摘要：home英 [həʊm] 美 [hoʊm] n 家;住所;(可买卖的)房子，住宅，寓所;家乡;故乡;定居地;家庭;养老院;收养所;生息地;发源地adj 家的;家庭的;在家...

home

英 [həʊm] 美 [hoʊm]

n.

家;住所;(可买卖的)房子，住宅，寓所;家乡;故乡;定居地;家庭;养老院;收养所;生息地;发源地

adj.

家的;家庭的;在家里做的;家用的;本国的;国内的;主场的

adv.

到家;向家;在家;到正确的位置

v.

归巢，回家

第三人称单数

homes

复数

homes

现在分词

homing

过去式

homed

过去分词

homed

牛津词典

1

[C, U] 家；住所

the house or flat/apartment that you live in, especially with your family

We are not far from my home now.

我们现在离我家不远了。

Old people prefer to stay in their own homes.

老年人喜欢待在自己家中。

She leaves home at 7 every day.

她每天7点钟离家。

the family home

家庭住宅

While travelling she missed the comforts of home.

旅行期间她想念家里的舒适。

He left home (= left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen.

他十六岁时离家独立生活。

Nowadays a lot of people work from home .

如今有很多人在家工作。

I'll call you from home later.

我过会儿从家里给你打电话。

(figurative) We haven't found a home for all our books yet (= a place where they can be kept) .

我们还没找到存放全部书籍的地方。

stray dogs needing new homes

需要新家的流浪狗

see also stay-at-home

2

[C] （可买卖的）房子，住宅，寓所

a house or flat/apartment, etc., when you think of it as property that can be bought and sold

a holiday/summer home

假日 / 消夏寓所

A lot of new homes are being built on the edge of town.

小镇外围正在兴建很多新房屋。

Private home ownership is increasing faster than ever.

私有房产正以前所未有的速度增长。

They applied for a home improvement loan.

他们申请了房屋修缮贷款。

see also mobile home, second home, stately home

城镇；国家 town/country

3

[C, U] 家乡；故乡；定居地

the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to

I often think about my friends back home .

我常常想起老家的朋友。

Jane left England and made Greece her home.

简离开了英国，在希腊安了家。

Jamaica is home to over two million people.

牙买加是两百多万人的家乡。

家庭 family

4

[C] 家庭

used to refer to a family living together, and the way it behaves

She came from a violent home.

她出身于一个有暴力行为的家庭。

He had always wanted a real home with a wife and children.

他一直想要一个有妻子和孩子的真正的家庭。

see also broken home

老年人；孩子 for old people/children