domestic
英[d?'mest?k]
美[d?'m?st?k]
- adj. 國內的；家庭的；馴養的；一心只管家務的
- n. 國貨；傭人
詞態變化
復數:?domestics;副詞:?domestically;
中文詞源
domestic 本國的
來自拉丁語domus, 家，詞源同domain. 即家里面的，本國的。
英文詞源
- domestic
- domestic: [16] Domestic comes, via French domestique, from Latin domesticus, a derivative of domus ‘house’. This can be traced back to an Indo-European *domo-, *domu-, which was also the source of Greek dómos and Sanskrit dama- ‘house’, and goes back in its turn to a base *dem-, *dom- ‘build’ which gave rise to English daunt, tame, timber, and probably despot. A further derivative of domus is domicile [15], from Latin domicilium ‘dwelling-place’, and it is also the ultimate source of the wide range of English words (dominate, dominion, etc) based immediately on Latin dominus ‘master’.
=> dame, daunt, dome, dominion, tame, timber - domestic (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French domestique (14c.) and directly from Latin domesticus "belonging to the household," from domus "house," from PIE *dom-o- "house," from root *dem- "house, household" (cognates: Sanskrit damah "house;" Avestan demana- "house;" Greek domos "house," despotes "master, lord;" Latin dominus "master of a household;" Old Church Slavonic domu, Russian dom "house;" Lithuanian dimstis "enclosed court, property;" Old Norse topt "homestead").
It represents the usual Indo-European word for "house" (Italian, Spanish casa are from Latin casa "cottage, hut;" Germanic *hus is of obscure origin). The noun meaning "household servant" is 1530s (a sense also found in Old French domestique). Domestics, originally "articles of home manufacture," is attested from 1620s. Related: Domestically. Domestic violence is attested from 19c. as "revolution and insurrection;" 1977 as "spouse abuse, violence in the home."
雙語例句
- 1. And what of the effect on U.S domestic opinion?
- 對美國國內的輿論有什么影響？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A special dispensation may be obtained from the domestic union concerned.
- 從國內相關的工會那兒或許能得到一項特許。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. As the domestic market becomes saturated, firms begin to export the product.
- 由于國內市場飽和，各公司開始外銷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture.
- 這所房子是典型的中世紀民居。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.
- 由于國內需求大幅下降，生產已經停止。
來自柯林斯例句