chore
noun /tʃɔː(r)/
/tʃɔːr/
- a task that you do regularly
日常事务;例行工作 - doing the household/domestic chores
干家务杂活
Topics Houses and homesb1- She let her husband manage the money while she handled other household chores.
她让丈夫管钱,自己负责其他家务事儿。 - Of all the household chores, I hate ironing most.
所有的家务事中,我最不喜欢熨衣服。 - She says she'll be around once she's finished her chores.
她说她做完家务后就会回来。 - Working women still do about 70% of domestic chores.
职业女性仍然做大约70%的家务。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- daily
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
- doing the household/domestic chores
- [usually singular] an unpleasant or boring task
令人厌烦的任务;乏味无聊的工作 - Shopping's a real chore for me.
对我来说,购物真是件苦差事。 - I find shopping a real chore.
对我来说,购物真是件苦差事。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- daily
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
- Shopping's a real chore for me.
词源mid 18th cent. (originally dialect and US): variant of obsolete char or chare ‘a turn of work, an odd job, chore’.