| 单词 | home |
| 释义 | noun | adverb | adjective | verb homehome1 /hoʊm/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE [countable, uncountable] the house, apartment, or place where you live: The park isn’t far from our home.at home I was at home watching TV. Birds had made their home under the roof.THESAURUShouse – the house or apartment where someone lives: Let’s go over to Dave’s house.place informal – the house, apartment, or room where someone lives: Do you want to come back to my place for coffee?residence formal – the place where you live. Used especially in official or legal language: It is illegal to run that type of business from a private residence.dwelling formal – a house, apartment, etc. where people live. Used especially in scientific or legal language: We visited the cliff dwellings in Colorado, where the Anasazi Indians used to live.abode formal – the place where you live. Used especially in literature: In Norse mythology, Valhalla is the abode of fallen warriors.2FAMILY [countable, uncountable] the place where a child and his or her family live: I think she still lives at home. He left home at 18. Are you going home for Christmas? It was the first time I’d ever been away from home.3WHERE YOU LIVED/BELONG [countable, uncountable] the place where you lived as a child or where you usually live, especially when this is the place where you feel happy and comfortable: She was born in Italy, but she’s made Charleston her home. My friends back home won’t believe I’m actually in Africa (=at home)!4IN YOUR COUNTRY the country where you live, as opposed to foreign countries: Our country has plenty of problems here at home. The senator’s speech was aimed at the voters back home (=at home).5be/feel at home a)to feel happy or confident about doing or using something: home with/in I feel more at home in blue jeans than in a suit. He is equally at home directing theater and opera. b)to feel comfortable in a place or with a person: home in I’m already feeling at home in the new apartment. Helen always makes people feel at home (=makes people feel comfortable by being friendly).6make yourself at home spoken used to tell someone who is visiting you that he or she should relax: Sit down and make yourselves at home.7be the home of something a)to be the place where something was first made, discovered, or developed: America is the home of baseball. b)to be the place where a person, animal, or plant lives8be home to something a)to be the place where a person, animal, or plant lives: Paris was home to many important artists. b)to be the place where something is or where something typically happens: North Carolina is home to the Green River Narrows.9PROPERTY [countable] a house, apartment, etc., considered as property that you can buy or sell: There are two homes for sale in the neighborhood.10FOR TAKING CARE OF somebody [countable] a place where people who are very old or sick are taken care of, or where children who have no family are taken care of: There is a children’s home near the cancer clinic. I never wanted to put my mother in a home. → see also nursing home11SPORTS TEAM at home if a sports team plays at home, it plays at its own sports field OPP away: The Jets lost 6–3 at home to New England.12games/sports a place in some games or sports which a player must try to reach in order to win a point or be safe from the opposing players → see also home plate13home away from home a place that you think is as pleasant and comfortable as your own house: For many people, the office has become a home away from home.14home sweet home used to say that you think it is very pleasant to be in your home[Origin: Old English ham village, home] → see also home run noun | adverb | adjective | verb homehome2 ●●○ adverb 1to or at the place where you live: Is Sue home from work yet? Joe had to go home early. You should stay home until you’re feeling better.come/get home (=arrive at your home) What time did you get home?bring/take somebody/something home I brought him home to meet my parents.2take home $1,000 a week/month etc. to earn a certain amount of money after tax has been taken off: Diane takes home about $340 a week.3hit/drive/hammer something home a)to make sure that someone understands something by saying it in an extremely direct and determined way: an ad that drives the anti-drug message home b)to hit or push something firmly into the correct position4bring something home to somebody (also come home to somebody) to make you realize how serious, difficult, or dangerous something is: The pictures brought home the suffering in Sudan.5hit/strike home if a comment, situation, experience, etc. hits or strikes home, it makes someone realize how serious, difficult, or dangerous something is: The news of his death didn’t really hit home until later.6be home free informal to have succeeded in doing the most difficult part of something: He’s lost a lot of weight, but he’s not home free yet. → see also hit/strike close to home at close3 (6), nothing to write home about at write (10) noun | adverb | adjective | verb homehome3 ●●○ adjective [only before noun] 1done at home or intended for use in a home: Mom’s home cooking (=food that is cooked at home) a home computer2relating to or belonging to your home or family: home address/number (=the address at your house or the telephone number there) children who have a happy home life → see also hometown3played or playing at a team’s own sports field, rather than an opponent’s field: a home game The home team took an early lead.4relating to a particular country, as opposed to foreign countries SYN domestic: the home market noun | adverb | adjective | verb homehome4 ●○○ verb home in on (something) phrasal verb1to aim exactly at something and move directly toward it: Sharks home in on the blood.2to direct your efforts or attention to one particular thing: The FBI is homing in on a large drug ring. |
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