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housebreak是什么意思

housebreak

英 ['haʊsbreɪk]
  • vi. 侵入家庭盗取;拆屋
  • vt. 训练(家犬、家猫等)养成卫生习惯

英文词源


housebreak (v.)
1820, "to break into a house criminally;" see house (n.) + break (v.). Perhaps a back-formation from housebreaker, attested from mid-14c. Sense of "to train a domestic animal to be clean in the house" is from 1881. Related: Housebreaking; housebroken.

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