| 单词 | home |
| 释义 | 1. noun, adjective, and adverb uses2. phrasal verb uses home (hoʊm ) noun, adjective, and adverb uses Word forms: homes 1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN, oft at NOUN] A1 Someone's home is the house or flat where they live. Last night they stayed at home and watched TV. ...his home in Hampstead. ...the allocation of land for new homes. Synonyms: dwelling [formal, literary], house, residence, abode 2. uncountable noun B2 You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place. She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad. His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years. At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father. Ms Highsmith has made Switzerland her home. Warwick is home to some 550 international students. [+ to] Brian decided to leave the U.K. and set up home in Southern Spain. He has moved back to his home town of Miami. Synonyms: birthplace, household, homeland, home town 3. adverb [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB] A2 Home means to or at the place where you live. Hannah wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home. I'll telephone you as soon as I get home. Hi, Mom, I'm home! Company officials say striking union members should stay home today. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Home means made or done in the place where you live. ...cheap but healthy home cooking. ...internet home shopping and grocery delivery. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries. Europe's software companies still have a growing home market. ...the Guardian's home news pages. Synonyms: domestic, national, local, central 6. countable noun A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them. It's going to be a home for vulnerable adults. ...a care home. 7. countable noun You can refer to a family unit as a home. She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet. Single-parent homes are commonplace. 8. singular noun If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found. This south-west region of France is the home of claret. [+ of] 9. countable noun If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept. The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for. [+ for] 10. adverb [ADVERB after verb] If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible. It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument. 11. uncountable noun [usu at N] When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground. I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away. Home is also an adjective. All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together. 12. at home phrase B1+ If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in. He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home. I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church. 13. bring sth home phrase To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is. Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does. 14. home and dry phrase If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful. The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry. 15. to hit home phrase If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize. Did the reality of war finally hit home? Israeli officials say that message struck home. Synonyms: strike home, get through, sink in, be understood 16. a home from home phrase You can say a home from home in British English or a home away from home in American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home. [approval] Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers and TVs. 17. make yourself at home convention If you say to a guest 'Make yourself at home', you are making them feel welcome and inviting them to behave in an informal, relaxed way. [politeness] 18. nothing to write home about phrase If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting. [informal] So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right? 19. to strike home phrase If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target. [written] Only two torpedoes struck home. home (hoʊm ) phrasal verb uses Word forms: homes , homing , homed Phrasal verbs: home in 1. phrasal verb If you home in on one particular aspect of something, you give all your attention to it. The critics immediately homed in on the group's newly-elected members. [VERB PARTICLE + on] 2. phrasal verb If something such as a missile homes in on something else, it is aimed at that thing and moves towards it. Two rockets homed in on it from behind without a sound. [VERB PARTICLE + on] A bank of telephoto lenses homed in on him. [V P on n] 3. See also homing Quotations: Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home! There's no place like home!Clari, the Maid of Milan Home is where the heart is Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you inThe Death of the Hired Man East, west, home's best An Englishman's home is his castle Idioms: make yourself at home to relax and feel comfortable somewhere as if you were in your own home or in a very familiar situation Arnold and Gwen had found the hidden key, let themselves in and made themselves at home. `Sit down,' Anne said. `Make yourself at home.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the home stretch or the home straight the last part or stage of a long or difficult activity This month, Wales take on the Czech Republic in the home straight of the qualifying competition. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hit a home run [US] to do something that is very successful Bartlett Giamatti hits a home run here with his memoir of encounters with W.H. Auden over many years. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hit home or strike home if a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people realize that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to accept it In many cases the reality of war doesn't hit home with reservists until they're actually called upon to fight. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers close to home if a remark is close to home, it makes people feel uncomfortable or upset because it is about a sensitive or very personal subject The message the film conveyed struck so hard and so close to home that it moved me to tears. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bring something home to someone to make someone fully aware of how serious or important something such as a problem, danger, or situation is This new TV advert really brings home to people how badly some children are treated. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bring home the bacon to be the person in a family who goes out to work and earns enough money for the family to live on The question `Who brings up the baby and who brings home the bacon?' has become one of the most important of all political questions. [journalism] to win or do very well in sport But Reid and Duffield showed that, given the right horsepower, they are capable of bringing home the bacon in style. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be on home ground to feel confident and secure because you are in the area where you work or live, or are doing something that is very familiar to you This is a play where Godber is on home ground, writing about the mining communities of his childhood. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be nothing to write home about to be not very interesting, exciting, or special Yes, there is cheese, bread and meat in the local market and shops, but it's nothing to write home about. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be home and dry [mainly British] or be home and hosed to have achieved victory or success in a contest or other activity, or to be certain to achieve it There are still three weeks to polling day and the Labour candidate is not yet home and dry. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers at home if you feel at home in a particular situation, you feel relaxed, comfortable, and happy Melanie is equally at home singing oratorio, spirituals, jazz or performing in musical theatre. if someone or something looks at home somewhere, they look as if it is normal, natural, or appropriate for them to be there The 16-year-old's huge shoulder and arm muscles would look more at home on a male hammer thrower. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the lights are on but nobody is at home said to mean that although someone seems to be normal or satisfactory, they are in fact very stupid or useless According to Harrington, many projects are not properly thought through: `You get the feeling that the lights are on but no one's at home.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers an Englishman's home is his castle [British] said to mean that people have the right to do what they want in their own home, and that other people or the state have no right to interfere in people's private lives An Englishman's home is his castle. Everyone has a right to defend their home. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers until the cows come home for a very long time Your child will enjoy this lively tape until the cows come home! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers charity begins at home said to mean that you should deal with the needs of people close to you before you think about helping other people further away Charity begins at home. There are many tasks right here on campus that need volunteers as well. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers eat someone out of house and home to eat so much food that it costs someone a lot of money to feed you They eat everybody out of house and home but nobody minds because they provide such first-rate entertainment. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come home to roost if something bad or unacceptable that someone has done comes home to roost, they will now have to deal with the unpleasant results of their actions You ought to have known that your lies would come home to roost in the end. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers pick up your marbles and go home [US] to leave a situation in which you are involved because you are dissatisfied with the way things are going. The use of this expression suggests that you are wrong to do this. Many people regard a U.S. presence as a desirable counterweight. No one wants the U.S. to pick up its marbles and go home. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: comfortable home He comes from a loving family and a comfortable home. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The set presented the picture of a comfortable suburban home, complete with enormous kitchen area with sparkling steel pans. The Times Literary Supplement (2008) It certainly didn't look like a comfortable home for a couple of OAPs. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Last year only 375 council homes were built. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Millions are waiting for council homes. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Anyone can ask for a council home, although town halls prioritise hardship cases. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Next year's new home kit will also see players take to field wearing a mask and carrying a 'swag' bag. The Sun Arsenal's new home kit for next season ... and it has blue on it. The Sun The new home kit will be on sale by next week, priced up to 44.99. Times, Sunday Times As with the home kit the away kit contained no main shirt sponsor and new crest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A person can wax themselves using a home kit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Couples who own a business can, in effect, obtain tax relief on their home mortgage repayments by clearing their debt with a commercial loan. Times, Sunday Times Like a home mortgage, some of those payments stretch out for months and even years into the future. Christianity Today For example, the pastor has to pay for unanticipated home repairs, or begins to prepay part of the home mortgage loan. Christianity Today He has heard of chapter 7, and believes that this option will free him from all his debts, including credit cards, a home mortgage loan, and his unpaid school loan. Christianity Today C pays off his home mortgage loan. Christianity Today Suspects will also be allowed to use mobile phones and will not be taken from their home neighbourhood. Times, Sunday Times One in five met their best friend at work, one in seven in their home neighbourhood, but only one in ten at university. Times, Sunday Times Sweeping changes in the labour market and declining job security mean far more people than before leave their home neighbourhoods for work. Times, Sunday Times Greeters will show you the big sights, but they would rather take you through their home neighbourhoods. Times, Sunday Times Do not wait for the enemy to come and contaminate our home neighbourhoods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This provides a low-cost loan of up to 30 per cent of the home price that buyers do not need to start repaying for five years. Times, Sunday Times Median home price (sold in the past year): $113,400. Houston Chronicle There’s a new home price index on the market. Globe and Mail The national median existing home price for all housing types was $199,200. Times, Sunday Times Waiting periods are required in many of the programs to prevent the owner of the home price protection agreement from gaming the system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Home sale prices this year are forecast to fall 1.7 per cent to a median of $218,200 ($157,841). Times, Sunday Times However, by the time it had done this, you had completed your home sale, incurring the 8,693 early repayment charge on the loan. Times, Sunday Times The average private home sale price rose by 4 per cent to 367,000. Times, Sunday Times The latest home sale numbers attest to the sense of this strategy. Times, Sunday Times It started its summer clothing and home sale only yesterday, with 'significantly' less stock to discount. The Sun We met at Jaycee Park in the Gables, an outdoor court that J. C. fancied his home turf, given the similar-sounding name. A KING'S RANSOM (2001) They are on home turf, were brought up playing links golf and would not be surprise winners. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It has long since outgrown its home turf. Times, Sunday Times (2007) As one of the world 's globetrotting thinkers, it is not easy to catch him on his home turf. Times, Sunday Times (2006) They are not going to just roll over on home turf. The Sun (2013) Giddy and confused, the fash pack hurry home to decipher its greater meaning. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She hurried home and pleaded with her husband to attend the next Bible study and to come under the counsel of this godly pastor. Christianity Today (2000) I had to go, but hurried home in the afternoon to look again. Times, Sunday Times (2015) She hurried home, terrified, and told her mother. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He crept in, stuffed the statue under his coat, hurried home and hid it under the bed. The Sun (2011) She's got a loving home, she's never gone without anything. Times, Sunday Times I hope she finds a truly loving home. The Sun Care has to be the last resort so get a warm and loving home. The Sun They teach orphaned rescue hounds new tricks before sending them to a loving home. The Sun But he has vowed to at least help the youngsters financially — and has not given up on finding them a loving home. The Sun Our luxury home took some finding - nestled as it was in the heart of the forest. The Sun In short, it has become one of the 21st century's most sought-after luxury home accessories. Times, Sunday Times The job description included living in a luxury home, cleaning the pool, feeding the fish, collecting the mail and exploring the island. Times, Sunday Times The only asset he bought from his scam was his luxury home, which he paid for outright with 500,000 cash. The Sun She wanted to convert the original office block to a luxury home. Times,Sunday Times I live in for part of the week, then get back to our main home in Norfolk at the weekends. Times, Sunday Times (2015) If you have sufficient equity in your main home, you could remortgage that and buy a second outright. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The news has wide-ranging implications for those who spend most of their week in a flat near their workplace and weekends in their main home. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There is barely a middle-class home in the nation that hasn't felt his influence. Times, Sunday Times (2009) His yellow and purple flag has been firmly nailed to the business of tidying the middle-class home. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The kitchen has become the heart of the middle-class home. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It was a modest three-bedroom home with a front and back garden, very cosy and pleasant. Times, Sunday Times (2010) No 30 Railway Street looks like any other modest terrace home from the outside. Times, Sunday Times (2016) You own a modest home that, no matter how high your wages seem to rise, you are struggling to afford. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It's like being shown round your own home by a team of born-again estate agents. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Well, my own home has white walls, lots of art pieces and a lemon tree in the middle. Times, Sunday Times (2018) In fact, it's an apt description of his own home. Times, Sunday Times (2006) In my own home I have cavity wall insulation. Times, Sunday Times (2007) They have yet to make a statement about finding a permanent home, which may be becoming increasingly unlikely in the financial climate. Times, Sunday Times For an authentic shepherd, the hills were a permanent home. Christianity Today And we looked for a permanent home for relocating the congregation. Christianity Today The school's move into its permanent home has been delayed by the discovery of contamination that has held up building work. Times, Sunday Times We purchased our permanent home here from a second-home owner at open market price. Times, Sunday Times Their captors forced them to phone home to ask relatives to wire more money. Times, Sunday Times Mobile bills can be sky-high if you regularly phone home from abroad using your mobile. Times, Sunday Times He had been using the card to phone home. Times, Sunday Times If you're like me and become convinced you've left the iron on midway through a flight you can phone home and check. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps he was planning to phone home. The Sun Pastors who cannot afford to purchase a home may have no choice. Christianity Today All foreigners, not just retirees, who purchase a home costing more than $200,000 have the right to a residency visa. Times, Sunday Times Elsewhere, 70 per cent of first-time buyers purchase a home with three or more bedrooms and stay for longer. Times, Sunday Times Buying a property that doesn't exist sounds like a scary prospect, yet increasing numbers of people are choosing to purchase a home off-plan. Times, Sunday Times If his renters are prepared to pay a premium, how will they save a deposit to purchase a home of their own? Times, Sunday Times Then eight or nine of them raid her home. The Sun Most people erupt in fury or frustration when the police raid their home at 7am. Times, Sunday Times Then they would raid his home. The Sun But his luck ran out when officers raided his home and discovered the snap on his mobile. The Sun Police raided her home hours later after a tip-off. The Sun We could borrow that cash from the bank and invest in the stock market and rent a home instead. Times, Sunday Times It will be a new and radical way of making home energy efficiency affordable to all - whether people own or rent their home. Times, Sunday Times If you really want to save money on accommodation, try one of the websites that allows you to rent a home for your stay. Times, Sunday Times Many have simply put the shutters up and decided not to sell, or simply to rent their home out if they have already moved. Times, Sunday Times It allows indebted homeowners to sell their house, pay off their debts and then rent their home back. Times, Sunday Times They lived in a rental home near the school on the other side of town. Christianity Today It has emerged that when you dispose of a rental home, you can offset transaction costs - including stamp duty - against the capital gains tax bill. Times, Sunday Times There were immediate warnings of higher rents — and a fall in property values after a mass rental home sell-off by panicked landlords. Times, Sunday Times The representative survey of 1,470 renters found that almost half stayed at each rental home for only one to three years. Times, Sunday Times Previously, obtaining a mortgage for a rental home was difficult and expensive. Times, Sunday Times Although many student loan dodgers based abroad may be laughing now, they could face a nightmarish repayment schedule on returning home. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Three years ago my daughter became desperately ill and returned home from a residential school where she spent four nights a week. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The protection order was modified so that she could return home to her daughters. Times, Sunday Times (2009) I returned home and a few days later this strange brown paper parcel arrived. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He returned home to the less perilous assignment of royal correspondent — a role that he was initially dismissive of. Times, Sunday Times (2017) I rush home to see them and those years slip by so quickly. The Sun Then, with light fading, he would rush home to try to do homework from the morning school sessions. Times, Sunday Times Their customers will have to rush home not to be caught outdoors at 9pm. Times,Sunday Times Now that's an episode we'd rush home for... The Sun I think she expected me to rush home with a fistful of notes. The Sun Many people sell their home without using an estate agent, cutting out the middleman to save thousands of pounds. Times, Sunday Times This could mean that many people will still have to sell their home to pay for care in their later years. Times, Sunday Times There are schemes to sell your home to an insurance company and go on living there but you would need expert advice. The Sun It must be repaid within 25 years or when you sell your home. Times, Sunday Times Instead, he promised to try to find a cross-party solution to guarantee that no one would have to sell their home to pay for care. Times,Sunday Times A terraced house costs as little as £105,000 and a semi-detached home is £125,000. Times, Sunday Times (2015) She is thought to have lived with her grandson in her suburban semi-detached home. Times, Sunday Times (2013) His silver BMW motor was parked outside his semi-detached home in Coventry yesterday. The Sun (2011) We vote to keep people in, then the judges decide which of the last two to send home. The Sun They'll glaze and fire the finished masterpieces ready to collect or send home the next day. The Sun Broom, who was self-taught, cashed in on the postcard boom by charging soldiers tuppence for pictures of themselves to send home to their families. Times, Sunday Times Others choose to live in the huts rather than rent flats, as a way of saving money to send home. Times, Sunday Times They wanted pictorial mementoes of themselves and their comrades, to send home. Times, Sunday Times But this doesn't happen if you follow the instructions you are sent home with (the clinic is big on food combining). Times, Sunday Times (2009) Each week, the youngster who fares the worst with the apron strings cut is sent home. The Sun (2011) With foot-high drifts blocking roads, pupils sent home from school and many trains and buses cancelled, it was the perfect excuse for a ' snow day'. Times, Sunday Times (2009) She went straight to her GP but was assured it was just an allergic reaction and sent home with antibiotics. The Sun (2014) But he was sent home after bosses suspected he had earned a fortune in cash bungs for providing unofficial favours. The Sun (2015) The average price of a single-family home continued to increase, however. Houston Chronicle A single-family home and a commercial beekeeping business also are in the area. canada.com The median price of a single-family home was flat at $151,000. Houston Chronicle Since its inception, the company has commenced development of fourteen master-planned projects totaling over 9,000 single-family home sites. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The school house has been renovated as a single-family home, with commercial space in the schoolroom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It defines the scope of modern ecology while extending it further to a more spacious home. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He moved yet again in 1922 when he decided his family needed a larger and more spacious home. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1852 the family moved to a more spacious home with greater access to outdoor space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A new temple, large community hall, school, sanitation and irrigation system, healthcare facilities, park, and spacious homes are being constructed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More spacious homes were awarded by the government based upon family size and the status of the worker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She is middle-aged, with a good marriage and a beautiful suburban home. Times, Sunday Times (2017) We pull up to his middle-class suburban home. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A patrol car stood guard outside the family's suburban home. The Sun (2009) Like last week when I parked outside the suburban home of a friend. Times, Sunday Times (2006) This former workshop, sandwiched between two rows of terraced houses, is not your average suburban home. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I don't think our bodies are important except as a temporary home for the soul. Times, Sunday Times The temporary home has a broken window, grotty front door and a garden full of junk. The Sun We were now to undertake the job of moving the registers to their temporary home. Times, Sunday Times Inmates are allowed to smoke in their own cell because it has been designated 'their permanent or temporary home'. Times, Sunday Times And then they will be just one game away from a return to their former temporary home. The Sun And a third have walked home barefoot because of the discomfort. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The pleasure of being able to walk home each day through oak and birch woods, with the trees changing colours in the autumn. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The pilot ejected, walked home. ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003) He walked home to Chelsea Green in a subdued state, stopping at the Europa Food Store in Draycott Avenue to buy a carton of milk. THE IMAGE OF LAURA But ' welcome home' turned out to be not the half of it. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The sound cut out across the waters, a welcome home for a hero. LET NOT THE DEEP In the garden stood a marquee where he had evidently been welcomed home the previous night. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Not much of a hero 's welcome home, is it? Times, Sunday Times (2017) Translations: Chinese: 回家, 家 Japanese: 我が家へ, 自宅 |
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