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housebound

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Illness & disability
house·bound /ˈhaʊsbaʊnd/ adjective  MIHOMEnot able to leave your house, especially because you are ill or old 〔尤指因生病或年老而〕出不了门的
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houseboundPerhaps she sometimes did, she replied - with sudden sideways glances - but she was far from being housebound.There must be many other ways of capitalizing in a creative way on the restrictions of being housebound.Most months the elderly and housebound have a Mass and the Sacrament of the Sick in the Hall.The visiting service is especially for the housebound, lonely or depressed.Mr Carus said father-of-three Gavin had housebound parents.Outings and social events are also organised by the group for housebound people, using its own minibus.My advice to all housebound people?Celie strived not to conform to a stereotyped henpecked housebound wife.
house·bound adjectiveChineseSyllable
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housebound
housebound /ˈhaʊsbaʊnd/ adjective
not able to leave your house, especially because you are ill or old


house·boundBrE /ˈhaʊsbaʊnd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaʊsbaʊnd/ 🔊 adjectiveunable to leave your house because you cannot walk very far as a result of being ill/sick or old (因病或年迈)不能离家的,出不了门的the housebound noun [plural] people who are housebound 出不了门的人