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英 [həʊm]

美 [hoʊm]

n.  家; 住所; (可买卖的)房子，住宅，寓所; 家乡; 故乡; 定居地
adj.  家的; 家庭的; 在家里做的; 家用的; 本国的; 国内的
adv.  到家; 向家; 在家; 到正确的位置
v.  归巢，回家

复数：homes　现在分词：homing　过去式：homed　第三人称单数：homes　过去分词：homed　

中考高考CET4考研计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.222 / COCA.224

同义词辨析

familyhomehouse【导航词义：家】

短语动词

短语用例

home in on sth

• 朝向，移向，导向（目标）
  to aim at sth and move straight towards it
• 把（思想、注意力）集中于
  to direct your thoughts or attention towards sth
  1. We are not far from my home now.
     我们现在离我家不远了。
  2. Old people prefer to stay in their own homes.
     老年人喜欢待在自己家中。
  3. She leaves home at 7 every day.
     她每天7点钟离家。
  4. the family home
     家庭住宅
  5. While travelling she missed the comforts of home.
     旅行期间她想念家里的舒适。
  6. He left home (= left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen.
     他十六岁时离家独立生活。
  7. Nowadays a lot of people work from home .
     如今有很多人在家工作。
  8. I'll call you from home later.
     我过会儿从家里给你打电话。
  9. We haven't found a home for all our books yet (= a place where they can be kept) .
     我们还没找到存放全部书籍的地方。
  10. stray dogs needing new homes
      需要新家的流浪狗

习惯用语

n.

at home
• 在家里
  in a person's own house, flat/apartment, etc.
• I phoned you last night, but you weren't at home.
  我昨晚给你打电话了，但你不在家。
• Oh no, I left my purse at home.
  该死，我把钱包落在家里了。
• He lived at home (= with his parents) until he was thirty.
  他一直和父母同住到三十岁。
• 舒适自在；无拘无束
  comfortable and relaxed
• Sit down and make yourself at home .
  坐下，别拘束。
• Simon feels very at home on a horse.
  西蒙骑马得心应手。
• 在本国；在国内
  in sb's own country, not in a foreign country
• The president is not as popular at home as he is abroad.
  总统在国内不如在国外受欢迎。
• （比赛队）在主场
  if a sports team plays at home , it plays in the town, etc. that it comes from
• Leeds are playing at home this weekend.
  本周末利兹队将在主场进行比赛。
• Is the match on Saturday at home or away?
  星期六的比赛是在主场还是在客场？
away from home
• 离开家
  away from a person's own house, flat/apartment, etc.
• He works away from home during the week.
  他除了周末都在外工作。
• I don't want to be away from home for too long.
  我不想离家时间太长。
• （比赛队）在客场
  if a sports team plays away from home , it plays in the town, etc. that its opponent comes from
a home from home
• 像家一样舒适自在的地方
  a place where you feel relaxed and comfortable as if you were in your own home
home is where the heart is
• 家乃心之所系
  a home is where the people you love are
home sweet home
• 可爱的家；家总是家
  used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)
set up home
• （尤指夫妇）建立家庭，成家
  (used especially about a couple) to start living in a new place
• They got married and set up home together in Hull.
  他们结婚了，一同在赫尔建立了新家。
when he's, it's, etc. at home
• （加强疑问语气）到底，究竟
  used to emphasize a question about sb/sth
• Who's she when she's at home? (= I don't know her)
  她到底是谁？
charity begins at home
• 博爱始于自家
  you should help and care for your own family, etc. before you start helping other people
close to home
• （话语或讨论的话题）因点中要害而使人局促不安（或尴尬）
  if a remark or topic of discussion is close to home , it is accurate or connected with you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed
• Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home.
  她说我的那些话使我尴尬不已。
eat sb out of house and home
• 把某人吃穷
  to eat a lot of sb else's food
an Englishman's home is his castle
• 英格兰人的家就是他的城堡
  a person's home is a place where they can be private and safe and do as they like
your spiritual home
• 在精神上认同的某个地方；精神家园
  the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there

adv.

be home and dry
• 做成某事（尤指难事）
  to have done sth successfully, especially when it was difficult
• I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry.
  我能看见终点线了，我想我终于成功了。
bring home the bacon
• 成功；挣到养家糊口的钱
  to be successful at sth; to earn money for your family to live on
bring sth home to sb
• 使某人了解某事的重要性（或艰难、严重程度）
  to make sb realize how important, difficult or serious sth is
• The television pictures brought home to us the full horror of the attack.
  电视画面使我们充分地了解这次袭击有多么恐怖。
come home to sb
• 使人（痛苦地）完全明白
  to become completely clear to sb, often in a way that is painful
• It suddenly came home to him that he was never going to see Julie again.
  他突然明白他再也见不到朱莉了。
sth comes home to roost
• 自食恶果；报应到自己身上
  used to say that if sb says or does sth bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future
hit/strike home
• （言语等）正中要害，说到点子上
  if a remark, etc. hits/strikes home , it has a strong effect on sb, in a way that makes them realize what the true facts of a situation are
• Her face went pale as his words hit home.
  他的话切中要害，她的脸变白了。
till the cows come home
• 很长时间；永远
  for a very long time; for ever
drive sth home (to sb)
• 把…讲透彻；阐明；使充分理解
  to make sb understand or accept sth by saying it often, loudly, angrily, etc.
• You will really need to drive your point home.
  你的确需要把你的观点阐释清楚。
the lights are on but nobody's home
• 稀里糊涂；没头脑；心不在焉
  used to describe sb who is stupid, not thinking clearly or not paying attention
press sth home
• 坚持不懈；争辩到底
  to get as much advantage as possible from a situation by attacking or arguing in a determined way
• to press home an attack/an argument/a point
  把进攻 / 论证 / 论点坚持到底
• Simon saw she was hesitating and pressed home his advantage.
  西蒙见她犹豫不决，便趁机占尽优势。
ram sth↔home
• 强调（想法、论点等）以使人接受
  to emphasize an idea, argument, etc. very strongly to make sure people listen to it
romp home/to victory
• 轻易地取胜
  to easily win a race or competition
• Their horse romped home in the 2 o'clock race.
  他们的马在两点钟的比赛中轻而易举地获得了胜利。
• The Dutch team romped to a 5–1 victory over Celtic.
  荷兰队以5：1轻松战胜了凯尔特队。
nothing (much) to write home about
• 不特别好；很普通；一般
  not especially good; ordinary

牛津词典

noun

房子等 house, etc.
• 家；住所
  the house or flat/apartment that you live in, especially with your family
  1. We are not far from my home now.
     我们现在离我家不远了。
  2. Old people prefer to stay in their own homes.
     老年人喜欢待在自己家中。
  3. She leaves home at 7 every day.
     她每天7点钟离家。
  4. the family home
     家庭住宅
  5. While travelling she missed the comforts of home.
     旅行期间她想念家里的舒适。
  6. He left home (= left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen.
     他十六岁时离家独立生活。
  7. Nowadays a lot of people work from home .
     如今有很多人在家工作。
  8. I'll call you from home later.
     我过会儿从家里给你打电话。
  9. We haven't found a home for all our books yet (= a place where they can be kept) .
     我们还没找到存放全部书籍的地方。
  10. stray dogs needing new homes
      需要新家的流浪狗
• （可买卖的）房子，住宅，寓所
  a house or flat/apartment, etc., when you think of it as property that can be bought and sold
  1. a holiday/summer home
     假日 / 消夏寓所
  2. A lot of new homes are being built on the edge of town.
     小镇外围正在兴建很多新房屋。
  3. Private home ownership is increasing faster than ever.
     私有房产正以前所未有的速度增长。
  4. They applied for a home improvement loan.
     他们申请了房屋修缮贷款。
城镇；国家 town/country
• 家乡；故乡；定居地
  the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to
  1. I often think about my friends back home .
     我常常想起老家的朋友。
  2. Jane left England and made Greece her home.
     简离开了英国，在希腊安了家。
  3. Jamaica is home to over two million people.
     牙买加是两百多万人的家乡。
家庭 family
• 家庭
  used to refer to a family living together, and the way it behaves
  1. She came from a violent home.
     她出身于一个有暴力行为的家庭。
  2. He had always wanted a real home with a wife and children.
     他一直想要一个有妻子和孩子的真正的家庭。
老年人；孩子 for old people/children
• 养老院；养育院
  a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others
  1. a children's home
     儿童之家
  2. an old people's home
     养老院
  3. a retirement home
     退休疗养院
  4. a home for the mentally ill
     精神病院
  5. She has lived in a home since she was six.
     她从六岁起就在保育院生活。
宠物 for pets
• 收养所
  a place where pets with no owner are taken care of
  1. a dogs'/cats' home
     狗 / 猫之家
动植物 of plant/animal
• 生息地；栖息地；产地
  the place where a plant or animal usually lives; the place where sb/sth can be found
  1. This region is the home of many species of wild flower.
     这个地区有很多种类的野花。
  2. The tiger's home is in the jungle.
     老虎栖息在丛林里。
  3. The Rockies are home to bears and mountain lions.
     落基山脉中有熊和美洲狮生存。
发祥地 where sth first done
• 发源地；发祥地
  the place where sth was first discovered, made or invented
  1. New Orleans, the home of jazz
     新奥尔良，爵士乐的发源地
  2. Greece, the home of democracy
     希腊，民主的发祥地

adj.

家 where you live
• 家的；家庭的
  connected with the place where you live
  1. home life (= with your family)
     家庭生活
  2. a person's home address/town
     家庭地址；家乡
  3. We offer customers a free home delivery service.
     我们为客户提供免费送货上门的服务。
家里做 / 用 made/used at home
• 在家里做的；家用的
  made or used at home
  1. home movies
     家庭电影
  2. home cooking
     家常饭菜
  3. a home computer
     家用电脑
本国 own country
• 本国的；国内的
  connected with your own country rather than foreign countries
  1. products for the home market
     为国内市场生产的产品
  2. home news/affairs
     国内新闻 / 事件
体育运动 in sport
• 主场的
  connected with a team's own sports ground
  1. a home match/win
     主场比赛 / 胜利
  2. the home team
     主队
  3. Rangers were playing in front of their home crowd .
     巡游者队在主场观众面前比赛。

adv.

居住地 where you live
• 到家；向家；在家
  to or at the place where you live
  1. Come on, it's time to go home .
     快点，该回家了。
  2. What time did you get home last night?
     你昨晚什么时间到家的？
  3. The trip has been exhausting and I'll be glad to be home .
     这个旅程令人疲惫不堪，要是能回家就好了。
  4. After a month, they went back home to America.
     一个月之后，他们返回了美国。
  5. It was a lovely day so I walked home.
     那天天气很好，所以我走路回家了。
  6. Anna will drive me home after work.
     下班后安娜会开车送我回家。
  7. Hopefully the doctors will allow her home tomorrow.
     明天医生可望会允许她回家。
  8. I like to stay home in the evenings.
     我喜欢晚上待在家里。
正确位置 into correct position
• 到正确的位置
  into the correct position
  1. She leaned on the door and pushed the bolt home.
     她倚在门上，上好了门闩。
  2. He drove the ball home (= scored a goal) from 15 metres.
     他从15米远处劲射破门得分。
  3. The torpedo struck home on the hull of the ship.
     鱼雷正击中船身。

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES 名词、形容词和副词用法

• N-COUNT 家;住宅;住所
  Someone'shomeis the house or flat where they live.
  1. Last night they stayed at home and watched TV...
     昨晚他们呆在了家里看电视。
  2. ...his home in Hampstead.
     他位于汉普斯特德的住所
  3. ...the allocation of land for new homes.
     新建住宅用地的划拨
• N-UNCOUNT （强调归属感的）家，家乡，祖国
  You can usehometo refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place.
  1. She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad...
     她经常在国内外演出自己的作品。
  2. His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years...
     父亲在吉姆5岁前的大部分时间里都在外地工作。
  3. At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father...
     达妮埃尔17岁时，父亲让她离开了家。
  4. Ms Highsmith has made Switzerland her home...
     海史密斯女士已经在瑞士安了家。
  5. Warwick is home to some 550 international students...
     华威大学约有550名外国留学生。
  6. Brian decided to leave the UK and set up home in Southern Spain...
     布赖恩决定离开英国，去西班牙南部定居。
  7. He has moved back to his home town of Miami.
     他已经搬回了自己的家乡迈阿密。
• ADV 向家;在家
  Homemeans to or at the place where you live.
  1. His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home...
     他的妻子感到有些不舒服，想要回家。
  2. I'll telephone you as soon as I get home...
     我一到家就给你打电话。
  3. Hi, Mom, I'm home!...
     嘿，妈妈，我回家了！
  4. Company officials say striking union members should stay home today.
     公司管理人员说参加罢工的工会会员今天应该呆在家里。
• ADJ 在家里做（或进行）的
  Homemeans made or done in the place where you live.
  1. ...cheap but healthy home cooking...
     便宜而健康的家常菜
  2. All you have to do is make a home video.
     你要做的就是拍一段家庭录像片。
• ADJ 本国的;国内的
  Homemeans relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.
  1. Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
     欧洲软件公司的国内市场仍在增长中。
  2. ...the Guardian's home news pages.
     《卫报》的国内新闻版
• N-COUNT 养老院;疗养院;养育院
  Ahomeis a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them.
  1. It's going to be a home for handicapped children.
     这将是一家残疾儿童福利院。
  2. ...an old people's home.
     养老院
• N-COUNT 家庭
  You can refer to a family unit as ahome.
  1. She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet...
     她至少为哈丽雅特提供了一个安宁关爱的家。
  2. Single-parent homes are commonplace.
     单亲家庭很普遍。
• N-SING 发源地;发祥地;产地;生息地
  If you refer to thehome ofsomething, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.
  1. This south-west region of France is the home of claret.
     法国西南部的这个地区是干红葡萄酒的产地。
• N-COUNT 适于存放…的地方
  If you find ahome forsomething, you find a place where it can be kept.
  1. The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.
     该设备本身正变得越来越小，越来越轻巧，也越来越便于存放。
• ADV 击中要害地;彻底地;深切地;切实地
  If you press, drive, or hammer somethinghome, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible.
  1. It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.
     现在要靠我们大家对此问题进行辩论，并尽可能将论点阐述清楚。
• N-UNCOUNT （比赛的）主场
  When a sports team playsat home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground.
  1. I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away.
     我在两场对阵巴塞罗那队的比赛中都进了球;我们在主场战平，在客场赢了他们。
  2. Homeis also an adjective.
     
  3. All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.
     3个人都是切尔西队的球迷，一起观看了所有的主场比赛。
• PHRASE 像在家一样舒适自在;无拘束
  If you feelat home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.
  1. He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home...
     他英语说得非常好，见到我们显得很高兴，我们很快就不拘束了。
  2. I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church.
     我在任何一个新教教会都不是特别自在。
• PHRASE 使清楚地领会;使深切地感到
  Tobringsomethinghome tosomeone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
  1. Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
     他们发人深省的对话使在座的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所从事的严肃而有价值的工作。
• PHRASE 大功告成;稳操胜券
  If you say that someone is, in British Englishhome and dry, or in American Englishhome free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
  1. The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry.
     首相和温和派还未大功告成。
• PHRASE 切中要害;使人接受（或认清）事实
  If a situation or what someone sayshits homeorstrikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize.
  1. Did the reality of war finally hit home?...
     人们终于认清战争的现实了吗？
  2. Israeli officials say that message struck home.
     以色列官员说这一信息切中了要害。
• PHRASE 像家里一样舒适的地方
  You can saya home from homein British English ora home away from homein American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home.
  1. Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.
     很多度假屋都像自家一样，里面有微波炉、洗碗机、电视机和录像机。
• 请别拘束;请随便
  If you say to a guest 'Make yourself at home', you are making them feel welcome and inviting them to behave in an informal, relaxed way.
• PHRASE 平平常常;没有什么特别有趣的地方
  If you say that something isnothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting.
  1. So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
     这么说，在沃尔瑟姆斯托度过的一个沉闷的周一下午没什么值得大书特书的，是吗？
• PHRASE 击中目标
  If something that is thrown or firedstrikes home, it reaches its target.
  1. Only two torpedoes struck home.
     只有两枚鱼雷击中了目标。

PHRASAL VERB USES 短语动词用法

英英释义

noun

• housing that someone is living in
  1. he built a modest dwelling near the pond
  2. they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
  Synonym:dwellingdomicileabodehabitationdwelling house
• an institution where people are cared for
  1. a home for the elderly
  Synonym:nursing homerest home
• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
  1. he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
  Synonym:home platehome baseplate
• a social unit living together
  1. he moved his family to Virginia
  2. It was a good Christian household
  3. I waited until the whole house was asleep
  4. the teacher asked how many people made up his home
  Synonym:familyhouseholdhousemenage
• the country or state or city where you live
  1. Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home
  2. his home is New Jersey
• the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
  Synonym:base
• where you live at a particular time
  1. deliver the package to my home
  2. he doesn't have a home to go to
  3. your place or mine?
  Synonym:place
• place where something began and flourished
  1. the United States is the home of basketball
• an environment offering affection and security
  1. home is where the heart is
  2. he grew up in a good Christian home
  3. there's no place like home

verb

• return home accurately from a long distance
  1. homing pigeons
• provide with, or send to, a home

adj

• relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
  1. my home town

adv

• at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
  1. He stays home on weekends
  2. after the game the children brought friends home for supper
  3. I'll be home tomorrow
  4. came riding home in style
  5. I hope you will come home for Christmas
  6. I'll take her home
  7. don't forget to write home
• to the fullest extent
  1. drove the nail home
  2. drove his point home
  3. his comments hit home
• on or to the point aimed at
  1. the arrow struck home

双语例句

• All you have to do is make a home video.
  你要做的就是拍一段家庭录像片。
• Brian decided to leave the UK and set up home in Southern Spain
  布赖恩决定离开英国，去西班牙南部定居。
• Last night they stayed at home and watched TV
  昨晚他们呆在了家里看电视。
• Israeli officials say that message struck home.
  以色列官员说这一信息切中了要害。
• This south-west region of France is the home of claret.
  法国西南部的这个地区是干红葡萄酒的产地。
• The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.
  该设备本身正变得越来越小，越来越轻巧，也越来越便于存放。
• I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church.
  我在任何一个新教教会都不是特别自在。
• I'll telephone you as soon as I get home
  我一到家就给你打电话。
• Company officials say striking union members should stay home today.
  公司管理人员说参加罢工的工会会员今天应该呆在家里。
• Only two torpedoes struck home.
  只有两枚鱼雷击中了目标。