| 单词 | house |
| 释义 | house (once / 9 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n 5n 6n 7v A house is a building where you might live alone or it could be a multi-family house that you share with other families. If you live in an apartment building, that's "home," but it's not a house. You can also use house to refer to groups of people. The House of Tudor is an English royal family. Governing bodies can be houses: the Houses of Parliament, in Britain, or the House of Representatives, in the US. In a theater, the house is the audience. When house is a verb, meaning to provide a house for, as in “where are you going to house all your guests?” — it’s pronounced with a -z-, rather than an -s-. WORD FAMILYhouse: housed, houseful, houses, housing, rehouse+/houseful: housefuls/housing: housings/rehouse: rehoused, rehousing USAGE EXAMPLESHis group is suing the state over the unwieldy shape of six state Senate and five state House of Delegates districts. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) I believe it dawned when the moon was in the seventh house and Jupiter aligned with Mars. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) At the time of this weekend’s riot, the Anisio Jobim prison housed three times as many inmates as it was designed to hold, officials said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families he has a house on Cape Cod she felt she had to get out of the house Exp|Hypo|Hyper Alhambra a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages Lateran Palacea palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century Tuileries Palacepalace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens Vatican Palacethe residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City Palace of Versaillesa palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles White Housethe government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States Buckingham Palacethe London residence of the British sovereign Mount Vernonthe former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river beach house a house built on or near a beach boarding house, boardinghousea private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests bungalow, cottagea small house with a single story cabina small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area chaleta Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style chapterhouse, frat house, fraternity housea house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity country housea house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country detached house, single dwellinga house that stands alone doll's house, dollhousea house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything duplex, duplex house, semidetached housea house with two units sharing a common wall farmhousehouse for a farmer and family gatehousea house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence guesthousea house separate from the main house; for housing guests haciendathe main house on a ranch or large estate hunting lodge, lodgea small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter lodging house, rooming housea house where rooms are rented maisonette, maisonnettea small house hall, manse, mansion, mansion house, residencea large and imposing house ranch housea one story house with a low pitched roof residencethe official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) row house, town housea house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls safe housea house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations saltboxa type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind adobe house, sod house, soddya house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses solar housea house designed to use solar radiation for heating; usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials tract houseone of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land villadetached or semidetached suburban house bed and breakfast, bed-and-breakfastan overnight boardinghouse with breakfast brownstonea row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color chateauan impressive country house (or castle) in France courtthe residence of a sovereign or nobleman dachaRussian country house deanerythe official residence of a dean dosshouse, flophousea cheap lodging house lodgesmall house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener log cabina cabin built with logs manor, manor housethe mansion of a lord or wealthy person mansethe residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman) palaceofficial residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign) castle, palacea large and stately mansion parsonage, rectory, vicaragean official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector cloister, religious residenceresidence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) shooting box, shooting lodgea small country house used by hunters during the shooting season stately homea mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family summer housea country house (usually located in the country) that provides a cool place to live in the summer terraced housea house that is part of a terrace villapretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds villacountry house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard building, edifice a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, homehousing that someone is living in 2n a social unit living together I waited until the whole house was asleep Syn|Hypo|Hyper family, home, household, menage broken home a family in which the parents have separated or divorced conjugal family, nuclear familya family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner extended familya family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives foster familythe family of a fosterling foster homea household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency) menage a troishousehold for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations social unit, unit an organization regarded as part of a larger social group 3n the members of a religious community living together Hyper community a group of people living in a particular local area 4n play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults the children were playing house Hyper child's play, play activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules 5v provide housing for 2The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town Syn|Hypo|Hyper domiciliate, put up rehouse put up in a new or different housing homeprovide with, or send to, a home accommodate, lodgeprovide housing for chamberplace in a chamber take inprovide with shelter barracklodge in barracks keepsupply with room and board billet, canton, quarterprovide housing for (military personnel) shelter provide shelter for 1n the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments he worked for a brokerage house Syn|Hypo|Hyper business firm, firm corp, corporation a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state accounting firma firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee consulting company, consulting firma firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing housea firm in the publishing business dealera firm engaged in trading law firma firm of lawyers auction housea firm that conducts auctions conglomerate, empirea group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization large capa corporation with a large capitalization small capa corporation with a small capitalization newspaper, newspaper publisher, papera business firm that publishes newspapers magazine, magazine publishera business firm that publishes magazines car dealera firm that sells and buys cars computer dealera firm that sells and buys computers jewelry dealer, jewelry storea firm that sells and buys jewelry truck dealera firm that sells and buys trucks close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation, privately held corporationa corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market closely held corporationstock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell shell corporation, shell entitya company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporationa federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions FHLMC, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Freddie Maca corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages FNMA, Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Associationa federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages Boy Scouts of Americaa corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it 2n the management of a gambling house or casino 3the house gets a percentage of every bet Hyper management those in charge of running a business 1n a building in which something is sheltered or located they had a large carriage house Hypo|Hyper bagnio, bathhouse a building containing public baths courthousea building that houses judicial courts field house, sports arenaa building for indoor sports icehousea house for storing ice meat housea small house (on a farm) where meat is stored oast housea building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof pump house, pumping stationa house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated meat house, smokehousea small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish stash housea house where weapons and supplies are hidden pump rooma pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather sudatorium, sudatorya bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths building, edifice a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place 2n a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented the house was full Syn|Hypo|Hyper theater, theatre arena theater, theater in the round a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage cinema, movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palacea theater where films are shown dinner theater, dinner theatrea theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission home theater, home theatretelevision and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater little theater, little theatrea small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups music hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatrea theater in which vaudeville is staged opera, opera housea building where musical dramas are performed bioscopea South African movie theater fleapitan old shabby movie theater multiplexa movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building building, edifice a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place 3n the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema 4the house applauded he counted the house Hyper audience a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance n (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided 5Syn|Exp|Hyper mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign Aries the Ram the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 Taurus the Bullthe second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 Gemini the Twinsthe third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20 Cancer the Crabthe fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 Leo the Lionthe fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22 Virgo the Virginthe sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22 Libra the Balancethe seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22 Scorpio the Scorpionthe eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 Sagittarius the Archerthe ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21 Capricorn the Goatthe tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19 Aquarius the Water Bearerthe eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18 Pisces the Fishesthe twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 part, region the extended spatial location of something n aristocratic family line 6the House of York Hypo|Hyper royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty royal persons collectively Mediciaristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century Hanover, Hanoverian line, House of Hanoverthe English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria) Habsburg, Hapsburga royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806 Hohenzollerna German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia House of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancastrian linethe English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose Plantagenet, Plantagenet linethe family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485 Romanoff, Romanovthe Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917 Saxe-Coburg-Gothathe name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I Stuartthe royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714 House of York, Yorkthe English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept people descended from a common ancestor n an official assembly having legislative powers 7a bicameral legislature has two houses Hypo|Hyper House of Representatives, U.S. House, U.S. House of Representatives, US House, US House of Representatives, United States House of Representatives the lower legislative house of the United States Congress House of Burgessesthe lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia British House of Commons, House of Commonsthe lower house of the British parliament British House of Lords, House of Lordsthe upper house of the British parliament Dail, Dail Eireannthe lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic Seanad, Seanad Eireannthe upper house of the parliament of the Irish Republic general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature persons who make or amend or repeal laws v contain or cover This box houses the gears Hyper accommodate, admit, hold have room for; 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