Word · Frequency #7299
housework
/ˈhaʊˌswɝːk/
noun
家务
household chores such as cleaning and cooking
- 1.
domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking
家务,如清洁和烹饪
- 2.
the work of cleaning and running a house
清洁和管理房屋的工作
家务,如清洁和烹饪；清洁和管理房屋的工作；家事
In use
I usually do the housework on Saturday mornings.
My parents split the housework evenly between them.
He offered to help me with the housework.
do housework
She spends every Saturday morning doing housework.
她每个周六早上都做家事。
help with housework
He often helps his wife with the housework.
他经常帮妻子做家事。
share housework
They decided to share the housework equally.
他们决定平均分担家事。
Connections
Collocations
- do housework
- 做家事
- I do housework every Saturday morning.我每个星期六早上做家事。
- share housework
- 分担家事
- My husband and I share the housework equally.我丈夫和我平等分担家事。
- help with housework
- 帮忙做家事
- The children help with housework after dinner.孩子们晚饭后帮忙做家事。
- hate housework
- 讨厌做家事
- She hates housework and always puts it off.她讨厌做家事，总是拖延。
Pop culture & quotes
- Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it.
- 家务活是一种你做了没人注意，但你不做就会被人注意到的事情。She spends most of her free time doing housework.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住housework是房子（house）里的工作（work），即家事。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：home、domestic 通常用于描述家庭日常清洁和打理的工作，比较常见于日常对话中。
Grammar Note
housework 为不可数名词，不与 a/an 连用；常用 do (the) housework 表示做家务。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the final /wɝk/ sound, rhyming with 'housework'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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