查词 - home

home

noun

adv

adj

verb

həʊm noun

PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE

居住的地方

the house, apartment, or place where you live 家，住家 C,U

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.

昨晚我们呆在家里看电视。

away from home

He was spending more and more time away from home.

他不在家的时间越来越长。

work from/at home

A family of birds made their home (=started living) under the roof.

一窝鸟在屋檐下安了家。

FAMILY

家庭

the place where a child lived with his or her family 家，家庭 C,U

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) ?

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。

WHERE YOU CAME FROM/BELONG

家，家乡

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 C,U

She was born in Italy, but she’s made Charleston her home .

她出生在意大利，却在查尔斯顿安了家。

back home

The folks back home don’t really understand what life is like here.

家乡的父老乡亲并不真正了解这里的生活是怎样的。

YOUR COUNTRY

本国

the country where you live, as opposed to foreign countries 本国，国内 U

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.

虽然一直在旅行，但他时刻关注着国内发生的事情。

be/feel at home

a. to feel comfortable in a place or with a person b. to feel happy or confident about doing or using something 驾轻就熟，运用自如

[+ 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。

[+ with/in ]

Practise using the video 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。

PROPERTY

财产

a house, apartment etc considered as property which you can buy or sell 住宅，住房 C

Attractive, modern homes for sale.

漂亮的现代化住宅待售。

FOR TAKING CARE OF SB

用于照料某人

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 C

an old people’s home

老人院

I could never put Dad into a home .

我决不会把爸爸送进养老院。

make yourself at home

used to tell someone who is visiting you that they should relax [口] 请随便，别拘礼〔招呼客人时说〕 spoken

Sit down and make yourself at home.

请坐，别客气。

make sb feel at home

to 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.

我们期望能让客人们有宾至如归的感觉。

the home of sth

10. a. the place where something was first discovered, made, or developed b. the place where a plant or animal grows or lives 〔植物或动物的〕产地，生长（栖息）地

America is the home of baseball.

美国是棒球的发源地。

India is the home of elephants and tigers.

印度出产大象和老虎。

SPORTS TEAM

体育运动队

if a sports team plays at home, they play at their own sports field 〔球队〕在主场〔比赛〕;

[+ to ]

Birmingham Bullets are at home to Kingston.

伯明翰子弹队在主场与金斯顿队对阵。

home from home home away from home

12. ; home away from home AmE [美] 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 BrE AmE

home sweet home

13. used to say how nice it is to be in your own home 可爱的家

dogs’/cats’ home

14. a place where animals with no owners are looked after [英] 狗/猫的收容所 BrE

find a home for sth

15. to find a place where something can be kept [英] 找地方安置某物 BrE

Can you find a home for the piano?

你能找个地方放钢琴吗？

what’s that when it’s at home?

16. used humorously to ask what a long or unusual word means [英，口] 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〕 BrE spoken

GAMES

体育比赛

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 U

adv

home

to or at the place where you live Do not use a preposition (a word such as ‘at’ or ‘to’) before when it is an adverb. home 作副词用时，之前不加介词

Is Sue home from work yet?

休下班回到家了吗？

bring/take sb/sth home

They brought the baby home from the hospital on Friday.

他们周五把孩子从医院接回了家。

We stayed home last night .

我们昨晚呆在家里。

I’m going home now. See you tomorrow.

我现在要回家了，明天见。

come/get/reach etc home (arrive at your home) 回到家

It was midnight by the time we got home.

我们到家时已经半夜了。

What time are you coming home?

你什么时候回家来？

I travel home by bus (NOT 不说 I travel at home by bus) .

我坐公共汽车回家。

He returned home (NOT 不说 He returned to home) .

他回到了家。

take home£120 per week/$600 a month etcto earn a certain amount of money after tax has been taken off〔税后〕挣得每周 120 英镑/每月 600 美元等:

The average worker takes home around $300 a week.

普通工人每周的税后净收入约为 300 美元。

hit/drive/hammer etc sth home

a. to make sure that someone understands what you mean by saying it in an extremely direct and determined way b. to hit or push something firmly into the correct position 将某物敲/推/锤击等进合适的位置

We really need to drive this message home.

我们确实需要明确表达这一信息。

bring sth home to sb/come home to sb

to make you realize how serious, difficult, or dangerous something is 使某人充分意识到某事（的严重性、难度或危险性）

The episode has brought home to me the pointlessness of this war.

这段经历让我充分意识到这场战争是毫无意义的。

hit/strike home

if a remark, situation, or experience hits home, it makes you realize how serious, difficult, or dangerous something is 〔言语等〕正中要害，使人豁然省悟

She could see that her remark had hit home.

她看得出她说中了要害。

be home and dry

to have succeeded in doing something [英，非正式] 大功告成，达到目的 BrE informal

be home free

to have succeeded in doing the most difficult part of something [美，非正式] 成功完成某事最困难的部分 AmE informal

If I last five years with no symptoms, I’ll be home free.

如果五年不出现症状，我就真正恢复健康了。

adj

25 relating to or belonging to your home or family 家的，家庭的

home address/number

These children need a proper home life .

这些孩子需要正常的家庭生活。

26 done at home or intended for use in a home 在家做的; 家用的

good old-fashioned home cooking

美味的传统家常菜

a home computer

家用计算机

27 played or playing at a team’s own sports field, rather than an opponent’s field 在主场进行的

home team/game/crowd/club etc

The home team took the lead after 25 minutes.

25 分钟后主队先下一城。

28 relating to a particular country, as opposed to foreign countries 本国的，国内的;

The meat was destined for the home market.

这种肉运往国内市场销售。

verb

29 to aim exactly at an object or place and move directly to it 对准并靠近〔某物体或地方〕

The bat can home in on insects using a kind of ‘radar’.

蝙蝠能凭借某种“雷达”对准昆虫飞去。

30 to direct your efforts or attention towards a particular fault or problem 将注意力集中于〔某一缺陷或问题〕

He homed in on the one weak link in the argument.

他把注意力集中在论据中的一个薄弱环节。