0 the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with your family -- 家，住宅
a children's home/an old people's home/a dogs' home 孤兒院／養老院／流狼狗收容所
children from a broken home (= from a family in which the parents had separated) 來自破碎家庭的孩子
We had a happy home. 我們有一個幸福的家庭。
UK More and more couples are setting up home together without getting married. 越來越多伴侶不結婚就組成家庭。
He left home (= stopped living with his parents) when he was 23. 他23歲時離家獨立生活。
women who decide to stay at home and look after their children 決定留在家裡帶孩子的婦女
Call me at home after four o'clock. 四點之後打家裡的電話找我。
He was living on the streets for three months, and his home was a cardboard box. 他在大街上住了三個月，他的家就是一個厚紙箱。
The senator has two homes - an apartment in Washington and a house in Colorado. 這位參議員有兩個家——一個是位於華盛頓的公寓，另一個是科羅拉多的家。
1 someone's or something's place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong -- 出生地，發源地，故鄉
3 at or to your house or the place where you live -- 在家；回家，到家
mainly US I wonder what they're doing back home. 我納悶他們在國內在做甚麼。
We pray all our troops will come home safely. 我們祈禱我們的軍隊都能平安回國。
mainly US women who decide to stay home and care for their children 決定留在家裡帶孩子的婦女
When you get home late you don't feel like cooking. 當你回家晚時，就不想還要煮飯了。
Josh was tired so we took him home. 喬西疲倦了，所我我們把他帶回了家。
She decided to give up and go home. 她決定放棄，回家了。
4 relating to the house, flat, etc. where someone lives -- 家裡的，居家的
Older infants may be more likely to have moved around to different foster homes and thus to have suffered more disruptions than younger infants.
The philosophy of these homes is characterized by a very strong emphasis on training the staff.
Large private providers may therefore deliver relatively high quality care, but this tends to be standardised across all their homes.
These limiting factors do not emerge in the accompanying scenario, which presents an unhurried and relatively straightforward assessment of a man living at home.
Other studies indicate that the quality of home and work roles intersect in important ways to predict well-being.
The mediastinal drain is removed on the morning after surgery and the patient is discharged home on the third day.
The data were collected at home parties, lunchtime breaks, and other private venues.
The government has been reducing home-help services and experimenting with privatisation.
