homestead

農家とその敷地、農場

特に農場にある、家とその周囲の土地や建物。

やさしい英語で： A house and the land and buildings around it, especially on a farm.

• Their homestead includes a small barn.
• We visited the family homestead in the hills.
• Several abandoned homesteads stood along the valley.

類義語： farmstead

よく使う表現： family homestead, old homestead, rural homestead

入植者への払い下げ地

北米で政府が入植者に与えた、住居と農業のための土地。

やさしい英語で： Land given by the government to settlers in North America for them to live on and farm.

• The family claimed a homestead in Canada.
• Their homestead covered 160 acres of prairie.
• Settlers had to cultivate their homesteads to secure ownership.

類義語： land grant

よく使う表現： claim a homestead, prairie homestead, homestead grant

我が家、住まい

人が暮らし、自分の居場所だと感じる所。

やさしい英語で： The place where a person lives and feels at home.

• He longed to return to his homestead.
• Her childhood homestead stood at the end of the lane.
• They welcomed us into their modest homestead.

類義語： home, dwelling

よく使う表現： ancestral homestead, beloved homestead, someone’s homestead

親族の住居群

同じ大きな家族の人々が暮らす、ひとまとまりの家々。

やさしい英語で： A group of houses where members of one large family live.

• Three generations share this homestead.
• Each household has its own house within the homestead.
• The village consists of several large family homesteads.

類義語： family compound

よく使う表現： family homestead, traditional homestead, homestead courtyard

入植する、農場を開く

土地を手に入れるかそこに住み着き、家と農場を作る。

やさしい英語で： To acquire land or settle on it to establish a home and farm.

• The family homesteaded in the valley.
• They planned to homestead on land near the river.
• Her grandparents homesteaded forty acres and built a cabin.

使い方： homestead on something (They decided to homestead on the prairie.)

類義語： settle

よく使う表現： homestead on land, homestead the land

無主物を先占する

誰のものでもない限りある資源を、使い始めることで自分のものにする。

やさしい英語で： To gain ownership of a limited resource that belongs to nobody by taking it into use.

• The theory allows people to homestead unowned resources.
• She argued that using the land had homesteaded it.
• Can someone homestead a scarce resource without excluding others?

類義語： appropriate, claim

よく使う表現： homestead a resource, homestead unowned property