词过去式: homesteaded | 动词过去分词: homesteaded | 动词现在分词: homesteading | 动词第三人称单数: homesteads |

词义辨析

同义:

n.田产; 农场

farm  plantation  house and grounds  

同义参见:

ranch  dwelling  

英英释义

名词 homestead:

the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family

land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

动词 homestead:

settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

补充

homesteadhomestead英:[ˈhəumsted] 美:[ˈhomˌstɛd]n.1.家宅, 宅地, 农庄

例句

1. They've homesteaded in Texas.他们在得克萨斯州定居下来了。 2. They decided to farm the old homestead.他们决定在这个老农庄里务农。 3. They homesteaded in Alaska.他们在阿拉斯加州的宅地上居住耕作。 4. They homesteaded the territory in the 1860s.*19世纪60年代,他们在这块宅地上居住耕作。