今日问题

⊙husband除了丈夫还有节约的意思？⊙

husband 我们熟悉的意思就是“丈夫”，但你知道用作动词，有“节约”的意思吗？

husband 由古瑞典词husbondi, hus是house的意思，bondi是dweller（居住者），作为动词时，它可以表示节约使用（资源）。

1. vt.节约使用（资源）

use resources economically

▷the need to husband his remaining strength.

保养他剩余体力的需要。

▷Because of the flooding in the area, roads are cut off and everyone is being asked to husband their supplies.

因为这个地区泛了洪水，道路不通，每个人都必须要节省物资。

2. husbandry n.（尤指精心经营的）农牧业

the care, cultivation and the breeding of crops and animals

▷crop husbandry 种植业

▷animal husbandry 畜牧业

▷dairy husbandry 乳牛业

3. husbandman n.<古>庄稼、农夫

（archaic) a person who cultivates the land; a farmer

▷Fan Ch'ih requested to be taught husbandry, the Master said,"I am not so good for that as an old husbandman."

樊迟请学稼，子曰：“吾不如老农。”

▷And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he plantted a vineyard.

挪亚做起农夫来，栽了一个葡萄园。

4. husband de facto

事实上的丈夫，有同居关系的丈夫

de facto adv.实际上，事实上

▷He is her husband de facto.

他是她事实上的丈夫。

5.husband de jure 有合法婚姻的丈夫

de jure adv.按理地，有权地，天经地义的

according to rightful entitlement or claim

▷He is her husband de jure.

他是她的合法丈夫。

6. husbandage n.船舶管理人、船舶管理费

▷ husbandage detail 船舶代理费