housemate

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone living in the same house.
    — ‘“Housemate”,’ he repeated, disdainfully. ‘What does this word imply?’ ‘That we are two unpartnered people, sharing the cost of the rent on a house, and are not romantically involved.’

词形变化

housemates plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.?
Proto-Germanic *hūsą
Proto-West Germanic *hūs
Old English hūs
Middle English hous
English house
English -mate
English housemate
From house + -mate.
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