新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

home

英  [həʊm]
    

[ADJ, ADV, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1在家里做的或进行的

    Home means made or done in the place where you live.

    双语例句

    例:

    cheap but healthy home cooking.

    便宜却健康的家常便饭。

    2本国的

    Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.

    近义词

    domestic

    双语例句

    例:

    Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.

    欧洲软件公司的本地市场仍在不断增长。

    3主场的

    In sport, home refers to a team's own field, rather than the opposing team's field.

    双语例句

    例:

    All three are fans, and attend all home games together.

    3个人都是球迷,并且都一起观看了所有主场的比赛。

    ADV. 副词
  • 1回家 , 在家

    Home means to or at the place where you live.

    双语例句

    例:

    His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home.

    他妻子感觉有些不舒服,想要回家。

    例:

    I'll call you as soon as I get home.

    我一到家就给你打电话。

    2彻底地

    If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible.

    双语例句

    例:

    It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.

    现在要靠我们大家对这个问题进行辩论,并尽可能将论点阐释清楚。

    CONVENTION. 习惯表达
  • make yourself at home

    1请别拘束

    If you say to a guest 'Make yourself at home', you are making them feel welcome and inviting them to behave in an informal, relaxed way.

    双语例句

    例:

    Take off your jacket and make yourself at home.

    请脱下外套,随便些。

    NOUN. 名词
  • homes

    1[C 可数名词]

    Someone's home is the house or flat where they live.

    双语例句

    例:

    Last night they stayed at home and watched TV.

    昨天晚上他们待在家里看电视。

    例:

    The general divided his time between his shabby offices and his home in Hampstead.

    将军的时间一部分在他那破旧的办公室里度过,另一部分在他汉普斯特德的家度过。

    2[U 不可数名词] 家乡 , 祖国

    You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place.

    双语例句

    例:

    She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad.

    她经常在国内外演出自己的作品。

    例:

    His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years.

    在吉姆5岁前的大部分时间里,他的爸爸离家在外地工作。

    3[C 可数名词] 养育院 , 养老院

    A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are cared for, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to take care of themselves or for their families to care for them.

    双语例句

    例:

    It's going to be a home for handicapped children.

    它将成为一家残疾儿童福利院。

    4[C 可数名词] 家庭

    You can refer to a family unit as a home.

    双语例句

    例:

    She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet.

    她至少给哈丽雅特提供了一个宁静的、充满爱的家。

    5[SING 单数型名词] 发源地

    If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.

    双语例句

    例:

    This southwest region of France is the home of claret.

    法国西南部的这个地区是波尔多干红葡萄酒的产地。

    6[C 可数名词] 适于存放…的地方

    If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept.

    双语例句

    例:

    The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.

    该设备本身变得越来越小、越来越精巧,因而也就越来越便于存放。

    7[U 不可数名词] (体育比赛的)主场

    When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own field, rather than on the opposing team's field.

    双语例句

    例:

    I scored in both games; we drew at home and beat them away.

    我在两场比赛中都进了球;我们在主场打成平局,在客场击败了他们。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • homes , homing , homed

    home in

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 把全部注意力集中于…

    If you home in on one particular aspect of something, you give all your attention to it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The critics immediately homed in on the group's essential members.

    批评家们立刻就把全部注意力集中在该集团的关键成员们身上。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] (导弹等)导向

    If something such as a missile homes in on something else, it is aimed at that thing and moves towards it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Two rockets homed in on it from behind without a sound.

    两枚火箭悄无声息地从后面向目标射去。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • at home

    1舒适自在

    If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.

    双语例句

    例:

    He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home.

    他英语说得非常好,见到我们时显得很高兴,我们很快就感到毫无拘束。

  • a home away from home

    1像家一样舒适的地方

    You can say a home away from home to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home.

    双语例句

    例:

    The café seems to be her home away from home these days.

    这些天来,咖啡馆似乎成了她的第二个家。

  • bring something home

    1使…清楚地领会(重要性或严重性)

    To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.

    双语例句

    例:

    Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.

    他们的谈话发人深省,使得在场的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所做的严肃而有价值的工作。

  • hit home , strike home

    1被深刻领会

    If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize.

    双语例句

    例:

    Did the reality of war finally hit home?

    人们最终深刻认识到战争的现实了吗?

  • nothing to write home about

    1平平常常

    If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting.

    双语例句

    例:

    I see growth slightly up, but nothing to write home about.

    我看到稍有增长,但也没什么令人激动的。

  • strike home

    1打中目标

    If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.

    双语例句

    例:

    Only two torpedoes struck home.

    只有两枚鱼雷击中目标。

  • home and dry , home free

    1大功告成 , 稳操胜券

    If you say that someone is home free you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.

    双语例句

    例:

    Just when she thought she was home free, her father spoke from behind her.

    就在她认为已经大功告成的时候,身后传来她爸爸的声音。

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