husband

vt.
1. cultivate栽培。
△2H.IV.4.3.129(119):“like lean,sterile,and bare land,manured,husbanded,andtilled”. 就像瘦瘠、不毛、光秃秃的土地，经过下工夫、栽培、耕种、
2. manage,carry into effect办理，实行。
△Wiv.4.6.53 (52):“Well,husband your device；”好，你去实行你的计划吧。
△Shr.Ind.1.68:“husbanded with modesty.”i.e. managed with restraint or moderation,kept with-in bounds. 有分寸地进行，适当地加以控制。
3. economize,manage frugally,use economically节省，节约使用。
△Ham.4.5.137 (139): “And for mymeans. I'll husband them so well,/ They shall go farwith little. ”至于我的力量，我也不想浪费，定叫它事半功倍。
4. marry娶。
△Lr.5.3.71 (70):“That were the most。if he should husband you.”要是他做了你的丈夫，至多也不过如此吧。