homestead
英 ['həʊmsted]
美 ['homstɛd]
語源
英語の語源
- 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. Hence, the verb, first recorded 1872. Homesteader also is from 1872.
例文
- 1. When we reached the homestead and were sitting on the stoep drinking our coffee,we heard that Richard had left quite suddenly and had gone back to England.
- ファン?レンスブルクの家に駆けつけ、彼らの家の前の玄関に座ってコーヒーを飲んでいたところ、リチャードはもう黙ってイギリスに帰るなと聞いた。
- 2.The daylight revealed the whole of Mr.Melbury 's homestead .
- 白昼の光が、メルブリ氏の産業全体を人々の前に現している。
- 3.He was a survival from the days when Gile 's father held the homestead .
- 彼は当初、キールの父が家業を預かっていた時代の生存者だった。
- 4.Could we just wait until he 's done with the homestead act chapter?
- 宅地法の話が終わるまで待っていてくれませんか。
- 5.Moreover land contracting right of management circulation and homestead circulation question.
- 土地請負経営権の移転や宅地の移転問題など。
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