housing
n. 遮盖, 住房供给, 居留(处), 房屋, 装饰 [化] 外壳
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房屋;住房供给; 外壳;遮盖物;机器等的防护外壳或外罩
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The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
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Residences, collectively.
不可数 可数She lives in low-income housing.
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A mechanical component's container or covering.
可数 不可数The gears were grinding against their housing.
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A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
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An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
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The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
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A niche for a statue.
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That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
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A houseline.
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present participle and gerund of house
We are housing the company's servers in Florida.
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From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).
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