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| 1 | C a building for living in , usually where only one family lives 房屋；住宅 |
| I’ d love a house with a garden. 我喜欢带花园的住宅。 |
| a two-/three-bedroom house 两/三室的房子 |
| move house (=go to live in a different house) We’ re moving house at the end of the month. 搬家 |
| | 1a | singular the people who are in a house or who live there 一家人；同住一幢房子的人们 | | The noise woke the entire house. 这声音把全家人都吵醒了。 | |
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| 2 | C a company or organization involved in a particular activity 公司；商业机构 |
| a publishing/software house 出版社/软件公司 |
| a reputable auction house 信誉良好的拍卖行 |
| | 2a | used in the names of some companies, especially those that design and sell clothes （用于公司名称中，尤指设计公司或服装公司）商行，…屋 | |
| | 2b | produced or intended for people working within an organization 机构内部发行的 | | house journal/magazine 公司内部刊物 | |
| | 2c | in the offices of a company 在公司的办公室里 | | We don’ t have that kind of software in house. 我们公司没有那种软件。 | |
| | 2d | not in the offices of a company , and by people who may not be employed by that company 不在公司的办公室里；由非公司人员所为 | |
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| 3 | the house a restaurant , hotel , pub , or club 餐馆；旅馆；酒吧；俱乐部 |
| Seafood is the speciality of the house. 海鲜是这家餐馆的特色菜。 |
| | 3a | given to you free in a restaurant , hotel , pub , or club 免费（供应）的；由店家提供的 | | Your first drink is on the house. 你的第一杯饮料是免费的。 | |
| | 3b | the least expensive wine in a restaurant , which appears on the wine list without the maker’ s name 餐馆中最便宜的酒/红葡萄酒/白葡萄酒 | |
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| 4 | C the part of a theatre , cinema , concert hall etc that contains the audience （剧场等的）观众席 |
| a packed/empty house Cats has been playing to packed houses. 《猫》场场满座。 |
| | 4a | the audience in a theatre , cinema , concert hall etc 观众 | |
| | 4b | a performance in a theatre or cinema that is one of a series taking place on the same day 演出场次 | | the first/second house 第一场/第二场演出 | |
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| 5 | U a type of modern electronic music that developed in the 1980s, replacing disco as the most popular form of dance music . It combines deep bass sounds with parts that are sung or played on a synthesizer . 豪斯音乐，货仓音乐（20世纪80年代发展起来的一种现代电子音乐，将深沉的乐器低音和由电子合成器伴奏的演唱或演奏相结合，取代迪斯科成为最流行的舞曲形式） |
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| 6 | House singular used in the names of buildings, especially large ones containing many offices or flats （用于建筑名称中，尤指大型建筑）大楼，大厦 |
| Claridge House 克拉里奇大厦 |
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| 7 | C an old important family , especially a royal one 家族；（尤指）皇族，王室 |
| the House of Windsor/Hanover/Hapsburg 温莎王室/汉诺威王族/哈布斯堡王族 |
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| 8 | C one of the groups that students are divided into in some British schools, in order to compete against each other （某些英国学校学生为进行比赛而分的）组 |
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| - | bring the house down
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| to make a group of people or an audience react in a very enthusiastic way , especially by laughing |
| 博得全场喝彩 |
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| - | get on like a house on fire
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| to become good friends very quickly and have a lot to talk to each other about |
| 一见如故 |
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| - | go all round the houses BRITISH spoken
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| 1 | to go somewhere by a way that is very long and not direct 绕远走 |
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| 2 | to say or do something in a very complicated way when it could be very simple （说话或做事）兜圈子 |
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| - | a house built on sand
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| an idea or plan that is not very sensible and is likely to fail |
| 不切实际的想法（或计划） |
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| - | keep house (for sb)
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| to be responsible for cooking meals and cleaning a house for someone |
| （为某人）管理家务 |
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| - | put/set/get your house in order old-fashioned
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| to improve the way you behave or do things, especially before criticizing how other people behave or do things |
| （尤指在批评他人之前）把自己的事情处理妥当 |
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| - | the/this House BRITISH
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| all the people discussing a subject and voting in a debate |
| （辩论中参加讨论和投票表决的）所有议员 |
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