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house·hold1 /ˈhaʊshəʊld $ -hoʊld/ noun [countableC]

PERSON/PEOPLEall the people who live together in one house 一家人，同住一幢房子的人 SYN house

A growing number of households have at least one computer.

越来越多的家庭拥有至少一台电脑。

Families are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house).

家庭按一家之主的职业来分类。

Examples from the Corpus

household• Seb found Boz tying some of the bulkier items of his household to the rear of his caravan.• a two-income household• If there were only one, that person could claim a discount, as could poorer households.• The Thomas household had five sons by the time Edward was ten years old.

the head of the household• The father as the head of the household.• Rates are paid by the head of the household, and some households receive rate rebates.• One copy is for the head of the household to complete.• Of the remainder, only four were from homes where the head of the household was a non-manual worker.

household2 adjectiveadj [only before noun]

1 HOMErelating to looking after a house and the people in it 家庭的，家用的，家务的 SYN domestic

household goods/products/items etc

washing powder and other household products

洗衣粉及其他家用产品

household chores

家务杂活

2 be a household name/word FAMOUSto be very well known 家喻户晓的名字/词

Coca-Cola is a household name around the world.

可口可乐是全世界家喻户晓的名字。

Examples from the Corpus

be a household name/word• Apple computers became a household word in the late '80s.• He was the first Aboriginal to have mastered a western mode of painting and by 1940 his was a household name.• I won't tell you who she is because the name is a household word.• Of course, her name was a household word.• Plus, it's not as if the Barn Burners, Helm's current band, is a household name.• It sold world-wide, was a household name, and had virtually no competition.• Its heroes are household names and millions of pounds are at stake when it is staged.• However, a number are household names; the obvious examples are the Severn and the Thames.• His was a household name when the craze for stereoscopic views was fashionable.

Examples from the Corpus

household• household appliances• household cleaning products

household goods/products/items etc• It will automatically calculate, for example, what proportion of your income goes on things like the car and household items.• Water purification has become a major category of consumer interest, and new household products address that concern.• Some shoppers look for furniture, toys, books and household items as well.• Watch out for household products being used up too fast or appearing in places where they are not usually kept.• Prepare a small box or bag containing ordinary household items for each of the expected guests.• Second - the day-to-day expenditure such as food, drink, household goods, newspapers, petrol or bus fares.• Often, as in household products or industrial chemicals, hot competition among affiliates of big multinationals ensures both growth and cost-competitiveness.• Both compounds once were widely used in household products such as glass cleaners, paints and paint thinners.

From Longman Business Dictionary

householdhouse·hold1 /ˈhaʊshəʊld-hoʊld/ adjectiveadj

connected with looking after a house and the people in it

retailers of furniture, carpets, and household goods

Video phones won’t become a household appliance for a long time.

householdhousehold2 noun [countableC]

all the people who live together in one house

The Labour Force Survey collects information from around 80,000 households.

homes where the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money) is a non-manual worker

Origin household1

(1300-1400) house + hold “keeping, maintaining”

house·hold1 nounhousehold2 adjectiveadj

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