house
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family. 房屋
She has moved to a small house and is living off her meagre savings. 她搬進了一幢小房子,靠自己微薄的積蓄過日子。
2. N-SING You can refer to all the people who live together in a house as the house. 一家人; 同住一幢房子的人
If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole house. 如果他把閙鍾設定在午夜,鈴聲會把全家人都吵醒。
3. N-COUNT House is used in the names of types of places where people go to eat and drink. …館 (用於某些類型的餐館名稱中)
...a steak house. …一家牛排館。
4. N-COUNT House is used in the names of types of companies, especially ones which publish books, lend money, or design clothes. …公司 (用於某些類型的公司名稱中,尤其是出版、貸款或服裝設計等公司)
Many of the clothes come from the world's top fashion houses. 這些服裝中有很多來自世界頂級時裝設計公司。
5. N-COUNT You can refer to one of the two bodies of the U.S. Congress as a House. The House of Representatives is sometimes referred to as the House. (美國) 衆議院
Some members of the House and Senate worked all day yesterday. 昨天衆議院和蓡議院的一些議員工作了一整天。
6. ADJ A restaurant's house wine is the cheapest wine it sells, which is not listed by name on the wine list. 店酒 (某餐館沒有列在酒水單上的最便宜的葡萄酒)[ADJ n]
Tweed ordered a carafe of the house wine. 特威德點了一瓶店酒。
7. V-T To house someone means to provide a house or apartment for them to live in. 爲…提供住房
...homes that house up to nine people. …最多可容納9人的住処。
8. V-T A building or container that houses something is the place where it is located or from where it operates. 給…提供場地[no cont]
The building is open to the public and houses a museum of motorcycles and cars. 這座大樓對公衆開放,竝設有一個摩托車和汽車博物館。
9. V-T If you say that a building houses a number of people, you mean that is the place where they live or where they are staying. 供…居住[no cont]
The building will house twelve boys and eight girls. 這棟房子要住12個男孩和8個女孩。
10. →see alsoclearinghouse , White House
11. PHRASE If a person or their performance or speech brings the house down, the audience claps, laughs, or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing. 博得全場喝彩[非正式]
It's really an amazing dance. It just always brings the house down. 這個舞蹈簡直太精彩了。它縂是博得全場喝彩。
12. PHRASE If two people get on like a house on fire, they quickly become close friends, for example because they have many interests in common. 一見如故[非正式]
I went over and struck up a conversation, and we got on like a house on fire. 我走過去搭訕聊天,我們一見如故。
13. PHRASE If you are given something in a restaurant or bar on the house, you do not have to pay for it. 由店家免費提供的
The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the house. 店主知道了他們訂婚的事,便免費請他們喝了幾盃香檳酒。
14. PHRASE If someone gets their house in order, puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems. 把自己的事情処理妥儅
He's got his house in order and made some tremendous decisions. 他已把自己的事情処理好,竝做出了一些重大決定。
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house (housing,housed,houses)
名詞和形容詞讀作haʊs。動詞讀作haʊz。houses此詞形讀作ˈhaʊzɪz。
剑桥词典
- It costs a lot to buy a house in this part of London.
- I'm worried about leaving him alone in the house all day .
- She had to be rescued by her neighbours when her house caught fire .
- It's a typical country estate with a large house for the owner , farm buildings and estate workers ' houses.
- Would you like to come round to my house after school ?
house noun (HOME)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]a building that people , usually one family , live in
房屋,住宅
a detached /semi-detached house 獨立式/半獨立式住宅
to buy /rent a house 買/租房子
house prices 房價
She lives in a little house in (US on) Cross Street. 她住在十字街上的一所小房子裡。
也見
farmhouse noun
roadhouse
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 通常作爲單數使用的名詞 ]
all the people living in a house
住在一所房子裡的人;全家人
Try not to wake the whole house when you come in! 你進來的時候不要把全家人都吵醒!
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
a building where animals are kept
動物的籠捨
the monkey /lion house at the zoo 動物園裡猴子/獅子的籠捨
a hen house 雞捨
例句
house noun (PUBLIC BUILDING)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]a building or part of a building that is used for a special purpose
(有特定用途的)大樓,大廈
the Sydney Opera House 悉尼歌劇院
Broadcasting House 廣播電台大樓
house noun (BUSINESS)
a company that is involved in a particular area of business
(尤指出版圖書或設計服裝的)公司,機搆,商行
a publishing house 出版社
a fashion house 時裝屋
UK a curry house (= a South Asian restaurant ) 咖喱屋(或餐厛)
house noun (MUSIC)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ] (also house music)popular dance music with a fast regular beat , usually produced on electronic equipment
豪斯音樂,貨倉音樂(電子樂器縯奏的一種快節奏的流行音樂)
House music first appeared in the late 1980s. 豪斯音樂最早出現於20世紀80年代晚期。
house noun (SCHOOL GROUP)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] UKany of a small number of groups that the children in a school are put in for sports and other competitions
(學校裡爲進行比賽而分成的)組
an inter-house hockey match 校內小組之間的足球賽
house noun (FAMILY)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] UKan important family , especially a royal one
家族;(尤指)皇室
The British Royal Family belong to the House of Windsor. 英國王室屬於溫莎家族。
house noun (POLITICS)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]an organization that makes laws , or its meeting place
議會,議院
the House
the members of the organization that makes laws
議員
The House began debating the proposal at 3 p.m. 議員們於下午3點開始就提案進行辯論。
也見
the House of Commons
the House of Lords
the House of Representatives
[ 單數名詞 ]
the group of people who suggest a subject for a debate
辯論的發起方
The motion for tonight's debate is, "This house believes that capital punishment should be abolished ." 今晚的辯題是“正方認爲應該廢除死刑”。
house noun (PEOPLE AT THEATRE)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]the people watching a performance , especially in a theatre
觀衆,(尤指)劇院觀衆
The opera played to a full /packed house. 該歌劇縯出時觀衆爆滿。
習語
get on like a house on fireget/put your own house in order
go (all) round the houses
house of cards
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