house

[haʊs]
  • 释义
  • n.

    房屋;全家人;（从事某种生意的）公司;（英国）下议院;

  • v.

    给…提供住房;收藏;安置;

  • 词义辨析
  • house, dwelling, family, home, residence
  • 这五个词都有“家,家庭,家宅”的意思。它们的区别在于:home指某人出生以及成长的环境或与某人一起居住的地方; dwelling为文学用语,用以同商店、办公室及其他建筑物相区别的住宅; family指的是家庭成员,与居住地无关; house强调人们居住的建筑物本身; residence常指周围大片土地的宅邸,也可指普通的房屋,尤其是自己的住宅。例如:
    There's nothing like home.哪儿也没有家里好。
    Their clothes were in rags and their dwellings were small and poorly furnished.他们衣衫褴褛,住房狭小,家具简陋。
    Because our family is happy and healthy we reckon ourselves fortunate.因为我们一家人幸福健康,我们认为我们是幸运的。
    She offered to help Rose in house keeping when I was not here.我不在时,她主动帮助露丝料理家务。
    Buy a house, build a home.买一所房子,安一个家。
    The President's residence is the White House in Washington,D.C.总统的官邸是华盛顿特区的白宫。
  • 下面各组中短语的意思不同:
  • keep house 料理家务
    keep one's house (在某地)居住
    keep the house 呆在家里
    keep open house 好客
    keep the house open 没有闩门
    House Full (戏院等的告示)客满
    full houses 场场爆满
  • house, board, harbour, lodge, room, shelter
  • 这组词用作动词时,都有“寄住”的意思。它们的区别是：
    1.room指“给…提供一个房间住”,仅供睡觉,不包括餐饮与娱乐。
    2.house指“遮蔽以免受气候等侵袭”(提供有顶盖、有墙、像房屋般的遮蔽)。例如:
    Many villagers volunteered to house the flood victims.许多村民自愿为水灾难民提供住处。
    3.board主要指“提供膳宿; 包食宿”,而且通常指收费的。例如:
    My aunt boards holidaymakers during the summer.夏天我的姨母收费给度假的人提供膳宿。
    She arranged to board some Chinese students from the university.她安排了这所大学的一些中国学生在她家食宿。
    Mrs. Jones makes a living by boarding students.琼斯太太靠给学生们提供食宿为生。
    4.shelter指“庇护,遮蔽”,暗示提供庇护场所,使人免受风雨、轰炸等伤害。例如:
    Many southerners sheltered runaway slaves during the Civil War.南北战争之时,许多南方人保护过逃跑的奴隶。
    You can't shelter your brother from blame in the accident.在这次事故中,你无法庇护你的弟弟免受责备。
    5.lodge指“给某人提供一个地方暂住”。例如:
    They lodged the wanderers for the night.他们为流浪汉提供住宿。
    The motel lodges thirty people a night.汽车旅馆一夜可为30个人提供住宿。
    6.harbour指“为…提供安身场所”,主要指通过不法的手段来“窝藏”,是一种违反法律的行为,常用作贬义词。例如:
    Harbouring criminals is an offence in law.窝藏罪犯是违法的。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    May we see around the house?

    我们可以参观一下这所房子 吗 ?

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 2、

    The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything.

    屋子里所有值钱的东西都被抢去了.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 3、

    Her house is easily picked out from the rest; it has a large black gate.

    她的住宅很容易和其他的区别开来, 有一个黑色的大门.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 4、

    The farmer peddled his fruit from house to house.

    那个农民挨家挨户兜售他的水果.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 5、

    He took out a fire insurance policy for his house.

    他参加房屋火灾保险.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 6、

    The house sits high on a hill overlooking a lake.

    房子高高地坐落在可以俯瞰湖水的小山上.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 7、

    The house has been full of activity all day.

    房子里整天都很热闹.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 8、

    They will wire the new house for electricity.

    他们将给新房屋安装电线.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 9、

    Shall we walk round to your aunt's house, or take the car?

    我们是走着去你婶婶家, 还是坐汽车去 呢 ?

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    The house she has just bought is no class.

    她刚买的房子是低劣品.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 11、

    As we turned the corner , we came upon a group of men who were waiting for the public house to open.

    我们转过屋角时碰到一群人等着店开门.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 12、

    Blessing has descended upon the house.

    喜临门.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 13、

    The woodcutter had a little house on the fringes of the forest.

    那位伐木工人在森林的外缘有一间小屋.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 14、

    The show had a full house for every performance.

    演出场场爆满.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 15、

    Treat this house as your own, feel free.

    把这所房子当作你自己的好了, 放轻松.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 16、

    The front of the house had been sprayed with white paint.

    房子的正面已喷上了白漆.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 17、

    The house adjacent to ours is under repairs.

    与我家相邻的房子正在修缮.

    《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 18、

    That's the man whose house was burned down.

    这 就是 房子被大火烧了的那个人.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 19、

    The house has a fine situation.

    这房子占了个好位置.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 20、

    The movers stripped the house of furniture.

    搬家工把房子里的家具全搬走了.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 21、

    Our house is white; theirs is brown.

    我们的房子是白色的, 他们的是棕色的.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 22、

    The new law empowered the police to search private house.

    新法律给予警察搜查私人住宅的权利。

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 23、

    The Whites settled down, bought a house, and put on the dog.

    怀特一家定居下来, 买了房子, 大摆其阔.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 24、

    The visitor's gallery in the House of Commons was full.

    下议院的旁听席上坐满了人.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 25、

    We rented the house on the stipulation that certain rooms should be painted.

    我们租这座房子时就约定好某几个房间必须油漆.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 26、

    We had a lot of bother finding our way to his house.

    我们费了很大劲才找到他的家.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 27、

    This house has been in existence for many years.

    这房子可有年头了.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 28、

    That is an empty house.

    那是一座空房子.

    ——《用法词典》
  • 29、

    He sold his house and lives on the proceeds.

    他卖了房子靠房款收入过日子.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 30、

    The house is mortgaged to the bank for twenty thousand dollars.

    这房子以两万美元押给银行.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
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