| 释义 |
homestead /həʊmsted; name hoʊmsted/ [countable] (especially name) a house where a family lives and the land and buildings around it, especially a small farm; (in the us in the past) a piece of land given to sb by the government on condition that they lived on it and grew crops on it（包括周围土地和附属房屋的）家宅；（尤指）农庄；宅地（美国旧时由国家分给个人居住并开垦的土地）◆what began as a small family homestead is now a 5 000-acre ranch.起初的家庭小农庄现在已发展成 5 000 英亩的大牧场。 home·stead /`homˏstɛd; ˈhəʊmsted/n [c]a farm and the area of land and buildings around it ［包括住宅和周围土地的］农家，家园 |