ldoce_160_ghome1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 place where you live 居住的地方 [countableC, uncountableU]HOME the house, apartment, or place where you live 家,住所,窝 They have a beautiful home in California. 他们在加州有个美丽的家。
Good luck in your new home! 祝你在新家一切顺利!
at home Last night we stayed at home and watched TV. 昨晚我们待在家里看电视。
away from home He was spending more and more time away from home. 他不在家的时间越来越多。
work from/at home (=do your work at home instead of at a company office) 在家办公
A family of birds made their home (=started living) under the roof. 一窝鸟在屋顶下安了家。
→5 See picture of stable 马厩, hutch 兔笼, kennel 狗窝 ... →4 See picture of 见图 home 2 family 家庭 [countableC, uncountableU]HOME the place where a child lived with his or her family 家,家庭 Jack left home when he was 16. 杰克16岁离开家独立生活。
Were you still living at home (=with your parents)? 那时你仍和父母住在一起吗?
Carrie moved out of the family home a year ago. 卡丽一年前搬离了父母的家。
3 where you came from/belong 家,家乡 [countableC, uncountableU]HOME the place where you came from or where you usually live, especially when this is the place where you feel happy and comfortable 〔使人感到亲切、愉快的〕家,家乡,故乡 She was born in Italy, but she’s made Charleston her home. 她出生在意大利,但在查尔斯顿安了家。
back home The folks back home don’t really understand what life is like here. 家乡的父老乡亲并不了解这里的生活是怎样的。
4 your country 本国COUNTRY/NATION [uncountableU] the country where you live, as opposed to foreign countries 本国,国内at home auto sales at home and abroad 国内外市场的汽车销量
back home He’s been travelling, but he’s kept up with what’s going on back home. 他一直在旅行,不过他一直关注着国内发生的事情。
5 be/feel at home a) USED TO/ACCUSTOMED TOto feel comfortable in a place or with a person 舒适自在,不拘束be/feel at home in/with I’m already feeling at home in the new apartment. 我在新公寓里已经习惯了。
After a while we began to feel at home with each other. 过了一会儿我们就无拘无束起来。
b) USED TO/ACCUSTOMED TOto feel happy or confident about doing or using something 驾轻就熟,运用自如be/feel at home with/in Practise using the camera until you feel quite at home with it. 练习练习怎么用这台录像机,直到熟练为止。
be/feel at home• Would she ever feel at home in this relentless, pitiless city?• But it is here, at this Hillcrest hospital, where he feels at home.• This immediate social environment is merely that in which he feels at home.• With the politics of action too, I feel at home.• The g was less, and that made me feel at home.• As it was with Kip, Martinez seemed to be at home with himself.• Edwin was the only one in the family who felt at home in Los Angeles and remained there. 6 property 财产 [countableC]HOME a house, apartment etc considered as property which you can buy or sell 住宅,住房 Attractive modern homes for sale. 漂亮的现代化住宅待售。
7 for taking care of SB 用于照料某人 [countableC]HOME a place where people who are very old or sick, or children who have no family, are looked after 〔老人或病人的〕疗养所;〔儿童的〕养育院 I could never put Dad into a home. 我决不会把爸爸送进养老院。
→ children's home, nursing home, rest home 8 make yourself at home spokenRELAXED used to tell someone who is visiting you that they should relax 请随便,别拘礼〔招呼客人时说〕 Sit down and make yourself at home. 请坐,别客气。
make yourself at home• Make yourselves at home. Would you like a cup of coffee?• Here, sit down and make yourself at home.• They float right through the glass and make themselves at home.• Two weeks later a young married couple were the new tenants filling the house, making themselves at home.• Nothing like making yourself at home.• Perspective 6: People make themselves at home throughout the solar system.• She pulled off her hat, she made herself at home.• She had to make herself at home, somehow.• Cynthia, he thought, did not have much trouble making herself at home. 9 make somebody feel at home RELAXEDto make someone feel relaxed by being friendly towards them 使某人感到宾至如归 We like to make our customers feel at home. 我们希望给客人宾至如归的感觉。
make somebody feel at home• Tourists too can expect a right Royal welcome, for the traditional friendliness of the islanders makes everyone feel at home.• The g was less, and that made me feel at home.• He had done his best to make Harvey feel at home.• It is our duty to make them feel at home here.• Or some chum of Matt's put it there to make him feel at home. 10 the home of something a) INVENTthe place where something was first discovered, made, or developed 某事物的发祥地,某事物的发源地 America is the home of baseball. 美国是棒球的发源地。
b) PLACEthe place where a plant or animal grows or lives 〔植物或动物的〕产地,生长[栖息]地 India is the home of elephants and tigers. 印度出产大象和老虎。
11 SPORTS TEAM 运动队at home DSif a sports team plays at home, they play at their own sports field 〔球队〕在主场〔比赛〕 OPP awayat home to Birmingham Bullets are at home to Kingston. 伯明翰子弹队在主场与金斯顿队对阵。
12. home from home British EnglishBrE, home away from home American EnglishHOMECOMFORTABLE a place that you think is as pleasant and comfortable as your own house 像家一样舒适自在的地方 13. home sweet home COMFORTABLEused to say how nice it is to be in your own home 可爱的家〔表示在家里愉悦的心情〕 14. dogs’/cats’ home British EnglishBrEDHP a place where animals with no owners are looked after 流浪狗/猫之家,流浪狗/猫收容所 15 find a home for something British EnglishBrEPUT to find a place where something can be kept 找地方安置某物 Can you find a home for the piano? 你能找个地方放钢琴吗?
16. what’s that when it’s at home? British EnglishBrE spokenEXPLAIN used humorously to ask what a long or unusual word means 说白了是什么意思?〔幽默用法,询问长的或不常用单词的意思〕 17. games 体育比赛 [uncountableU]DG a place in some games or sports which a player must try to reach in order to win a point 终点;目标;本垒
→ home plate, home runn COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + home a secure/stable home (=a caring family without a lot of changes)He had grown up in a stable home.
a happy home (=a happy family)We had a happy home.
a broken home (=a family in which the parents have separated)Many of the youngsters came from broken homes.
the family home (=where a family lives)The house was once the family home of the O'Dare family.
the marital home (=where a husband and wife live)He left the marital home to move in with his lover.
somebody’s childhood/boyhood etc home (=where you lived as a child)I had not been back to my childhood home for ten years.
a permanent/temporary homeFlood victims were offered temporary homes.
verbslive at home (=live with your parents)More people in their twenties are still living at home because housing is so expensive.
leave home (=stop living with your parents at home)Lisa had left home at age 16.
work from/at home (=do your work at home instead of at an office)I work at home three days a week.
THESAURUShome the house, apartment, or place where you live 家,住所More and more people are working from home. 越来越多的人在家办公。
It was past midnight by the time I got home. 我到家时已过午夜。
house a building that someone lives in, especially a building intended for one person, couple, or family 房屋,住宅Shall we meet at your house? 在你家碰头好吗?
Have you seen Dave’s new house – it’s huge! 你见过戴夫的新房子吗——好大啊!
place spoken informal the house, apartment, or room where someone lives 家,住处We went to Sara’s place after the movie. 看完电影我们去了萨拉家。
nHe’s just bought a fantastic place right by the sea.
residence formal the house or apartment where someone lives, especially a large or official one 〔尤指大型的或官员的〕住宅,官邸The prime minister’s official residence is 10 Downing Street. 首相官邸在唐宁街10号。
nHis wife transferred her main residence to Spain.
holiday home British EnglishBrE, vacation home American EnglishAmE a house that someone owns by the sea, in the mountains etc, where they go for their holidays 度假别墅,度假屋They bought a luxury holiday home in Spain. 他们在西班牙买了一幢豪华的度假别墅。