0 a building that people, usually one family, live in -- 房屋,住宅
1 a building or part of a building that is used for a special purpose -- (有特定用途的)大楼,大厦
the Sydney Opera House 悉尼歌剧院
Broadcasting House 广播电台大楼
2 a company that is involved in a particular area of business -- (尤指出版图书或设计服装的)公司,机构,商行
a publishing house 出版社
a fashion house 时装屋
UK a curry house (= a South Asian restaurant) 咖喱屋(或餐厅)
3 popular dance music with a fast regular beat, usually produced on electronic equipment -- 豪斯音乐,货仓音乐(电子乐器演奏的一种快节奏的流行音乐)
4 any of a small number of groups that the children in a school are put in for sports and other competitions -- (学校里为进行比赛而分成的)组
5 an important family, especially a royal one -- 家族;(尤指)皇室
The British Royal Family belong to the House of Windsor. 英国王室属于温莎家族。
6 an organization that makes laws, or its meeting place -- 议会,议院
7 the people watching a performance, especially in a theatre -- 观众,(尤指)剧院观众
8 to give a person or animal a place to live, or to provide space for something -- 为…提供住处,收容;为…提供空间
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?
The world's finest collection of Impressionist paintings is housed in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Military bases were protected by captured enemy soldiers who were housed there as a human shield.
Hostels are usually provided as a stopgap until the families can be housed in permanent accommodation.