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at-home (ət-hōm′, ăt-)n. also at home An informal reception in one's home.adj.1. Being, occurring, or functioning in one's home: at-home workers; at-home care.2. Designed for or appropriate for one's home: at-home fashions.
home H0242600 (hōm)n.1. A place where one lives; a residence.2. The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.3. A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.4. a. An environment offering security and happiness.b. A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.5. The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.6. The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.7. The place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted; a source.8. A headquarters; a home base.9. a. Baseball Home plate.b. Games Home base.10. An institution where people are cared for: a home for the elderly.11. Computers a. The starting position of the cursor on a text-based computer display, usually in the upper left corner of the screen.b. A starting position within a computer application, such as the beginning of a line, file, or screen or the top of a chart or list.adj.1. a. Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house: home cooking; home furnishings.b. Taking place in the home: home care for the elderly.2. Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters: the home office.3. Sports Relating to a team's sponsoring institution or to the place where it is franchised: a home game; the home field advantage.4. Of, relating to, or being the keys used as base positions for the fingers in touch-typing: The home row on a standard keyboard consists of the keys for A, S, D, F, J, K, L, ;, and '.adv.1. At, to, or toward the direction of home: going home for lunch.2. On or into the point at which something is directed: The arrow struck home.3. To the center or heart of something; deeply: Your comments really hit home.v. homed, hom·ing, homes v.intr. To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.v.tr.1. To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target.2. Chiefly British a. To arrange to have (an animal) placed in a home.b. To take (an animal) into one's home.Phrasal Verb: home in1. To move or advance toward a target or goal: The missile homed in on the target.2. To focus the attention or make progress achieving an objective: The investigators were homing in on the truth.Idioms: at home1. Available to receive visitors: at home on Thursdays.2. Comfortable and relaxed; at ease: at home in diplomatic circles.3. Feeling an easy competence and familiarity: at home in French. home free Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.
[Middle English, from Old English hām; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  at home - a reception held in your own home reception - a formal party of people; as after a wedding | | Adv. | 1. |  at home - on the home team's field; "they played at home last night"athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition | | 2. | at home - at, to, or toward the place where you reside; "he worked at home" |
Translationshome (həum) noun1. the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives. I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten. 家 家2. the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally. America is the home of jazz. 家鄉 家乡3. a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after. an old folk's home; a nursing home. 養老院，育幼院 疗养所，养育院 4. a place where people stay while they are working. a nurses' home. 工作所待的地方(如: …之家) 中心地，根据地 5. a house. Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home. 住屋 住宅 adjective1. of a person's home or family. home comforts. 家居的，家庭的 家庭的2. of the country etc where a person lives. home produce. 本國的 本国的3. (in football) playing or played on a team's own ground. the home team; a home game. (足球)地主隊的，主場的 （足球）地主队的，主场的 adverb1. to a person's home. I'm going home now; Hallo – I'm home! 在家裡 到家2. completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be. He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers. 完全地，命中目標，使人確切體會到 中要害，完全地 ˈhomeless noun plural, adjective (people) without a place to live in. This charity was set up to help the homeless; homeless people. 無家可歸者 无家可归者ˈhomely adjective1. simple but pleasant. homely food. 家常的 家常的2. making a person feel he is at home. a homely atmosphere. 像在家的 如在家的3. (American) (of a person) not attractive; ugly. (美國)其貌不揚的，醜陋的 不好看的，相貌平庸的 ˈhomeliness noun 簡單舒適 简朴ˈhoming adjective1. (of pigeons etc) which (can) fly home when set free a long way from home. (鴿子的)有返家能力的 有归还性的2. able to take a missile etc to its target. These torpedoes have homing devices in their noses. 可導彈的 导航的ˈhome-coming noun1. the return home of a person (who has been away for some time). We had a party to celebrate his home-coming. 歸鄉 回老家2. (American) an annual event held by a college, a university or high school for former students. (美國)年度校友返校日 返校节ˌhome-ˈgrown adjective grown in one's own garden or in one's own country. These tomatoes are home-grown. 自家種的，國產的 本国产的，土生的 ˈhomeland noun a person's native land. Immigrants often weep for their homeland. 祖國 祖国ˌhome-ˈmade adjective made by a person at home; not professionally made. home-made jam; home-made furniture. 自家做的 家里做的home rule the government of a country or part of a country by its own citizens. 地方自治 地方自治ˈhomesick adjective missing one's home. When the boy first went to boarding-school he was very homesick. 想家的 想家的ˈhomesickness noun 思鄉病 思家病ˈhomestead (-sted) noun a house, especially a farm, with the land and other buildings (eg barns) which belong to it, especially in the United States, Australia etc. (美國或澳洲等國)農家，家宅, 家園 家宅，家园 home truth a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person. It's time someone told him a few home truths. 逆耳忠言 逆耳的老实话ˈhomeward adjective going home. his homeward journey. 返家的 向家的，在归途上的 ˈhomeward(s) adverb towards home. his journey homeward; He journeyed homewards. 在歸途上 向家地，在归途上地 ˈhomework noun work or study done at home, especially by a school pupil. Finish your homework! 家庭作業 家庭作业at home1. in one's home. I'm afraid he's not at home. 在家裡 在家里2. (in football etc) in one's own ground. The team is playing at home today. (足球)在主場 （足球）在主场 be/feel at home to feel as relaxed as one does in one's own home or in a place or situation one knows well. I always feel at home in France; He's quite at home with cows – he used to live on a farm. 感覺舒適自在 感觉自在home in on to move towards (a target etc). The missile is designed to home in on aircraft. 移向(目標) 导向目标，依靠导航系统自动飞向目标 leave home1. to leave one's house. I usually leave home at 7.30 a.m. 離家 离家2. to leave one's home to go and live somewhere else. He left home at the age of fifteen to get a job in Australia. 離鄉 离开家乡make oneself at home to make oneself as comfortable and relaxed as one would at home. Make yourself at home! 請不要拘束 请不要客气，如在自己家中无拘束 nothing to write home about not very good. The concert was nothing to write home about. 乏善可陳 平凡，不值得大书特书 at home
at home1. Literally, in one's place of residence. I was at home all day and the repairman never came. I'm at home now, so feel free to come over.2. Very comfortable or proficient in a particular area. My mother is at home in the kitchen and can make just about any dish.3. Matching or suiting a particular environment. Considering her aesthetic, I think that antique chair would be at home in her store.4. Of a sports team, playing in one's home arena or field, as opposed to one's opponent's facility. The Yankees have been on the road for a while now. When will they be at home again?See also: homeat homeat or in one's dwelling. Is Mary at home, or is she still at work? What time will she be at home?See also: homeat home1. In one's own residence, town, or country. For example, Mary was not at home when I called, or Tourists in a foreign country often behave more rudely than they do at home. This idiom was first recorded in a ninth-century treatise. 2. Ready to receive a visitor, as in We are always at home to our neighbor's children. This usage gave rise to the noun at-home, meaning a reception to which guests are invited on a specific day at specific hours (also see open house). [c. 1600] 3. Also, at home with. Comfortable and familiar, as in Mary always makes us feel at home, or I've never been at home with his style of management. [Early 1500s] Also see at ease, def. 1. 4. Also, at home with. Proficient, well-versed in, as in Young John is so much at home with numbers that he may well become a mathematician, or Chris is really at home in French. [Late 1700s] 5. In team sports, playing on one's own field or in one's own town. For example, The Red Sox always do better at home than they do at away games. See also: homeat home COMMON1. If you feel at home in a particular place or situation, you feel relaxed, comfortable, and happy. The girls seem to be quite at home here and I'm sure they will settle in very well after all the excitement dies down. Melanie is equally at home singing classical music, jazz or performing in musical theatre.2. If someone or something looks at home somewhere, they look as if it is natural and appropriate for them to be there. The 16-year-old's huge shoulder and arm muscles would look more at home on a male hammer thrower. Le Moulin's painted chairs are typically French, but would look quite at home in an English country kitchen.See also: homeat ˈhome
1 (feeling) comfortable or relaxed, as if you are in your own home: I like the city. I feel at home here. ♢ Come in and make yourself at home while I finish cooking the dinner.
2 (of a sports event) at your own ground, club, etc: We’re at home to Oxford United on Saturday, and the week after we’re away to Luton.
3 (of a subject, topic of conversation, etc.) know about and feel confident discussing something: I’m not really at home with French literature. My speciality is the language.See also: home at home1. Available to receive visitors: at home on Thursdays.2. Comfortable and relaxed; at ease: at home in diplomatic circles.3. Feeling an easy competence and familiarity: at home in French.See also: homeEncyclopediaSeehomeat home
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