Definition of domestic in English:

domestic

adjective dəˈmɛstɪkdəˈmɛstɪk

1Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.
（与）家（有关）的，（与）家庭（有关）的
domestic chores
家务杂事。
domestic violence
家庭暴力。
Example sentencesExamples
- This re-organization is having a profound effect on social relations and domestic arrangements in the main family entertainment room.
- Over 100 community members explained their needs in relation to domestic abuse and offered advice on how a community project could best respond.
- Most do other work, though many specialize in domestic relations.
- Many partnerships in the region have identified domestic violence as a key priority.
- The chairs are of the fixed porter type, which means they would be of little or no use in the domestic environment.
- Around 700 families have to be rehoused every year because of domestic violence.
- Sunday was filled with more domestic chores but on a smaller scale.
- The scene was remarkably domestic, with so many people, and a baby.
- Many migrant workers had also been employed in manufacturing, plantations and as domestic servants.
- Thanks to our support, the charity was able to lay on a Christmas party for families fleeing domestic violence.
- The findings also confirmed that domestic violence affects women from all walks of life.
- But marital relations and domestic finances are not what should make government ministers fit or otherwise for office.
- In a 30-year career in social work, mainly with children and families, domestic violence kept cropping up.
- The museum was initially set up to collect, preserve and maintain relics of industrial, agricultural and domestic history and to ensure the accessibility to the general public.
- An expert believes family doctors can play an important role in helping resolve various family problems, including domestic violence.
- The borough is one of the worst in the region for domestic violence.
- To address this, more work needs to be done in assessing the training needs of health professionals in relation to domestic violence.
- Everyday, she would set out early in the morning and visit the households to help them in the domestic chores to support the family.
- We can also find domestic violence among families of the elite.
- She had not gone to school here and her role in the family was mainly helping her mother with domestic chores.
Synonyms
family, home, private
household, domiciliary
1. 1.1 Of or for use in the home rather than in an industrial or office environment.
  家用的
  domestic water supplies
  家用供水系统。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There was no existing prospect of eliminating the greater part of the sulphur discharged from industrial and domestic chimneys, but research was being energetically pursued.
  Bringing out a contrast between industrial and domestic architecture, he says that there is a vast difference between the two.
  More reforms may be needed, but domestic agriculture is of rather more strategic importance than some younger politicians seem to be aware of.
  All projects used a major wood heating appliance with integrated domestic water heating.
  It ranges across the industrial and domestic spectrum from factories and offices to the the farm or the home.
  With parents tied down to their office and domestic routines, the manner in which children spend their summer is the last thing on their minds.
  We want to get the message out to whoever is responsible for the empty buildings that they ensure they are totally secure whether domestic dwellings or industrial properties.
  This is because the boiler must operate continuously even during warm weather in order to heat the domestic water supply.
  They also have a statutory duty to maintain a water supply to domestic premises.
  Waterways have come to be viewed as the dumping ground of agricultural runoff, industrial effluents and domestic sewage.
  Just over half of this was domestic, industrial and commercial waste while 38 per cent was construction waste.
  It has also developed materials for the steel industry, office machinery, domestic appliances, industrial safety, sports surfaces and car components.
  For a while the government banned all use of the waters for industrial and domestic purposes.
  As far back as 1975, they say, the local authority installed a short asbestos pipe near the back door as a link to carry the domestic water supply.
  The report also mentions the over-exploitation of water resources by domestic, agricultural and industrial users.
  She owes an awful lot to domestic appliances - or rather, the lack of them.
  The site contains both industrial and domestic waste.
  The coastal towns and local industry are growing fast, as is the domestic and industrial water demand in the area.
  The well-trained eye could spot the outline of a defensive enclosure, and a large spread at the base of the field was thought to be associated with industrial or domestic activity.
  He believes it is more likely that supplies would initially be restricted to major industrial users before domestic supplies were restricted in the event of a winter problem.
  Synonyms
  native, indigenous, home-grown, home-bred, aboriginal
  technical autochthonous
2. 1.2 (of an animal) tame and kept by humans.
  （动物）驯服的；被豢养的
  domestic dogs
  家务杂事。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Conditions favorable for the emergence of antigenic shift are thought to involve humans living close to domestic poultry and pigs.
  This germ is often acquired before birth, but is sometimes passed on by domestic cats or acquired by eating undercooked meat from infected animals.
  The animals not only damaged crops and fences but competed with domestic sheep and cattle for precious grass.
  Because of their association with humans, domestic dogs are not preyed upon by wild predators.
  At Kildonan, domestic sheep and some cattle are grazed and the area has a large population of feral rabbits.
  To realize that, you know, dogs and cats are domestic, wonderful animals.
  These are animals that, along with domestic goats and sheep, have been bred for thousands of years as food.
  Foxes selected for tameness are friendly, like domestic dogs, while foxes selected for aggression resist human contact.
  In fact, house rabbits are in vogue all over the world, ranking in ‘pet’ value along with domestic cats and dogs.
  In fact foxes receive more illnesses from domestic pets, particularly dogs, because pets have not been vaccinated.
  All domestic animals depend on human beings for survival.
  As the city grows, and cats become more popular as domestic pets, the number of animals living rough increases.
  Certainly, they seemed louder and this was enough to frighten domestic animals like dogs and cats.
  Now, the centre is home to a whole range of animals, including domestic pets like cats and dogs.
  Wild ancestors of domestic cattle, donkeys, pigs, dogs and domestic cats were native to North Africa, Southwest Asia and most probably India.
  Lions when deprived of their usual prey occasionally attack domestic animals and even human beings.
  Common around outlying human settlements, the bobcat will sometimes take small farm animals including domestic cats if easily accessible.
  Mosquitoes transmit a number of diseases to human beings and domestic animals.
  We cannot just go in there without any notice at all and spray children, domestic pets, and animals such as horses.
  It is folly to think that wild birds and other wildlife are less susceptible to the influences of disease than humans and domestic animals.
  Synonyms
  domesticated, tame, pet, household, trained, not wild
  British house-trained
  North American housebroken
3. 1.3 (of a person) fond of family life and running a home.
  （人）喜爱家庭生活的，喜欢持家的
  she was not at all domestic
  她根本不善持家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But the whole point about her, and the one that can be obscured by the focus on the artworks and the leftover wine in her freezer, is that being a domestic goddess has become her job.
  I can't wait to have a family and I'm very domestic.
  My mother was a domestic goddess in every household art except culinary.
  If a man wipes his feet on the door mat before coming into the room, you may be sure he will make a good domestic husband.
  Synonyms
  housewifely, domesticated, stay-at-home, home-loving, homely
2Existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international.
国内的
Egypt's domestic affairs
朝鲜的国内事务。
Example sentencesExamples
- This is just as true in all areas of domestic affairs as in foreign policies.
- Factory production fell 3.9 percent as domestic consumption remained stagnant and exports declined.
- For most regional leaders, domestic issues outweigh foreign affairs.
- But why would business investment increase when domestic demand is anticipated to decline?
- Expanding business from a purely domestic market into foreign markets is a big step in any company's development.
- The reservation office counters at the domestic terminal will be repositioned and the entrance to the terminal building will also be changed.
- He said the park was also intended to create linkages between tourism and the environment and consequently boost domestic tourism.
- Light manufacturing and textiles are important for both foreign and domestic markets.
- The bright-line separation between foreign and domestic affairs has proven to be problematic.
- Exports may be high, but industrial domestic sales are down by around six per cent - for the second year running.
- While the domestic business environment has deteriorated because of the protracted recession, there is no excuse for the failure to pay due wages.
- The domestic industry currently supplies 85 percent of the nation's sugar, with 15 percent imported.
- The majority, who are normally moderate in their views about both international and domestic affairs, have been silent in public but concerned in private.
- The daily volumes in the domestic foreign exchange markets are currently equivalent to over $1 billion.
- Not recommended for the beginner investor, these are bonds issued in foreign markets by domestic companies.
- But it's not like domestic politics have been ignored.
- From the point of view of the host country, they can actually save a domestic firm rather than letting it undergo a slow, painful death.
- The self-catering establishments were very popular with the domestic visitors looking for family holidays.
- The concept of the ‘foreign observer’ might seem problematic in relation to the delicate domestic issues of another country.
- It would make such firms more competitive, both in the international and domestic markets, and it would increase the dollar value of profits accrued overseas.
Synonyms
national, state, home, local, internal, interior, not foreign, not international

noun dəˈmɛstɪkdəˈmɛstɪk

1A person who is paid to help with cleaning and other menial tasks in a person's home.
Example sentencesExamples
- One revealing factor is that the care of elderly people typically appeared as one of many household tasks carried out by domestic workers.
- Its goals were to provide a hospitable institution for immigrant workers, domestics, labourers and skilled workers to establish savings accounts and send back money for them to relatives.
- Later they had several domestics and even men servants.
- Most female migrants to the first world find employment as maids or domestics.
- The 400 porters, domestics, laundry and catering workers are the latest group of health workers to take on the low pay, bullying and exploitation of their private contractor bosses.
- Furthermore, the total number of workers employed in the above calculations included female domestics.
- Servants observed their mistresses behaving exactly as domestics were trained not to act.
- For both men and women this involved full time domestic support from a spouse or partner or from a paid domestic worker, or from both.
- The federal labour law is vague on the subject of domestic workers, where no contract is signed, no taxes paid and social security and health insurance paid by the employer are voluntary.
- Although they worked as maids or cooks or domestics in the secular world, these women could put on an usher's uniform or badge and be quite visible.
- What broke the ice, he found, were small workshops where sharecroppers and domestics talked about practical issues that bothered them, brainstormed about what to do, and took steps to do it.
- The wage for 20 days was much higher than the normal salary for domestics.
- Nor were we happy with how some of the churches educated, when they seemed to train the young primarily for menial pursuits such as domestics.
- They know a request to kitchen staff will not be met with disdain; our domestics regularly help with feeding debilitated patients in the absence of nursing staff.
- The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids.
- She worked as a domestic for his father in New York.
- Immigrant day laborers, domestics and gardeners have built independent organizations, even without labor law protection or support from local unions.
- The same is true of cleaners and domestics, who are essential.
- Women often work as domestics throughout the United States, cooking, cleaning, or looking after children for individual families with whom they live.
- The vast majority of paid and unpaid domestic workers are women.
Synonyms
servant, domestic servant, domestic worker, domestic help, hired help, home help, daily help, maid, housemaid, maid-of-all-work, cleaner, menial, housekeeper
British dated charwoman, charlady, char
British informal daily, daily woman, skivvy, Mrs Mop
archaic scullion
2British informal A violent quarrel between family members, especially a couple.
〈非正式〉家庭成员间（尤指夫妻间）的激烈争吵
they are often called to sort out a domestic
他们经常被叫来处理家庭矛盾。
Example sentencesExamples
- I really wish my neighbors would stop having their domestics in the backyard.
- Why are the police spending so much time at domestics?
- Because of the unpredictably the two most dangerous incidents police could attend were domestics and stopping vehicles, he said.
- You get the odd one in other parts of the country, and they often turn out to be domestics.
- There was one of those hissed domestics going on in the seat in front of us.
3North American A product not made abroad.
〈北美〉国产货

Origin

Late Middle English: from French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus 'house'.

dome from early 16th century:
Latin domus ‘house’ entered English directly as dome in the 16th century in the sense ‘a stately building’; it also passed through Italian duomo and French dôme to enter English for a second time as dome ‘a rounded vault’ in the mid 17th century. Domus is also found in domestic (Late Middle English) ‘relating to the house’ and in domicile (Late Middle English) ‘home’.

Rhymes

majestic

Definition of domestic in US English:

domestic

adjectivedəˈmɛstɪkdəˈmestik

1Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.
（与）家（有关）的，（与）家庭（有关）的
domestic chores
家务杂事。
domestic violence
家庭暴力。
Example sentencesExamples
- The chairs are of the fixed porter type, which means they would be of little or no use in the domestic environment.
- In a 30-year career in social work, mainly with children and families, domestic violence kept cropping up.
- The findings also confirmed that domestic violence affects women from all walks of life.
- We can also find domestic violence among families of the elite.
- The museum was initially set up to collect, preserve and maintain relics of industrial, agricultural and domestic history and to ensure the accessibility to the general public.
- She had not gone to school here and her role in the family was mainly helping her mother with domestic chores.
- Around 700 families have to be rehoused every year because of domestic violence.
- But marital relations and domestic finances are not what should make government ministers fit or otherwise for office.
- Over 100 community members explained their needs in relation to domestic abuse and offered advice on how a community project could best respond.
- Many partnerships in the region have identified domestic violence as a key priority.
- An expert believes family doctors can play an important role in helping resolve various family problems, including domestic violence.
- Many migrant workers had also been employed in manufacturing, plantations and as domestic servants.
- The borough is one of the worst in the region for domestic violence.
- Thanks to our support, the charity was able to lay on a Christmas party for families fleeing domestic violence.
- The scene was remarkably domestic, with so many people, and a baby.
- To address this, more work needs to be done in assessing the training needs of health professionals in relation to domestic violence.
- Everyday, she would set out early in the morning and visit the households to help them in the domestic chores to support the family.
- This re-organization is having a profound effect on social relations and domestic arrangements in the main family entertainment room.
- Most do other work, though many specialize in domestic relations.
- Sunday was filled with more domestic chores but on a smaller scale.
Synonyms
family, home, private
1. 1.1 Of or for use in the home rather than in an industrial or office environment.
  家用的
  domestic appliances
  家用供水系统。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They also have a statutory duty to maintain a water supply to domestic premises.
  It ranges across the industrial and domestic spectrum from factories and offices to the the farm or the home.
  For a while the government banned all use of the waters for industrial and domestic purposes.
  All projects used a major wood heating appliance with integrated domestic water heating.
  She owes an awful lot to domestic appliances - or rather, the lack of them.
  The report also mentions the over-exploitation of water resources by domestic, agricultural and industrial users.
  The coastal towns and local industry are growing fast, as is the domestic and industrial water demand in the area.
  With parents tied down to their office and domestic routines, the manner in which children spend their summer is the last thing on their minds.
  Bringing out a contrast between industrial and domestic architecture, he says that there is a vast difference between the two.
  Just over half of this was domestic, industrial and commercial waste while 38 per cent was construction waste.
  More reforms may be needed, but domestic agriculture is of rather more strategic importance than some younger politicians seem to be aware of.
  There was no existing prospect of eliminating the greater part of the sulphur discharged from industrial and domestic chimneys, but research was being energetically pursued.
  He believes it is more likely that supplies would initially be restricted to major industrial users before domestic supplies were restricted in the event of a winter problem.
  We want to get the message out to whoever is responsible for the empty buildings that they ensure they are totally secure whether domestic dwellings or industrial properties.
  The site contains both industrial and domestic waste.
  As far back as 1975, they say, the local authority installed a short asbestos pipe near the back door as a link to carry the domestic water supply.
  This is because the boiler must operate continuously even during warm weather in order to heat the domestic water supply.
  Waterways have come to be viewed as the dumping ground of agricultural runoff, industrial effluents and domestic sewage.
  It has also developed materials for the steel industry, office machinery, domestic appliances, industrial safety, sports surfaces and car components.
  The well-trained eye could spot the outline of a defensive enclosure, and a large spread at the base of the field was thought to be associated with industrial or domestic activity.
  Synonyms
  native, indigenous, home-grown, home-bred, aboriginal
2. 1.2 (of an animal) tame and kept by humans.
  （动物）驯服的；被豢养的
  domestic cattle
  Example sentencesExamples
  Mosquitoes transmit a number of diseases to human beings and domestic animals.
  Now, the centre is home to a whole range of animals, including domestic pets like cats and dogs.
  In fact foxes receive more illnesses from domestic pets, particularly dogs, because pets have not been vaccinated.
  To realize that, you know, dogs and cats are domestic, wonderful animals.
  The animals not only damaged crops and fences but competed with domestic sheep and cattle for precious grass.
  Common around outlying human settlements, the bobcat will sometimes take small farm animals including domestic cats if easily accessible.
  We cannot just go in there without any notice at all and spray children, domestic pets, and animals such as horses.
  In fact, house rabbits are in vogue all over the world, ranking in ‘pet’ value along with domestic cats and dogs.
  Foxes selected for tameness are friendly, like domestic dogs, while foxes selected for aggression resist human contact.
  It is folly to think that wild birds and other wildlife are less susceptible to the influences of disease than humans and domestic animals.
  Wild ancestors of domestic cattle, donkeys, pigs, dogs and domestic cats were native to North Africa, Southwest Asia and most probably India.
  Because of their association with humans, domestic dogs are not preyed upon by wild predators.
  These are animals that, along with domestic goats and sheep, have been bred for thousands of years as food.
  Lions when deprived of their usual prey occasionally attack domestic animals and even human beings.
  This germ is often acquired before birth, but is sometimes passed on by domestic cats or acquired by eating undercooked meat from infected animals.
  Certainly, they seemed louder and this was enough to frighten domestic animals like dogs and cats.
  Conditions favorable for the emergence of antigenic shift are thought to involve humans living close to domestic poultry and pigs.
  At Kildonan, domestic sheep and some cattle are grazed and the area has a large population of feral rabbits.
  As the city grows, and cats become more popular as domestic pets, the number of animals living rough increases.
  All domestic animals depend on human beings for survival.
  Synonyms
  domesticated, tame, pet, household, trained, not wild
3. 1.3 (of a person) fond of family life and running a home.
  （人）喜爱家庭生活的，喜欢持家的
  she was not at all domestic
  她根本不善持家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If a man wipes his feet on the door mat before coming into the room, you may be sure he will make a good domestic husband.
  But the whole point about her, and the one that can be obscured by the focus on the artworks and the leftover wine in her freezer, is that being a domestic goddess has become her job.
  My mother was a domestic goddess in every household art except culinary.
  I can't wait to have a family and I'm very domestic.
  Synonyms
  housewifely, domesticated, stay-at-home, home-loving, homely
2Existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international.
国内的
the current state of US domestic affairs
Example sentencesExamples
- For most regional leaders, domestic issues outweigh foreign affairs.
- The majority, who are normally moderate in their views about both international and domestic affairs, have been silent in public but concerned in private.
- Expanding business from a purely domestic market into foreign markets is a big step in any company's development.
- Light manufacturing and textiles are important for both foreign and domestic markets.
- Not recommended for the beginner investor, these are bonds issued in foreign markets by domestic companies.
- This is just as true in all areas of domestic affairs as in foreign policies.
- While the domestic business environment has deteriorated because of the protracted recession, there is no excuse for the failure to pay due wages.
- The daily volumes in the domestic foreign exchange markets are currently equivalent to over $1 billion.
- He said the park was also intended to create linkages between tourism and the environment and consequently boost domestic tourism.
- From the point of view of the host country, they can actually save a domestic firm rather than letting it undergo a slow, painful death.
- The concept of the ‘foreign observer’ might seem problematic in relation to the delicate domestic issues of another country.
- The reservation office counters at the domestic terminal will be repositioned and the entrance to the terminal building will also be changed.
- Exports may be high, but industrial domestic sales are down by around six per cent - for the second year running.
- The domestic industry currently supplies 85 percent of the nation's sugar, with 15 percent imported.
- The self-catering establishments were very popular with the domestic visitors looking for family holidays.
- Factory production fell 3.9 percent as domestic consumption remained stagnant and exports declined.
- It would make such firms more competitive, both in the international and domestic markets, and it would increase the dollar value of profits accrued overseas.
- The bright-line separation between foreign and domestic affairs has proven to be problematic.
- But why would business investment increase when domestic demand is anticipated to decline?
- But it's not like domestic politics have been ignored.
Synonyms
national, state, home, local, internal, interior, not foreign, not international

noundəˈmɛstɪkdəˈmestik

1A person who is paid to help with menial tasks such as cleaning.
家佣，仆人
Example sentencesExamples
- Although they worked as maids or cooks or domestics in the secular world, these women could put on an usher's uniform or badge and be quite visible.
- The federal labour law is vague on the subject of domestic workers, where no contract is signed, no taxes paid and social security and health insurance paid by the employer are voluntary.
- She worked as a domestic for his father in New York.
- They know a request to kitchen staff will not be met with disdain; our domestics regularly help with feeding debilitated patients in the absence of nursing staff.
- Servants observed their mistresses behaving exactly as domestics were trained not to act.
- Its goals were to provide a hospitable institution for immigrant workers, domestics, labourers and skilled workers to establish savings accounts and send back money for them to relatives.
- What broke the ice, he found, were small workshops where sharecroppers and domestics talked about practical issues that bothered them, brainstormed about what to do, and took steps to do it.
- The same is true of cleaners and domestics, who are essential.
- The wage for 20 days was much higher than the normal salary for domestics.
- The 400 porters, domestics, laundry and catering workers are the latest group of health workers to take on the low pay, bullying and exploitation of their private contractor bosses.
- Most female migrants to the first world find employment as maids or domestics.
- The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids.
- The vast majority of paid and unpaid domestic workers are women.
- For both men and women this involved full time domestic support from a spouse or partner or from a paid domestic worker, or from both.
- Nor were we happy with how some of the churches educated, when they seemed to train the young primarily for menial pursuits such as domestics.
- One revealing factor is that the care of elderly people typically appeared as one of many household tasks carried out by domestic workers.
- Women often work as domestics throughout the United States, cooking, cleaning, or looking after children for individual families with whom they live.
- Furthermore, the total number of workers employed in the above calculations included female domestics.
- Immigrant day laborers, domestics and gardeners have built independent organizations, even without labor law protection or support from local unions.
- Later they had several domestics and even men servants.
Synonyms
servant, domestic servant, domestic worker, domestic help, hired help, home help, daily help, maid, housemaid, maid-of-all-work, cleaner, menial, housekeeper
2North American A product not made abroad.
〈北美〉国产货

Origin

Late Middle English: from French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus ‘house’.

单词	domestic
释义	Definition of domestic in English: domestic adjective dəˈmɛstɪkdəˈmɛstɪk 1Relating to the running of a home or to family relations. （与）家（有关）的，（与）家庭（有关）的 domestic chores 家务杂事。 domestic violence 家庭暴力。 Example sentencesExamples This re-organization is having a profound effect on social relations and domestic arrangements in the main family entertainment room. Over 100 community members explained their needs in relation to domestic abuse and offered advice on how a community project could best respond. Most do other work, though many specialize in domestic relations. Many partnerships in the region have identified domestic violence as a key priority. The chairs are of the fixed porter type, which means they would be of little or no use in the domestic environment. Around 700 families have to be rehoused every year because of domestic violence. Sunday was filled with more domestic chores but on a smaller scale. The scene was remarkably domestic, with so many people, and a baby. Many migrant workers had also been employed in manufacturing, plantations and as domestic servants. Thanks to our support, the charity was able to lay on a Christmas party for families fleeing domestic violence. The findings also confirmed that domestic violence affects women from all walks of life. But marital relations and domestic finances are not what should make government ministers fit or otherwise for office. In a 30-year career in social work, mainly with children and families, domestic violence kept cropping up. The museum was initially set up to collect, preserve and maintain relics of industrial, agricultural and domestic history and to ensure the accessibility to the general public. An expert believes family doctors can play an important role in helping resolve various family problems, including domestic violence. The borough is one of the worst in the region for domestic violence. To address this, more work needs to be done in assessing the training needs of health professionals in relation to domestic violence. Everyday, she would set out early in the morning and visit the households to help them in the domestic chores to support the family. We can also find domestic violence among families of the elite. She had not gone to school here and her role in the family was mainly helping her mother with domestic chores. Synonyms family, home, private household, domiciliary 1.1 Of or for use in the home rather than in an industrial or office environment. 家用的 domestic water supplies 家用供水系统。 Example sentencesExamples There was no existing prospect of eliminating the greater part of the sulphur discharged from industrial and domestic chimneys, but research was being energetically pursued. Bringing out a contrast between industrial and domestic architecture, he says that there is a vast difference between the two. More reforms may be needed, but domestic agriculture is of rather more strategic importance than some younger politicians seem to be aware of. All projects used a major wood heating appliance with integrated domestic water heating. It ranges across the industrial and domestic spectrum from factories and offices to the the farm or the home. With parents tied down to their office and domestic routines, the manner in which children spend their summer is the last thing on their minds. We want to get the message out to whoever is responsible for the empty buildings that they ensure they are totally secure whether domestic dwellings or industrial properties. This is because the boiler must operate continuously even during warm weather in order to heat the domestic water supply. They also have a statutory duty to maintain a water supply to domestic premises. Waterways have come to be viewed as the dumping ground of agricultural runoff, industrial effluents and domestic sewage. Just over half of this was domestic, industrial and commercial waste while 38 per cent was construction waste. It has also developed materials for the steel industry, office machinery, domestic appliances, industrial safety, sports surfaces and car components. For a while the government banned all use of the waters for industrial and domestic purposes. As far back as 1975, they say, the local authority installed a short asbestos pipe near the back door as a link to carry the domestic water supply. The report also mentions the over-exploitation of water resources by domestic, agricultural and industrial users. She owes an awful lot to domestic appliances - or rather, the lack of them. The site contains both industrial and domestic waste. The coastal towns and local industry are growing fast, as is the domestic and industrial water demand in the area. The well-trained eye could spot the outline of a defensive enclosure, and a large spread at the base of the field was thought to be associated with industrial or domestic activity. He believes it is more likely that supplies would initially be restricted to major industrial users before domestic supplies were restricted in the event of a winter problem. Synonyms native, indigenous, home-grown, home-bred, aboriginal technical autochthonous 1.2 (of an animal) tame and kept by humans. （动物）驯服的；被豢养的 domestic dogs 家务杂事。 Example sentencesExamples Conditions favorable for the emergence of antigenic shift are thought to involve humans living close to domestic poultry and pigs. This germ is often acquired before birth, but is sometimes passed on by domestic cats or acquired by eating undercooked meat from infected animals. The animals not only damaged crops and fences but competed with domestic sheep and cattle for precious grass. Because of their association with humans, domestic dogs are not preyed upon by wild predators. At Kildonan, domestic sheep and some cattle are grazed and the area has a large population of feral rabbits. To realize that, you know, dogs and cats are domestic, wonderful animals. These are animals that, along with domestic goats and sheep, have been bred for thousands of years as food. Foxes selected for tameness are friendly, like domestic dogs, while foxes selected for aggression resist human contact. In fact, house rabbits are in vogue all over the world, ranking in ‘pet’ value along with domestic cats and dogs. In fact foxes receive more illnesses from domestic pets, particularly dogs, because pets have not been vaccinated. All domestic animals depend on human beings for survival. As the city grows, and cats become more popular as domestic pets, the number of animals living rough increases. Certainly, they seemed louder and this was enough to frighten domestic animals like dogs and cats. Now, the centre is home to a whole range of animals, including domestic pets like cats and dogs. Wild ancestors of domestic cattle, donkeys, pigs, dogs and domestic cats were native to North Africa, Southwest Asia and most probably India. Lions when deprived of their usual prey occasionally attack domestic animals and even human beings. Common around outlying human settlements, the bobcat will sometimes take small farm animals including domestic cats if easily accessible. Mosquitoes transmit a number of diseases to human beings and domestic animals. We cannot just go in there without any notice at all and spray children, domestic pets, and animals such as horses. It is folly to think that wild birds and other wildlife are less susceptible to the influences of disease than humans and domestic animals. Synonyms domesticated, tame, pet, household, trained, not wild British house-trained North American housebroken 1.3 (of a person) fond of family life and running a home. （人）喜爱家庭生活的，喜欢持家的 she was not at all domestic 她根本不善持家。 Example sentencesExamples But the whole point about her, and the one that can be obscured by the focus on the artworks and the leftover wine in her freezer, is that being a domestic goddess has become her job. I can't wait to have a family and I'm very domestic. My mother was a domestic goddess in every household art except culinary. If a man wipes his feet on the door mat before coming into the room, you may be sure he will make a good domestic husband. Synonyms housewifely, domesticated, stay-at-home, home-loving, homely 2Existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international. 国内的 Egypt's domestic affairs 朝鲜的国内事务。 Example sentencesExamples This is just as true in all areas of domestic affairs as in foreign policies. Factory production fell 3.9 percent as domestic consumption remained stagnant and exports declined. For most regional leaders, domestic issues outweigh foreign affairs. But why would business investment increase when domestic demand is anticipated to decline? Expanding business from a purely domestic market into foreign markets is a big step in any company's development. The reservation office counters at the domestic terminal will be repositioned and the entrance to the terminal building will also be changed. He said the park was also intended to create linkages between tourism and the environment and consequently boost domestic tourism. Light manufacturing and textiles are important for both foreign and domestic markets. The bright-line separation between foreign and domestic affairs has proven to be problematic. Exports may be high, but industrial domestic sales are down by around six per cent - for the second year running. While the domestic business environment has deteriorated because of the protracted recession, there is no excuse for the failure to pay due wages. The domestic industry currently supplies 85 percent of the nation's sugar, with 15 percent imported. The majority, who are normally moderate in their views about both international and domestic affairs, have been silent in public but concerned in private. The daily volumes in the domestic foreign exchange markets are currently equivalent to over $1 billion. Not recommended for the beginner investor, these are bonds issued in foreign markets by domestic companies. But it's not like domestic politics have been ignored. From the point of view of the host country, they can actually save a domestic firm rather than letting it undergo a slow, painful death. The self-catering establishments were very popular with the domestic visitors looking for family holidays. The concept of the ‘foreign observer’ might seem problematic in relation to the delicate domestic issues of another country. It would make such firms more competitive, both in the international and domestic markets, and it would increase the dollar value of profits accrued overseas. Synonyms national, state, home, local, internal, interior, not foreign, not international noun dəˈmɛstɪkdəˈmɛstɪk 1A person who is paid to help with cleaning and other menial tasks in a person's home. Example sentencesExamples One revealing factor is that the care of elderly people typically appeared as one of many household tasks carried out by domestic workers. Its goals were to provide a hospitable institution for immigrant workers, domestics, labourers and skilled workers to establish savings accounts and send back money for them to relatives. Later they had several domestics and even men servants. Most female migrants to the first world find employment as maids or domestics. The 400 porters, domestics, laundry and catering workers are the latest group of health workers to take on the low pay, bullying and exploitation of their private contractor bosses. Furthermore, the total number of workers employed in the above calculations included female domestics. Servants observed their mistresses behaving exactly as domestics were trained not to act. For both men and women this involved full time domestic support from a spouse or partner or from a paid domestic worker, or from both. The federal labour law is vague on the subject of domestic workers, where no contract is signed, no taxes paid and social security and health insurance paid by the employer are voluntary. Although they worked as maids or cooks or domestics in the secular world, these women could put on an usher's uniform or badge and be quite visible. What broke the ice, he found, were small workshops where sharecroppers and domestics talked about practical issues that bothered them, brainstormed about what to do, and took steps to do it. The wage for 20 days was much higher than the normal salary for domestics. Nor were we happy with how some of the churches educated, when they seemed to train the young primarily for menial pursuits such as domestics. They know a request to kitchen staff will not be met with disdain; our domestics regularly help with feeding debilitated patients in the absence of nursing staff. The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids. She worked as a domestic for his father in New York. Immigrant day laborers, domestics and gardeners have built independent organizations, even without labor law protection or support from local unions. The same is true of cleaners and domestics, who are essential. Women often work as domestics throughout the United States, cooking, cleaning, or looking after children for individual families with whom they live. The vast majority of paid and unpaid domestic workers are women. Synonyms servant, domestic servant, domestic worker, domestic help, hired help, home help, daily help, maid, housemaid, maid-of-all-work, cleaner, menial, housekeeper British dated charwoman, charlady, char British informal daily, daily woman, skivvy, Mrs Mop archaic scullion 2British informal A violent quarrel between family members, especially a couple. 〈非正式〉家庭成员间（尤指夫妻间）的激烈争吵 they are often called to sort out a domestic 他们经常被叫来处理家庭矛盾。 Example sentencesExamples I really wish my neighbors would stop having their domestics in the backyard. Why are the police spending so much time at domestics? Because of the unpredictably the two most dangerous incidents police could attend were domestics and stopping vehicles, he said. You get the odd one in other parts of the country, and they often turn out to be domestics. There was one of those hissed domestics going on in the seat in front of us. 3North American A product not made abroad. 〈北美〉国产货 Origin Late Middle English: from French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus 'house'. dome from early 16th century: Latin domus ‘house’ entered English directly as dome in the 16th century in the sense ‘a stately building’; it also passed through Italian duomo and French dôme to enter English for a second time as dome ‘a rounded vault’ in the mid 17th century. Domus is also found in domestic (Late Middle English) ‘relating to the house’ and in domicile (Late Middle English) ‘home’. Rhymes majestic Definition of domestic in US English: domestic adjectivedəˈmɛstɪkdəˈmestik 1Relating to the running of a home or to family relations. （与）家（有关）的，（与）家庭（有关）的 domestic chores 家务杂事。 domestic violence 家庭暴力。 Example sentencesExamples The chairs are of the fixed porter type, which means they would be of little or no use in the domestic environment. In a 30-year career in social work, mainly with children and families, domestic violence kept cropping up. The findings also confirmed that domestic violence affects women from all walks of life. We can also find domestic violence among families of the elite. The museum was initially set up to collect, preserve and maintain relics of industrial, agricultural and domestic history and to ensure the accessibility to the general public. She had not gone to school here and her role in the family was mainly helping her mother with domestic chores. Around 700 families have to be rehoused every year because of domestic violence. But marital relations and domestic finances are not what should make government ministers fit or otherwise for office. Over 100 community members explained their needs in relation to domestic abuse and offered advice on how a community project could best respond. Many partnerships in the region have identified domestic violence as a key priority. An expert believes family doctors can play an important role in helping resolve various family problems, including domestic violence. Many migrant workers had also been employed in manufacturing, plantations and as domestic servants. The borough is one of the worst in the region for domestic violence. Thanks to our support, the charity was able to lay on a Christmas party for families fleeing domestic violence. The scene was remarkably domestic, with so many people, and a baby. To address this, more work needs to be done in assessing the training needs of health professionals in relation to domestic violence. Everyday, she would set out early in the morning and visit the households to help them in the domestic chores to support the family. This re-organization is having a profound effect on social relations and domestic arrangements in the main family entertainment room. Most do other work, though many specialize in domestic relations. Sunday was filled with more domestic chores but on a smaller scale. Synonyms family, home, private 1.1 Of or for use in the home rather than in an industrial or office environment. 家用的 domestic appliances 家用供水系统。 Example sentencesExamples They also have a statutory duty to maintain a water supply to domestic premises. It ranges across the industrial and domestic spectrum from factories and offices to the the farm or the home. For a while the government banned all use of the waters for industrial and domestic purposes. All projects used a major wood heating appliance with integrated domestic water heating. She owes an awful lot to domestic appliances - or rather, the lack of them. The report also mentions the over-exploitation of water resources by domestic, agricultural and industrial users. The coastal towns and local industry are growing fast, as is the domestic and industrial water demand in the area. With parents tied down to their office and domestic routines, the manner in which children spend their summer is the last thing on their minds. Bringing out a contrast between industrial and domestic architecture, he says that there is a vast difference between the two. Just over half of this was domestic, industrial and commercial waste while 38 per cent was construction waste. More reforms may be needed, but domestic agriculture is of rather more strategic importance than some younger politicians seem to be aware of. There was no existing prospect of eliminating the greater part of the sulphur discharged from industrial and domestic chimneys, but research was being energetically pursued. He believes it is more likely that supplies would initially be restricted to major industrial users before domestic supplies were restricted in the event of a winter problem. We want to get the message out to whoever is responsible for the empty buildings that they ensure they are totally secure whether domestic dwellings or industrial properties. The site contains both industrial and domestic waste. As far back as 1975, they say, the local authority installed a short asbestos pipe near the back door as a link to carry the domestic water supply. This is because the boiler must operate continuously even during warm weather in order to heat the domestic water supply. Waterways have come to be viewed as the dumping ground of agricultural runoff, industrial effluents and domestic sewage. It has also developed materials for the steel industry, office machinery, domestic appliances, industrial safety, sports surfaces and car components. The well-trained eye could spot the outline of a defensive enclosure, and a large spread at the base of the field was thought to be associated with industrial or domestic activity. Synonyms native, indigenous, home-grown, home-bred, aboriginal 1.2 (of an animal) tame and kept by humans. （动物）驯服的；被豢养的 domestic cattle Example sentencesExamples Mosquitoes transmit a number of diseases to human beings and domestic animals. Now, the centre is home to a whole range of animals, including domestic pets like cats and dogs. In fact foxes receive more illnesses from domestic pets, particularly dogs, because pets have not been vaccinated. To realize that, you know, dogs and cats are domestic, wonderful animals. The animals not only damaged crops and fences but competed with domestic sheep and cattle for precious grass. Common around outlying human settlements, the bobcat will sometimes take small farm animals including domestic cats if easily accessible. We cannot just go in there without any notice at all and spray children, domestic pets, and animals such as horses. In fact, house rabbits are in vogue all over the world, ranking in ‘pet’ value along with domestic cats and dogs. Foxes selected for tameness are friendly, like domestic dogs, while foxes selected for aggression resist human contact. It is folly to think that wild birds and other wildlife are less susceptible to the influences of disease than humans and domestic animals. Wild ancestors of domestic cattle, donkeys, pigs, dogs and domestic cats were native to North Africa, Southwest Asia and most probably India. Because of their association with humans, domestic dogs are not preyed upon by wild predators. These are animals that, along with domestic goats and sheep, have been bred for thousands of years as food. Lions when deprived of their usual prey occasionally attack domestic animals and even human beings. This germ is often acquired before birth, but is sometimes passed on by domestic cats or acquired by eating undercooked meat from infected animals. Certainly, they seemed louder and this was enough to frighten domestic animals like dogs and cats. Conditions favorable for the emergence of antigenic shift are thought to involve humans living close to domestic poultry and pigs. At Kildonan, domestic sheep and some cattle are grazed and the area has a large population of feral rabbits. As the city grows, and cats become more popular as domestic pets, the number of animals living rough increases. All domestic animals depend on human beings for survival. Synonyms domesticated, tame, pet, household, trained, not wild 1.3 (of a person) fond of family life and running a home. （人）喜爱家庭生活的，喜欢持家的 she was not at all domestic 她根本不善持家。 Example sentencesExamples If a man wipes his feet on the door mat before coming into the room, you may be sure he will make a good domestic husband. But the whole point about her, and the one that can be obscured by the focus on the artworks and the leftover wine in her freezer, is that being a domestic goddess has become her job. My mother was a domestic goddess in every household art except culinary. I can't wait to have a family and I'm very domestic. Synonyms housewifely, domesticated, stay-at-home, home-loving, homely 2Existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international. 国内的 the current state of US domestic affairs Example sentencesExamples For most regional leaders, domestic issues outweigh foreign affairs. The majority, who are normally moderate in their views about both international and domestic affairs, have been silent in public but concerned in private. Expanding business from a purely domestic market into foreign markets is a big step in any company's development. Light manufacturing and textiles are important for both foreign and domestic markets. Not recommended for the beginner investor, these are bonds issued in foreign markets by domestic companies. This is just as true in all areas of domestic affairs as in foreign policies. While the domestic business environment has deteriorated because of the protracted recession, there is no excuse for the failure to pay due wages. The daily volumes in the domestic foreign exchange markets are currently equivalent to over $1 billion. He said the park was also intended to create linkages between tourism and the environment and consequently boost domestic tourism. From the point of view of the host country, they can actually save a domestic firm rather than letting it undergo a slow, painful death. The concept of the ‘foreign observer’ might seem problematic in relation to the delicate domestic issues of another country. The reservation office counters at the domestic terminal will be repositioned and the entrance to the terminal building will also be changed. Exports may be high, but industrial domestic sales are down by around six per cent - for the second year running. The domestic industry currently supplies 85 percent of the nation's sugar, with 15 percent imported. The self-catering establishments were very popular with the domestic visitors looking for family holidays. Factory production fell 3.9 percent as domestic consumption remained stagnant and exports declined. It would make such firms more competitive, both in the international and domestic markets, and it would increase the dollar value of profits accrued overseas. The bright-line separation between foreign and domestic affairs has proven to be problematic. But why would business investment increase when domestic demand is anticipated to decline? But it's not like domestic politics have been ignored. Synonyms national, state, home, local, internal, interior, not foreign, not international noundəˈmɛstɪkdəˈmestik 1A person who is paid to help with menial tasks such as cleaning. 家佣，仆人 Example sentencesExamples Although they worked as maids or cooks or domestics in the secular world, these women could put on an usher's uniform or badge and be quite visible. The federal labour law is vague on the subject of domestic workers, where no contract is signed, no taxes paid and social security and health insurance paid by the employer are voluntary. She worked as a domestic for his father in New York. They know a request to kitchen staff will not be met with disdain; our domestics regularly help with feeding debilitated patients in the absence of nursing staff. Servants observed their mistresses behaving exactly as domestics were trained not to act. Its goals were to provide a hospitable institution for immigrant workers, domestics, labourers and skilled workers to establish savings accounts and send back money for them to relatives. What broke the ice, he found, were small workshops where sharecroppers and domestics talked about practical issues that bothered them, brainstormed about what to do, and took steps to do it. The same is true of cleaners and domestics, who are essential. The wage for 20 days was much higher than the normal salary for domestics. The 400 porters, domestics, laundry and catering workers are the latest group of health workers to take on the low pay, bullying and exploitation of their private contractor bosses. Most female migrants to the first world find employment as maids or domestics. The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids. The vast majority of paid and unpaid domestic workers are women. For both men and women this involved full time domestic support from a spouse or partner or from a paid domestic worker, or from both. Nor were we happy with how some of the churches educated, when they seemed to train the young primarily for menial pursuits such as domestics. One revealing factor is that the care of elderly people typically appeared as one of many household tasks carried out by domestic workers. Women often work as domestics throughout the United States, cooking, cleaning, or looking after children for individual families with whom they live. Furthermore, the total number of workers employed in the above calculations included female domestics. Immigrant day laborers, domestics and gardeners have built independent organizations, even without labor law protection or support from local unions. Later they had several domestics and even men servants. Synonyms servant, domestic servant, domestic worker, domestic help, hired help, home help, daily help, maid, housemaid, maid-of-all-work, cleaner, menial, housekeeper 2North American A product not made abroad. 〈北美〉国产货 Origin Late Middle English: from French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus ‘house’.
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