homestead
UK/'həʊmsted/US/'hәumsted/
B2
Definitions
n.
A house with its surrounding land and buildings, especially a farm
宅地，家园，农庄
v.
To settle on and farm a piece of land, especially under a homestead law
在宅地定居并耕作
Root Breakdown
Native Englishhome + stead. 'Stead' is an old Germanic word for 'place' (still seen in 'instead' and 'in your stead'), a cognate of the stand family. A homestead is your home-place: house plus land.
Root st still carries 376 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.family homestead家族庄园
- 2.homestead farm家庭农庄
- 3.homestead act宅地法
Example Sentences
- 1.
Three generations have lived on the family homestead.
- 2.
Settlers were given land to homestead in the west.