home是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with your family -- 家，住宅

  • The senator has two homes - an apartment in Washington and a house in Colorado. 这位参议员有两个家——一个是位于华盛顿的公寓，另一个是科罗拉多的家。

  • He was living on the streets for three months, and his home was a cardboard box. 他在大街上住了3个月了，他的家就是一个纸板箱。

  • Call me at home after four o'clock. 4点之后打家里的电话找我。

  • women who decide to stay at home and look after their children 决定留在家里带孩子的妇女

  • He left home (= stopped living with his parents) when he was 23. 他23岁时离家独立生活。

  • UK More and more couples are setting up home together without getting married. 越来越多的伴侣不结婚就组成家庭。

  • luxury/starter homes 豪华住宅／作为过渡房而买的第一所小房子

  • We had a happy home. 我们有一个幸福的家庭。

  • children from a broken home (= from a family in which the parents had separated) 来自离异家庭的孩子

  • a children's home/an old people's home/a dogs' home 孤儿院／养老院／流狼狗收容所

  • He spent his early years in a home. 他的幼年时期在孤儿院度过。

• 1 someone's or something's place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong -- 出生地，发源地，故乡

  • I live in London, but my home (= where I was born) is in Greece. 我住在伦敦，但我出生在希腊。

  • I was actually born in New Zealand, but I've lived in Hong Kong for so long that it feels like home now. 我实际上出生在新西兰，但我在香港住了这么久，现在感觉就像我的故乡一样了。

• 2 your own country or your own area -- 故国，故乡

  • She loves France, but she misses home. 她爱法国，但是她想念自己的国家。

  • At home we call this "lardy cake". 在我们国家，这叫做猪油饼。

  • UK I wonder what they're doing back at home. 我纳闷他们在国内做什么。

• 3 at or to your house or the place where you live -- 在家；回家，到家

  • Don't worry, I'll be home soon. 别担心，我很快就回家了。

  • US I'm sorry, he's not home right now. 对不起他现在不在家。

  • mainly US The kids were home alone. 孩子们独自在家。

  • She decided to give up and go home. 她决定放弃，回家了。

  • He came home as the dawn was breaking. 他破晓时回到家。

  • Josh was tired so we took him home. 乔西疲倦了，所我我们把他带回了家。

  • I took home a couple of books to read. 我带了一两本书回家看。

  • I'll bring everyone home after the party. 晚会结束后我会把所有人都带回家。

  • When you get home late you don't feel like cooking. 当你回家晚时，就不想还要煮饭了。

  • I hope you made it home safely last night? 我希望你昨晚回家时一路安全？

  • mainly US women who decide to stay home and care for their children 决定留在家里带孩子的妇女

  • We pray all our troops will come home safely. 我们祈祷我们的军队都能平安回国。

  • mainly US I wonder what they're doing back home. 我纳闷他们在国内在做什么。

  • US Back home we call this jelly. 在家乡我们把这叫做果冻。

• 4 relating to the house, flat, etc. where someone lives -- 家里的，居家的

  • home ownership 住所拥有权

  • home improvements/maintenance 居家改善／维护

  • mainly US home prices 住房价格

  • home cooking 家庭烹饪

  • home-brewed beer 家酿啤酒

  • a home computer 家庭用计算机

  • my home telephone number 家庭电话号码

  • His home life is affecting his work. 他的家庭生活影响了他的工作。

  • students who have a difficult home situation 家庭困难的学生

• 5 connected with or done in your own country -- 本国的

  • His books were a success in his home country/market, but failed to find an audience abroad. 他的书在本国市场很畅销，可在国外却没有什么读者。

• 6 relating to the place where a team is based and plays a lot of its games -- 在主场比赛的

  • the home team/side 主队／东道主

  • a home ground 主场

  • a home match/game 主场比赛

  • the home strip (= clothing worn by a team when they play a home match) 主场队服

  • home advantage (= the improved chance of success that playing at home gives to a team) 主场优势