单词 | home |
释义 | home UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun HOUSE/APARTMENT 房子/公寓 ESSENTIAL countable or uncountable ■the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with your family 家,住宅 •The senator has two homes - an apartment in Washington and a house in Colorado.这位参议员有两个家——一个是位于华盛顿的公寓,另一个是科罗拉多的家。 •He was living on the streets for three months, and his home was a cardboard box.他在大街上住了三个月,他的家就是一个厚纸箱。 •Phone me at •I took •He left •More and more couples are setting up countable ■a house, apartment, etc. when it is considered as property which you can buy or sell (作为财产的)房屋,住宅 •luxury/starter homes豪华住宅/作为过度而买的第一间小房子 countable ■the type of family you come from 家庭 •We had a happy home.我们有一个幸福的家庭。 •children from a broken countable ■a place where people or animals live and are cared for by people who are not their relations or owners 养育院;收容所;…之家 •a children's home/an old people's home/a dogs' home孤儿院/养老院/流狼狗收容所 •He spent his early years in a Common Learner Errors homeWarning: to talk about movement towards or away from someone's own home, you do not need a preposition.Don't say 'go/come/arrive/leave to/at home', say go/come/arrive/leave home :✗ When I arrived to home, I realised my bag was missing.When I arrived home, I realised my bag was missing.To talk about someone moving towards or away from a home that is not their own, it is usual to use a preposition.You are welcome to come to my home. UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun ORIGIN 起源 IMPROVER countable or uncountable ■someone's or something's place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong 出生地;发源地;故乡 •I live in London, but my home (= where I was born) is in Yorkshire.我住在伦敦,但在约克郡出生。 •I was actually born in New Zealand, but I've lived in England for so long that it feels like UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun COUNTRY 国家 ADVANCED countable or uncountable ■your own country or your own area 本国;故乡 •I wonder what they're doing back be/play at home ■If a sports team are/play at home, they play on their own sports field. 在主场进行比赛 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun be home and dry (Australian be home and hosed) ■to have successfully finished something 成功地完成 •We just have to finish this section, then we're home and dry.我们只需完成这个部分,然后就大功告成了。 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun be home free US informal ■to be certain to succeed at something because you have done the most difficult part of it 确信即将成功,胜利在望 •Once you leave the main road and cross the bridge, you're home free - we live just three houses further on.你一旦离开主要马路过了桥,就快到了——再过三间房子就是我们家。 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun be/feel at home ADVANCED ■to feel comfortable and relaxed 感觉自在,不拘束 •By the end of the week she was beginning to feel at home in UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun bring sth home (to sb) ■to make someone understand something much more clearly than they did before, especially something unpleasant (让某人)更清楚地理解(尤指不愉快的事) •When I saw for myself the damage that had been caused, that really brought home to me the scale of the disaster.当亲眼看到造成的损失时,我才真正明白灾难的规模有多大。 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun come home to sb ■If something comes home to someone, they understand it clearly (某人)完全明白 •The danger really came home to me when I saw the pictures on TV.当看到电视上的画面时,我才真正知道有多危险。 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun drive/hammer sth home ■to say something clearly and with a lot of force so that you are certain people understand it 把…讲清楚,使人完全明白 •She really drove home the message that we need to economize.她讲得很清楚,我们需要节约。 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun home from home UK (US home away from home) ■a place where you feel as comfortable as you do in your own home 像家一样舒适的地方;宾至如归的地方 •The hotel was a real home from home.那家饭店真的像家里一样舒服。 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] noun make yourself at home ■to relax and make yourself comfortable in someone else's home 请随便,别拘束 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] adjective DONE/USED AT HOME 家用的 ■done at home, or intended to be used at home 家庭的;家用的 •home cooking家庭烹饪 •home-brewed beer家酿啤酒(私酿啤酒) •a home computer家用电脑 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] adjective COUNTRY 国家 [before noun] ■connected with or done in your own country 本国的 •His books were a success in his home market UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] adjective SPORTS 运动 ■relating to the place where a sports event happens 在主场比赛的 •the home team/side地主队/东道主 UK [həʊm] US [hoʊm] verb Phrasal Verbs home in on sth/sb informal ■to aim for 瞄准,对准 •The missile homed in on the ship.导弹瞄准那艘船。 ■to find and give a lot of attention to something or someone 集中注意力于•The report homed in on the weaknesses in the management structure.这篇报告重点论述了该管理体系的弱点。 |
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