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单词 house
释义

house1/hows/ noun (pl houses /ʹhowziz/)

a building designed for people to live in

(used in combinations) a building in which animals live or things are stored

the henhouse

the boathouse

(used in combinations) a building or establishment with a particular purpose

a public house

an opera house

(used in combinations) a specific type of business company

a publishing house

(used before a noun) relating to or produced for a particular organization or establishment

house magazine

(used in combinations) a specific type of business company

a publishing house

a legislative or deliberative assembly, esp as one of two chambers, or the place where it meets

the lower house

a community of monks or nuns, or the building they live in

any of several units into which a large school may be divided for social purposes, internal competitions, etc

a family, esp an important or ancient one

the House of Windsor

a household

the woman of the house

the area occupied by the audience in a theatre or cinema, or the audience itself

a full house

in astrology, any of the twelve equal sectors into which the celestial sphere is divided celestial sphere (imaginary sphere surrounding earth on whose surface the stars appear to be placed) is divided

in the game of curling, the circular area three yards (about 2.7 metres) in diameter surrounding the mark at which a stone is aimed and within which the stone must rest in order to count

(House) = house music

bring the house down

to receive rapturous applause from an audience

get on like a house on fire

informal to get on very well with somebody

go round the houses

to go by a long indirect route

keep house

to run a household

on the house

at the expense of an establishment or its management

put/set one's house in order

to put one's affairs straight

houseful (pl housefuls) noun
houseless adj
[Old English hūs]

house2/howz/ verb trans

to provide (a person) with accommodation

to provide (things) with storage space

We had to house the printing press in the garage

to contain (something)

The library houses a large collection of oriental literature

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