houses

[ˈhaʊzɪz]
  • 释义

  • 住宅( house的名词复数 );议院;（从事某种生意的）公司;（英国）下议院;

  • 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、

    Many of the clothes come from the world's top fashion houses.

    这些服装中有很多出自世界顶级时装设计公司。

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  • 2、

    Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.

    维多利亚式房屋屋顶高耸，房间布局凌乱，因此可能会显得较为阴冷。

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  • 3、

    The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.

    这个村子里只住了50户人。

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  • 4、

    The earth shook and the walls of neighbouring houses fell around them.

    地面摇晃，周围房屋的墙体在他们身边倒塌。

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  • 5、

    These restored houses overhang a system of quiet canals.

    这些修葺一新的房屋俯视着静静流淌的运河河网。

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  • 6、

    Houses had sprung up out of nowhere on the hills.

    山丘上突然冒出一幢幢的房子。

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  • 7、

    The downstairs of the two little houses had been entirely refashioned.

    两栋小楼的底层已经彻底翻修过。

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  • 8、

    Some of the houses nearest the bridge were on fire.

    离桥最近的一些房屋着火了。

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  • 9、

    During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.

    20世纪80年代，一些出版巨头开始吞并一些较小的公司。

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  • 10、

    Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses.

    屋宇起平地，耕野生人烟。

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  • 11、

    A few guest houses had "No Vacancies" notices in their windows.

    有几家旅社在窗户上贴出了“客满”的告示。

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  • 12、

    Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.

    乡村的房价正在飙升。

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  • 13、

    The fabrics are sold wholesale to retailers, fashion houses, and other manufacturers.

    这些纺织品被批发给零售商、时装店和其他制造商。

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  • 14、

    The houses are being sold because they are surplus to requirements.

    这些因超出需求而闲置着的房子正在出售。

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  • 15、

    The timbers of similar houses were painted with pitch.

    类似房屋所用的栋木刷了沥青。

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