home
home
noun
[attrib.]
[no obj.]
at home
homelike
adjective
语源
noun
- the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household
家
I was nineteen when I left home and went to college.
我19岁离家上大学。
they have made Provence their home.
他们在普罗旺斯安了家。
■the family or social unit occupying such a place
家庭
he came from a good home and was well educated.
他来自一个很好的家庭，受过良好的教育。
■a house or flat considered as a commercial property
商品房
low-cost homes for first-time buyers.
为第一时间购房者提供的低价商品房。
■a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates
发祥地；产地；发源地
Piedmont is the home of Italy's finest red wines.
皮埃蒙特是意大利顶级红酒的产地。
■(informal)a place where an object is kept
(非正式)存物处 - an institution for people needing professional care or supervision
（为需要专业护理、监护的人设立的）…之 家，…院，…所
an old people's home.
养老院。 - the finishing point in a race
（赛马的）终点
he was four fences from home.
他离终点还有四个栅栏。
■(in games) the place where a player is free from attack
（游戏，比赛中的）大本营
■(in lacrosse) each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents' goal
（长曲棍球）进攻手
■(Baseball). short for home plate
(棒球)。 home plate 的简称
■a match played or won by a team on their own ground
主场比赛；主队获胜的比赛
[attrib.]
- of or relating to the place where one lives
家的
I don't have your home address.
我没有你家的地址。
■made, done, or intended for use in the place where one lives
家制的；家用的
traditional home cooking.
传统家常菜。
■relating to one's own country and its domestic affairs
本国的；本国事务的
we need to stimulate demand within the UK home market.
我们需要刺激英国国内市场的需求。 - (of a sports team or player) belonging to the country or locality in which a sporting event takes place
（运动队，运动员）主队的
the home side.
主队。
■played on or connected with a team's own ground
主场的
their first home match of the season.
本赛季他们的首场主场比赛。 - (N. Amer.)denoting the administrative centre of an organization
(北美)总部的
the company has moved its home office.
公司迁移了其总部。
- to the place where one lives
回家
what time did he get home last night?.
昨晚他几点回家的？。
■in or at the place where one lives
在家
I stayed home with the kids.
我和孩子们一起呆在家里。
■to the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult
（赛跑）抵达终点；（难事）告终
the favourite romped home six lengths clear.
赛前被人们看好的那匹马以领先整整六个马身的距离抵达终点轻松获胜了。
■to the intended or correct position
到目的地；到正确的地方
he slid the bolt home noisily.
他很大声地把螺栓滑到正确的位置。
[no obj.]
- (of an animal) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it
（动物凭本能）返回
a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds.
12只回到夏天筑巢地的鹅。
■(of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing) fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point
（赛鸽在很远的地方放飞后）飞回鸽舍，归巢 - (home in on)move or be aimed towards (a target or destination) with great accuracy
朝（目的地）移动；对准（目标）
more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions.
朝雷达信号发射了100多枚导弹。
■focus attention on
注意，聚焦于，以…为中心
a teaching style which homes in on what is of central importance for each pupil.
以对每位学生都重要的东西为中心的教学风格。 - [with obj.]provide (an animal) with a home as a pet
把（动物）养作宠物
at home
- in one's own house
在家
■in one's own neighbourhood, town, or country
在国内；在自己居住的小区（城市）内
he has been consistently successful both at home and abroad.
在国内外他一直都很成功。
■comfortable and at ease in a place or situation
舒适，自在
sit down and make yourself at home.
坐下来，不要拘束。
■confident or relaxed about doing or using something
自信地；放松地；驾轻就熟地
he was quite at home talking about Eisenstein or Brecht.
谈到爱因斯坦或布莱希特他简直如数家珍。
■ready to receive and welcome visitors
乐意接待（来访者）
she took to her room and was not at home to friends.
她回到自己的房间，不愿意接待朋友。
■(with reference to sports fixtures) at a team's own ground
（体育比赛）在主场
Spurs drew 1–1 at home to Leeds.
马刺队在主场与利兹联队战成1比1平。
- make (someone) realize the full significance of something
使完全意识到
her first-hand account brought home to me the pain of the experience.
她的第一手叙述使我真切地感受到那种经历的痛苦。
- (of a remark or topic of discussion) relevant or accurate to the point that one feels uncomfortable or embarrassed
（言词，论题）令人不快；令人尴尬
- (Golf)play the second nine holes in a round of eighteen holes
(高尔夫)打后九穴。 比较 go out（见 go）
- (of the significance of something) become fully realized by someone
（事情的重要性）已完全被人意识到
the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara.
萨拉完全意识到了正在发生的一切暴行。
- make something clearly and fully understood by the use of repeated or forcefully direct arguments
（通过反复、直白的论述来）清楚有力地表达
- (of a blow or a missile) reach an intended target
（拳头，导弹）击中目标，命中目标
■(of words) have the intended, especially unsettling or painful, effect on their audience
（言辞）击中要害（尤指使人不安或痛苦）
she could see that her remark had hit home.
她能看出她的话已击中了要害。
■(of the significance or true nature of a situation) become fully realized by someone
（意义，本质）得到充分的认识
the full impact of life as a celebrity began to hit home.
名人生活带来的全面影响开始得到充分的认识。
- (chiefly Brit.)having successfully achieved or being within sight of achieving one's objective
(主英)大功告成；成功在望
at 3–0 up they should have been home and dry.
以3比0领先的情况下他们本来应该取胜的。
- a place where one is as happy, relaxed, or comfortable as in one's own home
家外之家
- (proverb)your home will always be the place for which you feel the deepest affection, no matter where you are
(谚)心之所在即为家；金窝银窝，不如自家的狗窝
- (dated)used as a humorous way of exhorting the driver of a vehicle to drive home quickly
(旧)［催促驾驶员的幽默用 语］快点儿，老兄（别心疼马呀）！
- used as an expression of one's pleasure or relief at being in or returning to one's own home
（用于表达在家里或回家后的喜悦和放松的心情）在家真好；幸亏在家；终于到家了
- (Brit.)start living somewhere on a permanent basis
(英)定居；安家
the couple set up home in Chelsea eight years ago.
这对夫妇八年前在切尔西定居。
- (Brit.)used to add humorous emphasis to a question about someone's identity
(英)（用于询问某人身份时加强幽默语气）…是何许人也
who's Peter when he's at home?.
那位彼得是何许人也？。
homelike
adjective
语源
- Old English hām, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heem and German Heim
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