husbandn. 丈夫 v. 節約地使用(或管理)

The word husband comes from the Old Norse hūsbōndi, where hūs meant house and bōndi meant dweller.

husband 由古挪威語hūsbōndi演變而來, hūs是house的意思，bōndi是dweller(居住者)。

合起來就是“房子裡的戶主”、“一家之主”的意思。

As a verb, husband means to conserve resources and use them frugally.

作為動詞，husband的意思是節約資源，節約使用。

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

由于該地區遭遇洪水，道路被切斷，每個人都被要求節約物資。

This conservation of resources sense of husband also occurs in the related noun husbandry.

husband的這種資源節約的意思也與其相似詞husbandry(畜牧業)有關。

husbandry

n.(尤指精心經營的)農牧業

Long before husbands were hen-pecked guys who cut the grass on weekends and played with the kiddies after school, they were robust men of the Earth — farmers, in other words.

早在丈夫們成為周末割草、放學後陪孩子們玩耍并且怕老婆的男人之前，他們已是地球上強壯的人了——換句話說，也就是農民。

Today, you most often hear of "crop husbandry", which refers to raising crops; however, if you practice toad husbandry — you must be raising toads.

今天，你最常聽到的是“crop husbandry(作物栽培)”，指的是種植作物;然而，如果你從事蟾蜍husbandry，那麼就是說你一定是在飼養蟾蜍。

husbandry指的就是

“the care, cultivation and the breeding of crops and animals”

對農作物和動物的照料、栽培和繁殖

crop husbandry 種植業

animal husbandry 畜牧業

dairy husbandry 乳牛業

husbandman

n.<古>莊稼、農夫

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

耕種土地的人;一個農民

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

樊遲請學稼，子曰：“吾不如老農。”

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