house
noun/haʊs/
/haʊs/
(plural houses
Idioms /ˈhaʊzɪz/
/ˈhaʊzɪz/
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房屋;房子;住宅 - in a house We live in a two-bedroom house.
我们住在一个两居室的房子里。 - in the house It was so hot outside we stayed in the house.
外面太热了,我们待在屋里。 - into the house He went into the house.
他进了房子。 - out of the house I had to get out of the house.
我不得不离开家。 - inside the house A light was on inside the house.
房子里亮着一盏灯。 - outside the house There was a police van parked outside the house.
屋外停着一辆警车。 - at somebody's house Let's have a party at my house.
我们在我家里聚会吧。 - We need to build more houses in a way that respects the needs of the environment.
我们需要以尊重环境需求的方式建造更多房屋。 - Investors were buying houses to rent them out.
投资者购买房屋是为了出租。 - What time do you leave the house in the morning (= to go to work)?
你早晨几点出门(去上班)? - (British English) We're moving house (= leaving our house and going to live in a different one).
我们要搬家了。 - House prices (= prices of houses and flats) in London are still rising.
伦敦的房价(=独立屋和公寓的价格)仍在上涨。 - We went on a tour of the house and grounds (= for example, at a country house, open to the public).
我们参观了房子和庭院(=例如,在向公众开放的乡村别墅)。 - They went from house to house, begging for food.
他们挨家挨户地乞讨食物。
Collocations Moving houseMoving house Renting- live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
- rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
- rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
- find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
- sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
- extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
- afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
- (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent
- pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit
- give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
- have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent
- evict the existing tenants
- attract/find new/prospective tenants
- invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
- buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
- call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
- make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
- put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
- make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home
- apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
- (struggle to) pay the mortgage
- make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments
- (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
- put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
- increase/lower your price/the asking price
- have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
Collocations Decorating and home improvementDecorating and home improvementHouses- refurbish/renovate/ (British English) do up a building/a house
- convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially North American English) apartments/(British English) flats
- extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
- build (British English) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(North American English) an addition (on/to something)/(British English) a conservatory
- knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
- knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
- furnish/paint/ (especially British English) decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room
- be decorated in bright colours/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
- paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
- hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
- install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(British English) fittings
- build/put up shelves
- lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
- put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
- do (British English) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
- make home improvements
- add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
- fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
- insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially British English) the loft
- fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially British English) tap/(North American English usually) faucet
- block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
- make/drill/fill a hole
- hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
- tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
- saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood
Wordfindersee also Buck House, frame house, mews house, penthouse, row house, safe house, show house- accommodation
- deed
- home
- house
- lease
- let
- location
- mortgage
- squat
- tenant
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1, Buildingsa1- I finally tracked him down at his house in Denver.
我最后总算在丹佛他的家中追踪到了他。 - I live in a group/shared house.
我住在一栋集体住房里。 - It was easy to get lost in the rambling house.
在布局凌乱的大宅子里容易迷路。 - It's stressful moving house.
搬家十分劳神。 - Our challenge was to add onto the house in a respectful way.
我们面临的挑战在于体面地扩建房子。 - Police officers have been searching the house for clues.
警察搜查那间房屋寻找线索。 - She shares a house with three other nurses.
她和另外 3 名护士合住一座房子。 - The bank offers attractive rates to first-time house buyers.
银行给首次购房者提供的利率很有吸引力。 - The great house stood on the edge of the town.
那座大宅子矗立在镇子边上。 - The house faces south, making the most of the sun.
房子朝南,采光很好。 - The house loomed over him as he waited at the front door.
他在前门等候时,看到那所房子隐隐呈现。 - The house stood a short distance from the wood.
房子离树林不远。 - Their house was repossessed when they couldn't keep up their mortgage payments.
由于他们无力继续偿还按揭贷款,房子被收了回去。 - They bought an old house and are gradually renovating it.
他们买下一座旧房子,如今正在逐渐重新装修。 - They built their own dream house overlooking the river.
他们在能俯瞰这条河的地方建了自己梦想中的房子。 - They helped us with our house move.
他们帮我们搬家。 - They lived in a modest semi-detached house in the suburbs.
他们住在城郊一所不大的半独立式房子里。 - They've moved house and have invited us to their house-warming on Saturday.
他们搬家了,邀请我们周六去参加他们的新居聚会。 - We let out our house when we moved to America.
我们搬去美国之前把房子租了出去。 - We're hoping to extend the house.
我们希望扩建房子。 - We're only planning on renting the house out for a few years.
我们计划把房子只出租三五年。 - We had to move out of our house.
我们不得不搬出我们的房子。 - a house occupied by students
学生们住宿的房子 - houses overlooking the park
俯视公园的房子 - She went from house to house collecting signatures for her campaign.
她挨家挨户为自己投身的运动征集签名。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beautiful
- comfortable
- elegant
- …
- live in
- occupy
- share
- …
- be situated
- lie
- stand
- …
- agent
- buyer
- owner
- …
- at somebody’s/the house
- from house to house
- in a/the house
- …
- in a house We live in a two-bedroom house.
- [singular] all the people living in a house
synonym household住在一所房子里的人;全家人 - Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
安静点,别把全家人都吵醒!
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beautiful
- comfortable
- elegant
- …
- live in
- occupy
- share
- …
- be situated
- lie
- stand
- …
- agent
- buyer
- owner
- …
- at somebody’s/the house
- from house to house
- in a/the house
- …
- Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
- [countable] (in compounds) a building used for a particular purpose, for example for holding meetings in or keeping animals or goods in
某种用途的建筑物 - an opera house
歌剧院 - a henhouse
鸡舍
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beautiful
- comfortable
- elegant
- …
- live in
- occupy
- share
- …
- be situated
- lie
- stand
- …
- agent
- buyer
- owner
- …
- at somebody’s/the house
- from house to house
- in a/the house
- …
- an opera house
- House[singular] (British English) used in the names of office buildings
(用于办公楼名称)大厦,大楼 - Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House.
他们的办公室在切斯特大厦三楼。
- Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House.
- [countable] (in compounds) a company involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind
(从事某种生意的)公司,机构 - a fashion/banking/publishing house
时装公司;银行;出版社 - a religious house (= a convent or a monastery)
宗教会所
Extra Examples- The publishing house made its name by encouraging first-time writers.
该出版社扶持新人作家,闯出了名号。 - She was a house model for Gucci (= a model employed by the Gucci fashion house).
她是古驰(Gucci)的室内模特(=古驰时装屋雇用的模特)。
- a fashion/banking/publishing house
- [countable] (in compounds) a restaurant
餐馆 - a steakhouse
牛排餐馆 - a coffee house
咖啡馆 - a bottle of house wine (= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, sometimes not listed by name)
一瓶本店特价酒
- a steakhouse
- [countable] (often House)a group of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country
议院;议会;国会 - Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament.
立法须要得到议会两院的一致通过。
Extra Examples- The ‘Bundersrat’ is the upper house of the German parliament.
“联邦参议院”是德国议会的上议院。 - Elections to the lower house of parliament are by proportional representation.
议会下院的选举采用比例代表制。
- Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament.
- the House[singular] the House of Commons or the House of Lords in the UK; the House of Representatives in the US
(英国)下议院,上议院;(美国)众议院 - the house[singular] a group of people discussing something in a formal debate
(统称)参与辩论的人 - I urge the house to vote against the motion.
我呼吁参加辩论的诸位投票反对这项动议。
- I urge the house to vote against the motion.
- [countable] the part of a theatre where the audience sits; the audience at a particular performance
观众席;(统称)观众 - playing to a full/packed/empty house (= to a large/small audience)
演出座无虚席/满座/观众寥寥无几 - The spotlight faded and the house lights came up.
聚光灯渐渐熄灭,观众席的灯亮了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- full
- packed
- …
- play to
- lights
- manager
- bring the house down
- front of house
- playing to a full/packed/empty house (= to a large/small audience)
- [countable] (in some British schools) an organized group of students of different ages who compete against other groups in sports competitions, etc. and who may, in boarding schools, live together in one building
Topics Educationc2(英国某些学校为进行体育比赛或按宿舍将学生分成的)社,舍 - [countable] (usually the House of…)an old and famous family
名门世家;望族 - the House of Windsor (= the British royal family)
温莎王室
- the House of Windsor (= the British royal family)
- (also house)[uncountable] a type of electronic dance music with a fast beat
货仓音乐,浩室音乐(一种快节奏电子舞曲) see also acid house, art house, open house, powerhouse
building
company/institution
restaurant
parliament
in debate
in theatre
in school
family
music
Word OriginOld English hūs (noun), hūsian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huis, German Haus (nouns), and Dutch huizen, German hausen (verbs).
Idioms
bring the house down
- to make everyone laugh or cheer, especially at a performance in the theatre
(尤指剧院的演出)博得满堂大笑(或喝彩)
clean house (North American English)
- to remove people or things that are not necessary or wanted
清除不必要的人(或事物);裁减 - The new manager said he wanted to clean house.
新上任的经理说他要裁员。
- The new manager said he wanted to clean house.
- to make your house clean
打扫房屋
eat somebody out of house and home
- (informal, often humorous) to eat a lot of somebody else’s food
把某人吃穷 - How much longer is he staying? He’s eating us out of house and home.
他还要待多久?他正在把我们从家中吃掉。
More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
- How much longer is he staying? He’s eating us out of house and home.
get on like a house on fire (British English)
(North American English get along like a house on fire)
- (informal) (of people) to become friends quickly and have a very friendly relationship
Topics Family and relationshipsc2很快就打得火热;一见如故;一拍即合
go all round the houses
- (British English, informal) to do something or ask a question in a very complicated way instead of in a simple, direct way
绕圈子;拐弯抹角;不直截了当 - You did go all round the houses didn’t you? Why not get straight to the point?
你确实绕遍了房子,不是吗?为什么不直接进入正题呢?
- You did go all round the houses didn’t you? Why not get straight to the point?
keep house
- to cook, clean and do all the other jobs around the house
操持家务 - She kept house for her elderly parents.
她为年迈的双亲料理家务。
- She kept house for her elderly parents.
not a dry eye in the house
- (humorous) used to say that everyone was very emotional about something
全场无人不流泪;全场无不为之动容 - There wasn't a dry eye in the house when they announced their engagement.
他们宣布订婚时大伙眼睛全湿了。
- There wasn't a dry eye in the house when they announced their engagement.
on the house
- drinks or meals that are on the house are provided free by the pub or restaurant and you do not have to pay
(由酒吧或饭店)免费提供 - Have a drink on the house.
来一杯免费饮料吧。
- Have a drink on the house.
people (who live) in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
- (saying) you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you
身居玻璃房,投石招祸殃;自身毛病多,勿挑他人错
play house
- (of a child) to play at being a family in its home
玩过家家 - The children were playing house, giving dinner to their dolls.
孩子们在玩过家家,喂玩具娃娃吃饭。
- The children were playing house, giving dinner to their dolls.
put/set your (own) house in order
- to organize your own business or improve your own behaviour before you try to criticize somebody else
先管好自己的事;律人先律己
(as) safe as houses
- (British English) very safe
非常安全 More Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
set up house
- to make a place your home
(在某处)建立家庭 - They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton.
他们一同在布赖顿的一个小公寓里建立了家庭。 - They want to set up house together.
他们想共同建设住房。
- They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton.