housebuilding

/ˈhaʊsˌbɪl.dɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhaʊsˌbɪl.dɪŋ/ (ame, ipa)

housebuilding — 名詞

1. the work of planning and putting up new homes for people to live in, including e

1.名詞B2
釋義

房屋建造

建造供人居住的新房屋的活動

the work of planning and putting up new homes for people to live in, including everything from laying foundations to fitting roofs.

例句

Housebuilding in the Bristol area slowed sharply after interest rates rose last spring.

去年春天利率上升後，Bristol 地區的房屋建造活動明顯放緩。

subject of a clause describing market activity

Esteban left office work to learn housebuilding from his grandfather in rural Mexico.

Esteban 離開辦公室工作，到墨西哥鄉下跟著祖父學習房屋建造。

object after a verb of learning

同義詞
反義詞
  • demolition

    the activity of tearing buildings down rather than putting them up

文法句型

housebuilding + noun

in housebuilding

用法筆記

Uncountable; takes a singular verb. Often appears in economic or policy contexts (housebuilding sector, rates of housebuilding, housebuilding targets). British sources write it as one word; American sources often split it as 'house building'.

常見錯誤

❌Many housebuildings were finished this year.
✅Many houses were built this year.
💡housebuilding names the activity, not a finished building; it has no plural.
❌She works as a housebuilding.
✅She works in housebuilding.' or 'She is a housebuilder.
💡use the noun for the field, not the person.

housebuilding — 形容詞