homestead
homestead 英 [ˈhəʊmsted] 美 [ˈhoʊmsted]
n. 宅地；家园；田产
名词复数:homesteads
- A homestead is a house and surrounding land owned by a family — often, it includes a farmhouse.
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- n. 宅地；家园；田产
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1. Heavy clouds hang low over a dilapidated homestead in the Midwest, foretelling a possible tornado.
厚厚的云层低低地悬在中西部残破的宅地上空，预示可能发生龙卷风。
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2. This is the broader definition of liberty that motivated the homestead Act, the Social Security Act, and the G.I. Bill of Rights.
这是自由更广泛的定义，它推动了《宅地法案》、《社会保障法案》和《退伍军人权利法案》的制定。
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3. Because Hilary’s homestead was on the main highway, the government was going to take it by eminent domain in the near future and make it part of the headquarters operation.
因为希勒里的田产位于公路主干线上，政府准备在不久的将来征用这块土地，把它用作办公总部所在地的一部分。
- 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. Similar formation in Dutch heemstede, Danish hjemsted.
- homestead (v.) 1872, American English, from homestead (n.). Homesteader also is from 1872.
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