| 单词 | house-proud |
| 例句 | It is also populated with house-proud weekenders from San Diego, and seniors who grew up camping here when they were children. How Much Hip Can the Desert Absorb? 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z He was house-proud, for example, forever embarking on renovation projects. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z As our society becomes ever more house-proud and design-conscious, it seems the domestic interior is becoming fertile ground for artists and curators. Interior dark: two shows reveal visions of the unhomely 2010-06-16T10:07:00Z But Compton also teems with house-proud residents and their tidy lawns, women chatting outside a florist’s shop, construction workers grabbing lunch at a packed taqueria. Los Angeles Is a Fantastic Walking City. No, Really. 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The house-proud former chef has made other economies including only washing dishes every few days and buying a hot water dispenser so she only heats the water she needs. Cost of living: The people trying to make ends meet as costs spiral 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z This house-proud community is not afraid to lard on the ironwork and topiary. Mill Basin, Brooklyn: House-Proud, but Not Too Accessible 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Who hasn’t felt a house-proud throb of satisfaction at clearing a clutter of Tetris blocks or landing a rocket ship on the moon after centuries of effort in Civilization? Better Research Through Video Games 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Across the country, spring is the season for house tours, a chance for the house-proud to strut their stuff, and for communities to bond, celebrate and fundraise. House tours let communities strut, bond, fundraise 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z When word of an EU ban on high-power vacuum cleaners hit Eurosceptic British tabloids in August, "Hoovergate" brought home a dilemma for the bloc that goes well beyond house-proud devotees of deep-pile English carpet. After 'Hoovergate', EU torn over power-saving rules 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z We were house-proud, fashion-forward, smart and funny, versed in both high and low culture. Dear Black Women: White Gays Are Your Allies, So Don't Push Us Away 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Neanderthals were house-proud creatures, devoting separate spaces to tool-making, butchering animals and socialising. 10 things we didn't know last week 2013-12-06T17:39:21Z The "wildlife in my backyard" category winner was this house-proud wasp shot by David Handley. In pictures: Best of British 2012-09-09T23:31:52Z Could they but be persuaded to become "house-proud"—with all that this means and entails—he considers that the task of the Regeneration of this vast unhappy, although singularly gifted, people would be greatly furthered. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z But then the fastidious, house-proud side of me kicks in as I imagine tripping over a litter box at 2 a.m., or my furniture getting covered in scratches and fur. Bronx Zoo?s New Lion Cubs Are Impossibly Cute 2010-06-03T22:07:00Z You are what you call house-proud: you like to have everything handsome about you. Shirley When her praise was anxiously sought, she observed that it was undesirable to be careless in one's housekeeping, but less disagreeable than to be fussy and house-proud. The Invader A Novel Down East they call this or that woman 'house-proud.' A Man and a Woman I don't see how you can be so patient with his criticisms: we all know you are house-proud. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Ted rested a sunburnt hand on each of his knees, drew a long breath, and remarked fervently— "Ye mun be wonderful house-proud, Miss Heptonstall." North, South and over the Sea Constance was house-proud; house-pride had slumbered within her; now it blazed forth. The Old Wives' Tale |
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