home

US [hoʊm]
UK [həʊm]
Plural Form：homes  Present Participle：homing  Past Tense：homed  

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Home
n.
房子等house, etc.
1.
[c][u]
家；住所the house or flat/apartment that you live in, especially with your family
We are not far from my home now.
我们现在离我家不远了。
Old people prefer to stay in their own homes.
老年人喜欢待在自己家中。
She leaves home at 7 every day.
她每天 7 点钟离家。
the family home
家庭住宅
While travelling she missed the comforts of home.
旅行期间她想念家里的舒适。
He left home(= left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen.
他十六岁时离家独立生活。
Nowadays a lot of people work from home .
如今有很多人在家工作。
I'll call you from home later.
我过会儿从家里给你打电话。
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。
stray dogs needing new homes
需要新家的流浪狗
2.
[c]
（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
a holiday/summer home
假日╱消夏寓所
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。
Private home ownership is increasing faster than ever.
私有房产正以前所未有的速度增长。
They applied for a home improvement loan.
他们申请了房屋修缮贷款。
城镇；国家town/country
3.
[c][u]
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
I often think about my friends back home .
我常常想起老家的朋友。
Jane left England and made Greece her home.
简离开了英国，在希腊安了家。
Jamaica is home to over two million people.
牙买加是两百多万人的家乡。
家庭family
4.
[c]
家庭used to refer to a family living together, and the way it behaves
She came from a violent home.
她出身于一个有暴力行为的家庭。
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
5.
[c]
养老院；养育院a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others
a children's home
儿童之家
an old people's home
养老院
a retirement home
退休疗养院
a home for the mentally ill
精神病院
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
6.
[c]
收养所a place where pets with no owner are taken care of
a dogs'/cats' home
狗╱猫之家
动植物of plant/animal
7.
[sing][u]
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
This region is the home of many species of wild flower.
这个地区有很多种类的野花。
The tiger's home is in the jungle.
老虎栖息在丛林里。
The Rockies are home to bears and mountain lions.
落基山脉中有熊和美洲狮栖息。
发祥地where sth first done
8.
[sing]
the ~ of sth
发源地；发祥地the place where sth was first discovered, made or invented
New Orleans, the home of jazz
新奥尔良，爵士乐的发源地
Greece, the home of democracy
希腊，民主的发祥地
IDM
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.
糟了，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。
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。
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。
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？
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.
糟了，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 playsat 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？
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。
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 playsaway 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（有时有反讽意思，指并不愉快）used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)
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。
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。
Who's she when she's at home?(= I don't know her)
她到底是谁？
when hes, its, 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？
adj.
adv.
IDM
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。
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
(informal)
成功；挣到养家糊口的钱to be successful at sth; to earn money for your family to live on
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。
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。
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。
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
Her face went pale as his words hit home.
他的话切中要害，她的脸变白了。
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。
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1.
Their partners were then asked how much tension there was at home and how often the couple argued.
而他们的伴侣则被询问家庭生活中有多少矛盾，夫妻间多久争吵一次。
ér tā men de bàn lǚ zé bèi xún wèn jiā tíng shēng huó zhōng yǒu duō shao máo dùn , fū qī jiān duō jiǔ zhēng chǎo yī cì 。
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2.
Software is a form of intellectual property and is entitled to just as much protection as real property like your car or your home.
软件是知识产权的一种形式，而且应该受到和你的不动产，如汽车或者房子等一样的保护。
ruǎn jiàn shì zhī shi chǎn quán de yī zhǒng xíng shì , ér qiě yīng gāi shòu dào hé nǐ de bú dòng chǎn , rú qì chē huò zhě fáng zi děng yí yàng de bǎo hù 。
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3.
The key to how much further home prices fall, Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius said, is how fast the glut of empty homes is absorbed.
高盛经济专家JanHatzius指出，房价会跌到什么地步的关键，是这些供应过剩的空房子被消化的速度有多快。
gāo shèng jīng jì zhuān jiā JanHatzius zhǐ chū , fáng jià huì diē dào shén me dì bù de guān jiàn , shì zhè xiē gōng yìng guò shèng de kōng fáng zǐ bèi xiāo huà de sù dù yǒu duō kuài 。
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4.
Promising to help her return home, the clerk brought her to the government office who found her lodging in a civilian's house.
何文书即答应想办法送她回家，并把她带到村公所，由村干部安置在一位老乡家里先住下来。
hé wén shū jí dā ying xiǎng bàn fǎ sòng tā huí jiā , bìng bǎ tā dài dào cūn gōng suǒ , yóu cūn gàn bù ān zhì zài yī wèi lǎo xiāng jiā lǐ xiān zhù xià lái 。
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5.
When I got home from work the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the garden weeded , and the walks swept.
等我第二天晚上下班回到家，草坪已修整好了，花园除了草，人行道也清扫过了。
děng wǒ dì èr tiān wǎn shang xià bān huí dào jiā , cǎo píng yǐ xiū zhěng hǎo le , huā yuán chú le cǎo , rén xíng dào yě qīng sǎo guò le 。
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I try to have one with me at all times but sometimes I'll forget it in the studio or leave one at home, so they can be a bit scattered.
我努力想要有一个和我在任何时候都可能会把它给忘了，但有时我在录音棚离开一个在家里，所以他们可能会有点分散。
wǒ nǔ lì xiǎng yào yǒu yī gè hé wǒ zài rèn hé shí hou dōu kě néng huì bǎ tā gěi wàng le , dàn yǒu shí wǒ zài lù yīn péng lí kāi yī gè zài jiā lǐ , suǒ yǐ tā men kě néng huì yǒu diǎn fēn sàn 。
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7.
Her niece was killed as she walked home, by a stray bullet from a firefight between the police and traffickers.
走回家的时候，她的侄女被因警方与贩毒团伙交火射出一颗流弹毙命。
zǒu huí jiā de shí hou , tā de zhí nǚ bèi yīn jǐng fāng yǔ fàn dú tuán huǒ jiāo huǒ shè chū yī kē liú dàn bì mìng 。
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8.
Soon I would go back to the place I'd left a few months earlier, but I knew well what was going on at home.
不久，我将回到自己离开了几个月家里，我清楚地知道，在离开的日子里家里发生了什么？
bù jiǔ , wǒ jiāng huí dào zì jǐ lí kāi le jǐ gè yuè jiā lǐ , wǒ qīng chǔ de zhī dào , zài lí kāi de rì zǐ lǐ jiā lǐ fā shēng le shén me ?
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Ferris had come from Paris to his father's funeral which had taken place the week before in his home town in Georgia.
摩天来自巴黎，他父亲的葬礼而发生了一周前在他的家乡格鲁吉亚。
mó tiān lái zì bā lí , tā fù qīn de zàng lǐ ér fā shēng le yī zhōu qián zài tā de jiā xiāng gé lǔ jí yà 。
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I walked home flooded with an urgency I should have felt back in March. I was crazy about him and the choice was easy.
走回家的路上我满脑子的焦急——其实三月份的时候我就应该着急了。
zǒu huí jiā de lù shang wǒ mǎn nǎo zi de jiāo jí —— qí shí sān yuè fèn de shí hou wǒ jiù yīng gāi zháo jí le 。
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