"husband" に夫以外の意味があるのは覚えていますが、それが何だったかすっかり忘れています。Momoを読んでいると明らかに夫では無い動詞の "husband" が次の様に出て来ました。
Our reserves must be carefully husbanded. After all, we don't know how long they'll have to last us.
早速辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Use (resources) economically; conserve: the need to husband his remaining strength
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: to manage prudently and economically: Husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them.
この意味の由来が気になったのでOnline Etymology Dictionaryを見ると次の記述がありました。
"manage thriftily," early 15c., from husband (n.) in an obsolete sense of "steward" (mid-15c.).
Our reserves must be carefully husbanded. After all, we don't know how long they'll have to last us.
早速辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Use (resources) economically; conserve: the need to husband his remaining strength
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: to manage prudently and economically: Husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them.
この意味の由来が気になったのでOnline Etymology Dictionaryを見ると次の記述がありました。
"manage thriftily," early 15c., from husband (n.) in an obsolete sense of "steward" (mid-15c.).
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