Word
housekeep
操持家务；料理家务
to carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping, such as cleaning and cooking
- 1.
To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
操持家务。
- 2.
To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.
执行一般家务。
操持家务。；执行一般家务。；自立门户；主持家务
In use
She housekeeps for her grandparents every Saturday.
While their mother was traveling, they housekept and did all the laundry.
He has been housekeeping alone for three years.
housekeep
housekeep 是不及物动词，后面不直接跟宾语；过去式和过去分词均为 housekept。
She housekeeps every morning.
她每天早上操持家务。
Verb forms
base housekeep · third person housekeeps · -ing housekeeping · past housekept · past participle housekept
不规则动词：过去式和过去分词同为 housekept；意为“操持家务、料理家务”。
Common mistakes
She housekeeps the house every day.She housekeeps every day.
housekeep 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；“house”的含义已包含在词义中，应去掉 the house。
She housekeeped all morning.
Connections
Collocations
- do the housekeeping
- 做家务；料理家务
- She spends an hour doing the housekeeping every morning.她每天早晨花一个小时做家务。
- help with the housekeeping
- 帮忙做家务
- The children help with the housekeeping on weekends.孩子们在周末帮忙做家务。
- housekeeping chores
- 家务琐事
- They share the housekeeping chores equally.他们平等分担家务琐事。
- housekeeping staff
- 家政人员；客房服务人员
- The housekeeping staff cleans the rooms every day.客房服务人员每天打扫房间。
- housekeeping department
- 客房部；后勤部
- Please call the housekeeping department if you need clean towels.如果你需要干净的毛巾，请打电话给客房部。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：把房子（house）保持（keep）整洁，就是操持家务。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：at home、in job descriptions、in everyday talk housekeep 是中性词，通常指打理家务的总体工作，多用于书面或正式一点的描述；日常口语中更常说 do housekeeping 或 keep house。
Grammar Note
不及物动词；注意过去式和过去分词均为 housekept，不是 housekeeped。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /iːp/ 结尾，拼写多为 -eep，它们彼此押韵。它们与 housekeep /ˈhaʊskiːp/ 并不押韵，因为 housekeep 的重音在第一个音节 /haʊs/ 上，后面的 keep 不重读。注意 keep 是 housekeep 结尾部分的准确拼写，sleep、deep、sheep、creep、peep 只是拼写结尾相似。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.