household
US: /ˈhaʊsˌhoʊɫd/
UK: /hˈaʊshəʊld/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
household /'haushould/- danh từ
- hộ, gia đình
- toàn bộ người nhà; toàn bộ người hầu trong nhà
- (số nhiều) bột loại hai
- tính từ
- (thuộc) gia đình, (thuộc) hộ; nội trợ
- household gods: các vị thần trong nhà; (nghĩa bóng) những thức cần thiết cho đời sống gia đình
- household word: lời nói thông thường, lời nói cửa miệng
- household troops
- quân ngự lâm
- (thuộc) gia đình, (thuộc) hộ; nội trợ
Advanced English dictionary
+ nounall the people living together in a house: Most households now own at least one car. + low-income / one-parent households + the head of the household + the royal household
household adjective [only before noun]: household bills / chores / goods (= connected with looking after a house and the people living in it)
Collocation
ADJ.
average
The average household pays 27p a day in water rates.
| domestic, private, etc. | rural, urban | middle-class, working-class | high-income, low-income, poor, etc. | family, married-couple, single-person, etc.
VERB + HOUSEHOLD
manage, run | set up
Becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing.
HOUSEHOLD + NOUN
appliance, contents, furniture, goods, item, product
The household contents are covered by a separate insurance policy.
| bills, budget, expenditure, expenses, income | chore, duties, task | rubbish, waste
PHRASES
the head of the household
The head of the household is responsible for completing the council tax form.
Concise dictionary
households'haʊshəʊldnoun
+a social unit living together