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
近义词 burglary

英英释义


1. train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house

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.

词态变化


第三人称单数: housebreaks;过去式: housebroke;过去分词: housebroken;现在分词: housebreaking;