- the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household家：
I was nineteen when I left home and went to college
我19岁离家上大学
they have made Provence their home.
他们在普罗旺斯安了家。
- the family or social unit occupying such a place家庭：
he came from a good home and was well educated.
他来自一个很好的家庭, 受过良好的教育。
- a house or flat considered as a commercial property商品房：
low-cost homes for first-time buyers.
为初次购房者提供的低价商品房。
- a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates发祥地; 产地; 发源地：
Piedmont is the home of Italy's finest red wines.
皮埃蒙特是意大利顶级红酒的产地。
- informal a place where an object is kept〈非正式〉存物处。
- an institution for people needing professional care or supervision（为需要专业护理、监护的人设立的）…之家, …院, …所：
an old people's home.
养老院。
- the finishing point in a race（赛马的）终点：
he was four fences from home.
他离终点还有四个栅栏。
- (in games) the place where a player is free from attack（游戏、比赛中的）大本营。
- (in lacrosse) each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents's goal（长曲棍球）进攻手。
- Baseball short for HOME PLATE.【棒球】HOME PLATE的简称。
- a match played or won by a team on their own ground主场比赛; 主队获胜的比赛。
- of or relating to the place where one lives（与）家（有关）的：
I don't have your home address.
我没有你家的地址。
- made, done, or intended for use in the place where one lives家制的; 家用的：
traditional home cooking.
传统家常菜。
- relating to one's own country and its domestic affairs本国的; 本国事务的：
we need to stimulate demand within the UK home market.
我们需要刺激英国国内市场的需求。
- (of a sports team or player) belonging to the country or locality in which a sporting event takes place（运动队, 运动员）主队的：
the home side.
主队。
- played on or connected with a team's own ground主场的：
their first home match of the season.
本赛季他们的首场主场比赛。
- N. Amer. denoting the administrative centre of an organization〈北美〉总部的：
the company has moved its home office.
公司迁移了其总部。
- to the place where one lives回家：
what time did he get home last night?
昨晚他几点回家的？
- in or at the place where one lives在家：
I stayed home with the kids.
我和孩子们一起呆在家里。
- to the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult（赛跑）抵达终点; （难事）告终：
the favourite romped home six lengths clear.
赛前被看好的那匹马领先整整六个马身抵达终点。
- to the intended or correct position到目的地; 到正确的地方：
he slid the bolt home noisily.
他很大声地把门闩推到位。
- (of an animal) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it（动物凭本能）返回：
a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds.
12只回到夏天筑巢地的鹅。
- (of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing) fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point（赛鸽在很远的地方放飞后）飞回鸽舍, 归巢。
home in on
move or be aimed towards (a target or destination) with great accuracy朝（目的地）移动; 对准（目标）：more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions.
朝雷达信号发射了100多枚导弹。
- focus attention on注意, 聚焦于, 以…为中心：
a teaching style which homes in on what is of central importance for each pupil.
以对每位学生都重要的东西为中心的教学风格。
- with obj. provide (an animal) with a home as a pet把（动物）养作宠物。
at home
- in one's own house在家。
- in one's own neighbourhood, town, or country在国内; 在自己居住的小区（或市镇）内：
he has been consistently successful both at home and abroad.
在国内外他一直都很成功。
- comfortable and at ease in a place or situation舒适, 自在：
sit down and make yourself at home.
坐下来, 不要拘束。
- confident or relaxed about doing or using something自信地; 放松地; 驾轻就熟地：
he was quite at home talking about Eisenstein or Brecht.
谈到爱因斯坦或布莱希特他简直如数家珍。
- ready to receive and welcome visitors乐意接待（来访者）：
she took to her room and was not at home to friends.
她回到自己的房间, 不愿意接待朋友。
- (with reference to sports fixtures) at a team's own ground（体育比赛）在主场：
Spurs drew 1-1 at home to Leeds.
马刺队在主场与利兹联队战成1比1平。
bring something home to
- make (someone) realize the full significance of something使完全意识到：
her first-hand account brought home to me the pain of the experience.
她的第一手叙述使我真切地感受到那种经历的痛苦。
close（或near）to home
- (of a remark or topic of discussion) relevant or accurate to the point that one feels uncomfortable or embarrassed（言词, 论题）令人不快; 令人尴尬。
come home
- Golf play the second nine holes in a round of eighteen holes【高尔夫】打后九穴。比较go out （见GO1）。
come home to someone
- (of the significance of something) become fully realized by someone（事情的重要性）完全被人意识到：
the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara.
萨拉完全意识到了正在发生的事的全部重大影响。
drive（或hammer或press或ram）something home
- make something clearly and fully understood by the use of repeated or forcefully direct arguments（通过反复、直白的论述来）清楚有力地表达。
hit（或strike）home
- (of a blow or a missile) reach an intended target（拳头, 导弹）击中目标, 命中目标。
- (of words) have the intended, especially unsettling or painful, effect on their audience（言辞）击中要害（尤指使人不安或痛苦）：
she could see that her remark had hit home.
她能看出她的话已击中了要害。
- (of the significance or true nature of a situation) become fully realized by someone（意义, 本质）得到充分的认识：
the full impact of life as a celebrity began to hit home.
名人生活带来的全面影响开始得到充分的认识。
home and dry （〈美〉home free,〈新西兰〉 home and hosed）
- chiefly Brit. having successfully achieved or being within sight of achieving one's objective〈主英〉大功告成; 成功在望：
at 3-0 up they should have been home and dry.
以3比0领先的情况下他们本来应该取胜的。
a home from（或〈北美〉away from）home
- a place where one is as happy, relaxed, or comfortable as in one's own home家外之家。
home is where the heart is
- proverb your home will always be the place for which you feel the deepest affection, no matter where you are〈谚〉心之所在即为家; 金窝银窝, 不如自家的狗窝。
home, James (and don't spare the horses)!
- dated used as a humorous way of exhorting the driver of a vehicle to drive home quickly〈旧〉［催促驾驶员的幽默用语］快点儿, 老兄（别心疼马呀）！
home sweet home
- used as an expression of one's pleasure or relief at being in or returning to one's own home（用于表达在家里或回家后的喜悦和放松的心情）在家真好; 幸亏在家; 终于到家了。
set up home
- Brit. start living somewhere on a permanent basis〈英〉定居; 安家：
the couple set up home in Chelsea eight years ago.
这对夫妇八年前在切尔西定居。
when -'s at home
- Brit. used to add humorous emphasis to a question about someone's identity〈英〉（用于询问某人身份时加强幽默语气）…是何许人也：
who's Peter when he's at home?
那位彼得是何许人也？