- a building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people and consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys房屋（尤指独幢式两层以上者）。
- the people living in such a building; a household住在一栋房屋里的人; 一家人：
make yourself scarce before you wake the whole house.
在你吵醒一家人之前悄悄溜走。
- （常作House）a family or family lineage, especially a noble or royal one; a dynasty（尤指贵族或皇室的）家庭, 家系; 王朝：
the power and prestige of the house of Stewart.
斯图尔特王朝的权力和声望。
- chiefly Scottish a dwelling that is one of several in a building〈主苏格兰〉（一栋建筑物中的）住所之一。
- with modifier a building in which animals live or in which things are kept动物居所; 储藏房：
a reptile house.
爬行动物馆。
- a building in which people meet for a particular activity（为一特定的活动而聚集的）场所, …屋：
a house of prayer.
祈祷屋。
- a firm or institution公司, 商号; 公共机构：
a fashion house.
一家时装商店。
the House
Brit. informal the Stock Exchange〈英, 非正式〉证券交易所。
- a restaurant or inn饭店; 客栈：
as modifier a carafe of house red.一只饭店用的红色酒瓶。
- a host or proprietor主人; 经营者：
help yourself to a drink, compliments of the house!
请喝一杯, 本店请客！
- dated a brothel〈旧〉窑子, 妓院。
- a theatre戏院, 剧院：
a hundred musicians performed in front of a full house.
一百位音乐家在座无虚席的剧院中表演。
- an audience in a theatre, cinema, or concert venue（戏院、电影院或音乐会的）观众：
the house burst into applause.
观众爆发出热烈的掌声。
- Brit. a performance in a theatre or cinema〈英〉（戏院、电影院的）表演：
tickets for the first house.
第一场表演的戏票。
- a religious community that occupies a particular building（在一特定房屋的）宗教团体：
the Cistercian house at Clairvaux.
在克莱尔沃的西多会。
- chiefly Brit. a body of pupils living in the same building at a boarding school〈主英〉（寄宿学校）住在同一栋房屋的学生。
- chiefly Brit. one of a number of groups into which pupils at a day school are divided for games or competition〈主英〉（走读学校学生）（游戏或比赛中的）一组。
- Brit. formal a college of a university〈英, 正式〉（大学的）学院。
- a legislative or deliberative assembly立法机构; 协商机构; 审议机构：
the sixty-member National Council, the country's upper house.
60人组成的国家议会, 该国的上议院。
the House
(in the UK) the House of Commons or Lords; (in the US) the House of Representatives（英国）下议院; 上议院; （美国）众议院。
- used in formal debates that mimic the procedures of a legislative assembly（用于正式辩论中, 模仿立法机构程序）议会：
a debate on the motion 'This house would legalize cannabis'.
关于“本议会将使大麻合法化”动议的辩论。
- （亦作house music）[mass noun] a style of popular dance music typically using drum machines, synthesized bass lines, sparse repetitive vocals, and a fast beat.货仓音乐（一种流行舞蹈音乐, 多用打击乐器, 合成低音, 歌声稀疏重复, 节奏快）。
- Astrology a twelfth division of the celestial sphere, based on the positions of the ascendant and midheaven at a given time and place, and determined by any of a number of methods【占星】黄道十二宫之一, 黄道宫。
- such a division represented as a sector on an astrological chart, used in allocating elements of character and circumstance to different spheres of human life室宿（占星图上表示的这一分区, 用以确定人生不同领域的性格与境遇因素）。
- (of an animal or plant) kept in, frequenting, or infesting buildings（动、植物）家养的; 常在室内的; 侵扰房子的。
- of or relating to medical staff resident at a hospital（医院成员）住院的, 常驻的。
- of or relating to a firm, institution, or society公司的, 机构的, 协会的：
a house journal.
协会期刊。
- (of a band or group) resident or regularly performing in a club or other venue（乐队, 组合）（在俱乐部或别的场所）常驻的, 定期表演的。
- provide (a person or animal) with shelter or accommodation（给人或动物）提供住所：
they converted a disused cinema to house twelve employees.
他们把一个废弃的电影院改装成住所供12位雇员住。
- provide space for; accommodate提供地方; 容纳：
the museum houses a collection of Roman sculpture.
博物馆收藏了一系列罗马雕刻品。
- enclose or encase (something)装入, 包住（某物）：
the radar could be housed in a pod beneath the engine.
雷达可以装在引擎下方的吊舱里。
- fix (something) in a socket or mortise使固定在插座（或榫眼）中。
as safe as houses
- Brit. thoroughly or completely safe〈英〉绝对安全。
get on（或along） like a house on fire
- informal have a very good and friendly relationship〈非正式〉关系非常好。
go (all) round the houses
- take a circuitous route to one's destination兜圈子。
- take an unnecessarily long time to get to the point拐弯抹角。
house and home
- a person's home (used for emphasis)［用于强调］家：
some people sell house and home to sit in a boat writing books.
有些人卖掉自己的房子, 坐在船上写书。
a house divided cannot stand
- proverb a group or organization weakened by internal dissensions will be unable to withstand external pressures〈谚〉开裂的房屋撑不了多久; 内部纷争, 外患无穷。
house of cards
- a structure built out of playing cards precariously balanced together纸牌搭的房子。
- used to refer to an insubstantial or insecure situation or scheme不可靠的计划; 不稳定的情形：
the special constitutional arrangement collapsed like a house of cards.
特别的制宪协议像纸牌搭的房子一样坍塌了。
keep（或make） a House
- Brit. secure the presence of enough members for a quorum in the House of Commons〈英〉（下议院）有足够的法定人数出席。
keep house
- do the cooking, cleaning, and other tasks involved in the running of a household操持家务。
keep (to) the house
- stay indoors足不出户。
on the house
- (of a drink or meal in a bar or restaurant) at the management's expense; free（酒吧或饭店）由经营方付费; 免费的。
play house
- (of a child) play at being a family in its home（孩子）（在家）玩过家家游戏。
put（或set 或get） one's house in order
- make necessary reforms做必要的改革：
the Americans need to get their own economic house in order.
美国人需要对自己的经济做必要的改革。
set up house
- make one's home in a specified place建房。