1. In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family".
中文詞源
homestead 家園，農莊
home,家，stead,農莊。
英文詞源
homestead (n.)
Old English hamstede "home, town, village," from home (n.) + stead (q.v.). In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family" (1690s), defined by the Homestead Act of 1862 as 160 acres. Hence, the verb, first recorded 1872. Homesteader also is from 1872.
雙語例句
1. When we reached the homestead and were sitting on the stoep drinking our coffee, we heard that Richard had left quite suddenly and had gone back to England.
當我們趕到范·倫斯堡家,坐在他們家屋前的門廊上喝咖啡時, 卻聽說理查德已經不辭而別回英國去了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The daylight revealed the whole of Mr. Melbury's homestead.
白日的天光,把麥爾布禮先生的整個產業都展現在人們面前.
來自辭典例句
3. He was a survival from the days when Gile's father held the homestead.
他是當初還由基爾的父親掌管家業那個時代的一個幸存者.
來自辭典例句
4. Could we just wait until he's done with the homestead act chapter?
能等到他講完宅地法那章再走 嗎 ?
來自電影對白
5. Moreover land contracting right of management circulation and homestead circulation question.