英语词汇home怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

单词

home

释义

noun

adjective

adverb

verb

🔑 home

BrE

/həʊm/

NAmE

/hoʊm/

noun

➤house, etc. 房子等

🔑

[

, U

]

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

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We are not far from my home now. 我们现在离我家不远了。

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Old people prefer to stay in their own homes. 老年人喜欢待在自己家中。

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She leaves home at 7 every day. 她每天 7 点钟离家。

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the family home 家庭住宅

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While travelling she missed the comforts of home. 旅行期间她想念家里的舒适。

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left home

(= left his parents and began an independent life)

at sixteen. 他十六岁时离家独立生活。

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Nowadays a lot of people work from home. 如今有很多人在家工作。

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I'll call you from home later. 我过会儿从家里给你打电话。

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(

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。

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stray dogs needing new homes 需要新家的流浪狗

➡ see also

stay-at-home

noun

🔑

[

]

a house or flat/apartment, etc., when you think of it as property that can be bought and sold （可买卖的）房子，住宅，寓所

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holiday/summer home

假日/消夏寓所

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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。

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Private

home ownership

is increasing faster than ever. 私有房产正以前所未有的速度增长。

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They applied for a home improvement loan. 他们申请了房屋修缮贷款。

Decorating and home improvement 装饰和改善房屋

Houses 房屋

refurbish/renovate/ (BrE) do up a building/a house 整修/翻新/修缮楼房/房屋
convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/ (especially NAmE) apartments/ (BrE) flats 把楼房/房子/房间/改建成住房/办公室/公寓
extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen 扩建/扩大房屋/楼房/房间/厨房
build (BrE) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/ (NAmE) an addition (on/to sth)/ (BrE) a conservatory （在房子后面）扩建；（在某处）增建；建造暖房
knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall 推倒/拆除房子/住房/楼房/墙壁
knock out/through the wall separating two rooms 将两个房间的隔墙打通

Decoration 装饰

furnish/paint/ (especially BrE) decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room 布置/油漆/装饰住房/房子/公寓/房间
be decorated in bright colours/ (especially US) colors/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings 用明亮的色彩/传统风格/花朵/绘画装饰
paint/plaster the walls/ceiling 给墙壁/天花板上刷油漆/抹灰
hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper 贴/去除墙纸
install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/ (BrE) fittings 安装/更换/拆除浴室的固定装置/附加设备
build/put up shelves 搭架子
lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio 铺设木地板/平台木板/地砖/地毯/露台
put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain 挂上/取下图画/绘画/海报/帘子

DIY/home improvement 自己动手；房屋改造

do (BrE) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring 自己动手做；做木匠活；铺设管道；铺设线路
make home improvements 改造房屋
add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation 添加/安装中央供暖系统/地暖系统/隔热材料
fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm 安装双层玻璃/烟雾报警器
insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/ (especially BrE) the loft 在房子/住房/墙壁/管道/热水箱/阁楼里加隔热装置
fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially BrE) tap/ (NAmE usually) faucet 维修房顶/裂缝/管子/管道系统/漏水的水龙头
block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink 堵住/疏通管道/洗涤池
make/drill/fill a hole 开/钻/填一个洞
hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail 锤进/拔出钉子
tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw 拧紧/拧松/拧开螺丝钉
saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood 锯/切割/加工木料；给木料上色/上清漆/上油漆

➡ see also

mobile home

second home

stately home

accommodation, deed, home, house, lease, let, location, mortgage, squat, tenant

➤town/country 城镇；国家

🔑

[

, U

]

the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to 家乡；故乡；定居地

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I often think about my friends back home. 我常常想起老家的朋友。

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Jane left England and made Greece her home. 简离开了英国，在希腊安了家。

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Jamaica is home to over two million people. 牙买加是两百多万人的家乡。

➤family 家庭

🔑

[

]

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

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She came from a violent home. 她出身于一个有暴力行为的家庭。

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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

➤for old people/children 老年人；孩子

[

]

a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others 养老院；养育院

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children's home

儿童之家

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old people's home

养老院

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retirement home

退休疗养院

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a home for the mentally ill 精神病院

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She has lived

in a home

since she was six. 她从六岁起就在保育院生活。

➡ see also

nursing home

rest home

➤for pets 宠物

[

]

a place where pets with no owner are taken care of 收养所

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dogs'/cats' home

狗/猫之家

➤of plant/animal 动植物

[

sing.

, U

]

the place where a plant or an animal usually lives; the place where sb/sth can be found 生息地；栖息地；产地

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This region is the home of many species of wild flower. 这个地区有很多种类的野花。

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The tiger's home is in the jungle. 老虎栖息在丛林里。

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The Rockies are home to bears and mountain lions. 落基山脉中有熊和美洲狮栖息。

➤where sth first done 发祥地

[

sing.

]

the ~ of sth

the place where sth was first discovered, made or invented 发源地；发祥地

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New Orleans, the home of jazz 新奥尔良，爵士乐的发源地

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Greece, the home of democracy 希腊，民主的发祥地

●at ˈhome

🔑

in a person's own house, flat/apartment, etc. 在家里

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I phoned you last night, but you weren't at home. 我昨晚给你打电话了，但你不在家。

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Oh no, I left my purse at home. 糟了，我把钱包落在家里了。

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He lived at home

(= with his parents)

until he was thirty. 他一直和父母同住到三十岁。

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comfortable and relaxed 舒适自在；无拘无束

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Sit down and make yourself at home. 坐下，别拘束。

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Simon feels very at home on a horse. 西蒙骑马得心应手。

(used especially in

journalism

尤用于报刊新闻)

in sb's own country, not in a foreign country 在本国；在国内

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The president is not as popular at home as he is abroad. 总统在国内不如在国外受欢迎。

if a sports team plays at home, it plays in the town, etc. that it comes from （比赛队）在主场

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Leeds are playing at home this weekend. 本周末利兹队将在主场进行比赛。

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Is the match on Saturday at home or away? 星期六的比赛是在主场还是在客场？

●away from ˈhome

away from a person's own house, flat/apartment, etc. 离开家

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He works away from home during the week. 他除了周末都在外工作。

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I don't want to be away from home for too long. 我不想离家时间太长。

if a sports team plays away from home, it plays in the town, etc. that its opponent comes from （比赛队）在客场

●a ˌhome from ˈhome

(

BrE

)

(

NAmE

a ˌhome away from ˈhome

)

a place where you feel relaxed and comfortable as if you were in your own home 像家一样舒适自在的地方

●ˌhome is where the ˈheart is

(

saying

)

a home is where the people you love are 家乃心之所系

●home sweet ˈhome

(

often ironic

)

used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all) 可爱的家；家总是家（有时有反讽意思，指并不愉快）

●set up ˈhome

(

BrE

)

(used especially about a couple) to start living in a new place （尤指夫妇）建立家庭，成家

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They got married and set up home together in Hull. 他们结婚了，一同在赫尔建立了新家。

●when he's, it's, etc. at ˈhome

(

BrE,

humorous

)

used to emphasize a question about sb/sth （加强疑问语气）到底，究竟

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Who's she when she's at home? (= I don't know her) 她到底是谁？

●charity begins at ˈhome

(

saying

)

you should help and care for your own family, etc. before you start helping other people 博爱始于自家

●close to ˈhome

if a remark or topic of discussion is close to home, it is accurate or connected with you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed （话语或讨论的话题）因点中要害而使人局促不安（或尴尬）

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Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home. 她说我的那些话使我尴尬不已。

●eat sb out of ˌhouse and ˈhome

(

informal,

often humorous

)

to eat a lot of sb else's food 把某人吃穷

Alliteration in idioms belt and braces, (beat somebody) 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 of something, puff and pant, go 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 something, tried and testedtrusted, wax and wane

●a ˌman's ˌhome is his ˈcastle

(

)

(

BrE

an ˌEnglishman's ˌhome is his ˈcastle

)

(

saying

)

a person's home is a place where they can be private and safe and do as they like 人之住宅即其城堡；人在家中，自成一统

●your ˌspiritual ˈhome

the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there 在精神上认同的某个地方；精神家园

🔑 home

BrE

/həʊm/

NAmE

/hoʊm/

adjective

[

only before noun

]

➤where you live 家

connected with the place where you live 家的；家庭的

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home life

(= with your family)

家庭生活

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a person's

home address/town

家庭地址；家乡

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We offer customers a free

home delivery

service. 我们为客户提供免费送货上门的服务。

➤made/used at home 家里做/用

made or used at home 在家里做的；家用的

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home movies 家庭电影

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home cooking 家常饭菜

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a home computer 家用电脑

➤own country 本国

(

especially BrE

)

connected with your own country rather than foreign countries 本国的；国内的

SYN

domestic

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products for the home market 为国内市场生产的产品

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home news/affairs

国内新闻/事件

OPP

foreign

overseas

➤in sport 体育运动

connected with a team's own sports ground 主场的

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home match/win

主场比赛/胜利

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the

home team

主队

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Rangers were playing in front of their home crowd. 流浪者队在主场观众面前比赛。

➡ compare

away

(6)

🔑 home

BrE

/həʊm/

NAmE

/hoʊm/

adverb

➤where you live 居住地

🔑

to or at the place where you live 到家；向家；在家

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Come on, it's time to go home. 快点，该回家了。

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What time did you

get home

last night? 你昨晚什么时间到家的？

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The trip has been exhausting and I'll be glad to be home. 这个旅程令人疲惫不堪，要是能回家就好了。

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After a month, they went

back home

to America. 一个月之后，他们返回了美国。

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It was a lovely day so I walked home. 那天天气很好，所以我走路回家了。

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Anna will drive me home after work. 下班后安娜会开车送我回家。

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Hopefully the doctors will allow her home tomorrow. 明天医生可望会允许她回家。

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(

NAmE

)

I like to

stay home

in the evenings. 我喜欢晚上待在家里。

➤into correct position 正确位置

into the correct position 到正确的位置

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She leaned on the door and pushed the bolt home. 她倚在门上，上好了门闩。

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He drove the ball home

(= scored a goal)

from 15 metres. 他从 15 米远处劲射破门得分。

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The torpedo struck home on the hull of the ship. 鱼雷正击中船身。

●be home and ˈdry

(

BrE

)

(

NAmE

be home ˈfree

)

to have done sth successfully, especially when it was difficult 做成某事（尤指难事）

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I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry. 我能看见终点线了，我想我终于成功了。

●bring home the ˈbacon

(

informal

)

to be successful at sth; to earn money for your family to live on 成功；挣到养家糊口的钱

●bring sth ˈhome to sb

to make sb realize how important, difficult or serious sth is 使某人了解某事的重要性（或艰难、严重程度）

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The television pictures brought home to us the full horror of the attack. 电视画面使我们充分地了解这次袭击有多么恐怖。

●come ˈhome to sb

to become completely clear to sb, often in a way that is painful 使人（痛苦地）完全明白

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It suddenly came home to him that he was never going to see Julie again. 他突然明白他再也见不到朱莉了。

●sth comes home to ˈroost

(

also the chickens come home to ˈroost

)

used to say that if sb says or does sth bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future 自食恶果；报应到自己身上

●hit/strike ˈhome

if a remark, etc. hits/strikes home, it has a strong effect on sb, in a way that makes them realize what the true facts of a situation are （言语等）正中要害，说到点子上

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Her face went pale as his words hit home. 他的话切中要害，她的脸变白了。

●till the ˈcows come home

(

informal

)

for a very long time; for ever 很长时间；永远

●drive sth ˈhome (to sb)

to make sb understand or accept sth by saying it often, loudly, angrily, etc. 把…讲透彻；阐明；使充分理解

◆

You will really need to drive your point home. 你的确需要把你的观点阐释清楚。

●the lights are ˈon but nobody's ˈhome

(

saying,

humorous

)

used to describe sb who is stupid, not thinking clearly or not paying attention 稀里糊涂；没头脑；心不在焉

●ˌpress sth ˈhome

to get as much advantage as possible from a situation by attacking or arguing in a determined way 坚持不懈；争辩到底

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to press home an attack/an argument/a point把进攻/论证/论点坚持到底

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Simon saw she was hesitating and pressed home his advantage. 西蒙见她犹豫不决，便趁机占尽优势。

●ˌram sth↔ˈhome

(

especially BrE

)

to emphasize an idea, argument, etc. very strongly to make sure people listen to it 强调（想法、论点等）以使人接受

●romp home/to victory

to easily win a race or competition 轻易地取胜

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Their horse romped home in the 2 o'clock race. 他们的马在两点钟的比赛中轻而易举地获得了胜利。

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The Dutch team romped to a 5–1 victory over Celtic. 荷兰队以 5:1 轻松战胜了凯尔特队。

●nothing (much) to write ˈhome about

(

informal

)

not especially good; ordinary 不特别好；很普通；一般

🔑 home

BrE

/həʊm/

NAmE

/hoʊm/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

home

BrE

/həʊm/

NAmE

/hoʊm/

present simple - he / she / it

homes

BrE

/həʊmz/

NAmE

/hoʊmz/

past simple

homed

BrE

/həʊmd/

NAmE

/hoʊmd/

past participle

homed

BrE

/həʊmd/

NAmE

/hoʊmd/

-ing form

homing

BrE

/ˈhəʊmɪŋ/

NAmE

/ˈhoʊmɪŋ/

●ˌhome ˈin on sth

to aim at sth and move straight towards it 朝向，移向，导向（目标）

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The missile homed in on the target. 导弹向目标径直飞去。

to direct your thoughts or attention towards sth 把（思想、注意力）集中于

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I began to feel I was really homing in on the answer. 我开始觉得我快找到答案了。

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