house

noun

建筑 building

1. 房屋；房子；住宅
   a building for people to live in, usually for one family
   1. He went into the house.
      他进了房子。
   2. a two-bedroom house
      两居室的住宅
   3. Let's have the party at my house .
      我们在我家里聚会吧。
   4. house prices
      房价
   5. What time do you leave the house in the morning (= to go to work) ?
      你早晨几点出门去上班？
   6. We're moving house (= leaving our house and going to live in a different one) .
      我们要搬家了。
2. 住在一所房子里的人；全家人
   all the people living in a house
   1. Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
      安静点，别把全家人都吵醒！
3. 某种用途的建筑物
   a building used for a particular purpose, for example for holding meetings in or keeping animals or goods in
   1. an opera house
      歌剧院
   2. a henhouse
      鸡舍
4. （用于办公楼名称）大厦，大楼
   used in the names of office buildings
   1. Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House.
      他们的办公室在切斯特大厦三楼。

公司；机构 company/institution

5. （从事某种生意的）公司，机构
   a company involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind
   1. a fashion/banking/publishing, etc. house
      时装公司、银行、出版社等
   2. a religious house (= a convent or a monastery )
      宗教会所
   3. I work in house (= in the offices of the company that I work for, not at home) .
      我在公司里上班。

餐馆 restaurant

6. 餐馆；餐厅
   a restaurant
   1. a steakhouse
      牛排餐馆
   2. a coffee house
      咖啡馆
   3. a bottle of house wine (= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, sometimes not listed by name)
      一瓶本店特价酒

议院 parliament

7. 议院；议会；国会
   a group of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country
   1. Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament.
      立法须得到议会两院的一致通过。
8. （英国）下议院，上议院；（美国）众议院
   the House of Commons or the House of Lords in Britain; the House of Representatives in the US

辩论 in debate

9. （统称）参与辩论的人
   a group of people discussing sth in a formal debate
   1. I urge the house to vote against the motion.
      我呼吁参加辩论的诸位投票反对这项动议。

剧院 in theatre

10. 观众席；（统称）观众
    the part of a theatre where the audience sits; the audience at a particular performance
    1. playing to a full/packed/empty house (= to a large/small audience)
       演出座无虚席 / 满座 / 观众寥寥无几
    2. The spotlight faded and the house lights came up.
       聚光灯渐渐熄灭，观众席的灯亮了。

学校 in school

11. （英国某些学校为进行体育比赛或按宿舍将学生分成的）社，舍
    (in some British schools) an organized group of students of different ages who compete against other groups in sports competitions, etc. and who may, in boarding schools , live together in one building

家庭 family

12. 名门世家；望族
    an old and famous family
    1. the House of Windsor (= the British royal family)
       温莎王室

音乐 music

音乐 music

verb

提供住所 provide home

1. 给（某人）提供住处
   to provide a place for sb to live
   1. The government is committed to housing the refugees.
      政府承诺收容难民。

保存 keep sth

2. 是（某物）的贮藏处（或安置处）；收藏；安置
   to be the place where sth is kept or where sth operates from
   1. The gallery houses 2 000 works of modern art.
      美术馆收藏了2 000件现代艺术作品。
   2. The museum is housed in the Old Court House.
      博物馆设在旧法院大楼里。

Pronounced /haʊs/ for the noun and adjective, and /haʊz/ for the verb. The form houses is pronounced /'haʊzɪz/. 名词和形容词读作 /haʊs/，动词读作 /haʊz/。houses 读作/'haʊzɪz/。


1. N-COUNT 房屋;房子;住宅
   A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family.
   1. She has moved to a smaller house.
      她已经搬进了一所小一些的房子。
   2. ...her parents' house in Warwickshire.
      她父母位于沃里克郡的住宅
2. N-SING 住在一幢房子里的人;一家人
   You can refer to all the people who live together in a house as the house .
   1. If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole house...
      如果他把闹钟设在午夜响，那会把全家人都吵醒的。
   2. So I grew up with that feeling that the man is the head of the house.
      因此我从小到大一直认为男人是一家之主。
3. N-COUNT （用于餐饮场所的名称）餐厅，馆，屋
   House is used in the names of types of places where people go to eat and drink.
   1. ...a steak house.
      牛排餐厅
   2. ...an old Salzburg coffee house.
      年代久远的萨尔茨堡咖啡馆
4. N-COUNT （尤用于出版、借贷或服装设计等公司的名称）公司，商行
   House is used in the names of types of companies, especially ones which publish books, lend money, or design clothes.
   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。
   2. Eventually she was fired from her job at a publishing house.
      最后她就职的那家出版社把她解雇了。
5. N-IN-NAMES （用于办公楼、私宅或豪宅名称）大楼，大厦，大宅
   House is sometimes used in the names of office buildings and large private homes or expensive houses.
   1. I was to go to the very top floor of Bush House in Aldwych.
      我正要去奥尔德威治的布什大厦最顶层。
   2. ...Harewood House near Leeds.
      利兹附近的哈伍德宫
6. N-COUNT （英国）上（或下）议院；（美国）众议院
   You can refer to the two main bodies of Britain's parliament and the United States of America's legislature as the House or a House.
   1. Some members of the House and Senate worked all day yesterday...
      一些众议员和参议员昨天工作了整整一天。
   2. The Republicans have majorities in both Houses.
      共和党人在参众两院都占了多数席位。
7. N-SING 全体辩论者;所有辩手
   You can refer to all the people at a debate as the house .
   1. The club is planning a public debate on 'This house believes that journalism has not gained from the introduction of new technology'.
      该俱乐部拟就“我方辩手认为新闻报道并没有从新技术中获益”一题进行一次公开辩论。
8. N-COUNT （英国学校中为进行体育竞赛等所划分的）组，社
   In a British school, a house is a group of children of different ages who compete against other groups in sports and other activities. Each house usually has a name.
   1. He was a prefect and house captain.
      他是班长兼社长。
9. N-COUNT 贵族;名门望族；（尤指）王室，王族
   A house is a family which has been or will be important for many generations, especially the family of a king or queen.
   1. ...the Saudi Royal House.
      沙特王族
   2. ...the House of Windsor.
      温莎王室
10. N-COUNT （剧场、影院或其他娱乐场所的）观众席;全体观众
    The house is the part of a theatre, cinema, or other place of entertainment where the audience sits. You can also refer to the audience at a particular performance as the house.
    1. They played in front of a packed house.
       他们的演出座无虚席。
11. ADJ （餐馆里的葡萄酒）廉价佐餐的，未列入酒水单的
    A restaurant's house wine is the cheapest wine it sells, which is not listed by name on the wine list.
    1. Tweed ordered a carafe of the house wine.
       特威德点了一瓶佐餐葡萄酒。
    2. ...a bottle of house red or white.
       一瓶普通红葡萄酒或白葡萄酒
12. VERB 为…提供房屋（或住所）
    To house someone means to provide a house or flat for them to live in.
    1. Part III of the Housing Act 1985 imposes duties on local authorities to house homeless people...
       1985年《住房法案》的第三部分要求地方政府为无家可归者提供住所。
    2. Regrettably we have to house families in these inadequate flats.
       很遗憾，我们不得不让住户挤在这些狭小的公寓里。
13. VERB 安置;容纳;作为…之用
    A building or container that houses something is the place where it is located or from where it operates.
    1. The château itself is open to the public and houses a museum of motorcycles and cars...
       古堡本身对公众开放，并设有一个摩托车和汽车博物馆。
    2. Many years later, the temple erected in her name was used to house the Roman mint.
       多年后，以她的名义建造的寺庙被改造成了罗马铸币厂。
14. VERB （建筑物）供…居住，供…下榻
    If you say that a building houses a number of people, you mean that is the place where they live or where they are staying.
    1. The building will house twelve boys and eight girls...
       这座房子里会住12个男孩和8个女孩。
    2. Their villas housed army officers now.
       他们的别墅里现在住着军官。
15. See also: boarding house chapter house clearing house council house doll's house full house open house opera house public house Wendy house White House
16. PHRASE (人、表演或演讲）博得全场喝彩，引得哄堂大笑
    If a person or their performance or speech brings the house down, the audience claps, laughs, or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing.
    1. It's really an amazing dance. It just always brings the house down.
       这真是一段精彩绝伦的舞蹈表演，每次总是博得全场喝彩。
17. 很快就打得火热;一见如故;一拍即合
    If two people get on like a house on fire, they quickly become close friends, for example because they have many interests in common.
18. PHRASE （不出去工作而）操持家务，当家
    If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
    1. He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.
       他和一位帮他料理家务的姑妈住在一起。
19. PHRASE （餐馆或酒吧）免费招待的
    If you are given something in a restaurant or bar on the house, you do not have to pay for it.
    1. The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the house.
       店主知道了订婚一事，于是免费请他们喝香槟。
20. PHRASE 管好自己的事;处理好自身问题
    If someone gets their house in order ,puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.
    1. Some think Stempel's departure will help the company get its financial house in order...
       有些人认为斯坦普尔的离职将有助于公司解决自身的财务问题。
    2. The challenge for American leadership is this: Can we put our economic house in order?...
       美国领导层面临的挑战是：我们能否处理好自己的经济问题？
    3. Before you lecture me, Mr Abbey, I suggest you set your house in order.
       阿比先生，在你教训我之前，我建议你先把自己的事管好。

1. Mrs Cade's house was only a few doors down from her daughter's apartment.
   凯德夫人的房子和她女儿的公寓就隔了几户人家。
2. She has moved to a smaller house.
   她已经搬进了一所小一些的房子。
3. If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole house
   如果他把闹钟设在午夜响，那会把全家人都吵醒的。
4. So I grew up with that feeling that the man is the head of the house.
   因此我从小到大一直认为男人是一家之主。
5. 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。
6. Eventually she was fired from her job at a publishing house.
   最后她就职的那家出版社把她解雇了。
7. I was to go to the very top floor of Bush House in Aldwych.
   我正要去奥尔德威治的布什大厦最顶层。
8. Some members of the House and Senate worked all day yesterday
   一些众议员和参议员昨天工作了整整一天。
9. The Republicans have majorities in both Houses.
   共和党人在参众两院都占了多数席位。
10. The club is planning a public debate on 'This house believes that journalism has not gained from the introduction of new technology'.
    该俱乐部拟就“我方辩手认为新闻报道并没有从新技术中获益”一题进行一次公开辩论。
11. He was a prefect and house captain.
    他是班长兼社长。
12. They played in front of a packed house.
    他们的演出座无虚席。
13. Tweed ordered a carafe of the house wine.
    特威德点了一瓶佐餐葡萄酒。
14. Regrettably we have to house families in these inadequate flats.
    很遗憾，我们不得不让住户挤在这些狭小的公寓里。
15. Many years later, the temple erected in her name was used to house the Roman mint.
    多年后，以她的名义建造的寺庙被改造成了罗马铸币厂。
16. The building will house twelve boys and eight girls
    这座房子里会住12个男孩和8个女孩。
17. Their villas housed army officers now.
    他们的别墅里现在住着军官。
18. It's really an amazing dance. It just always brings the house down.
    这真是一段精彩绝伦的舞蹈表演，每次总是博得全场喝彩。
19. He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.
    他和一位帮他料理家务的姑妈住在一起。
20. The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the house.
    店主知道了订婚一事，于是免费请他们喝香槟。
21. Some think Stempel's departure will help the company get its financial house in order
    有些人认为斯坦普尔的离职将有助于公司解决自身的财务问题。
22. The challenge for American leadership is this: Can we put our economic house in order?
    美国领导层面临的挑战是：我们能否处理好自己的经济问题？
23. Before you lecture me, Mr Abbey, I suggest you set your house in order.
    阿比先生，在你教训我之前，我建议你先把自己的事管好。
24. I painted the inside of the house
    我粉刷了一遍房子内部。
25. I've just bought a new house
    我刚买了栋新房子。
26. A week later, Sara and I attended open house at Ted's school
    一周后，萨拉和我参加了特德学校的开放日活动。
27. I left my parents 'house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.
    我离开了父母的家，放弃了我的房产和祖传财产。
28. He went to the wrong house
    他去错了房子。

  family home house【导航词义：家】

  family n. 家庭

〔辨析〕指家庭成员，而非住房。

  home n. 家，家庭

〔辨析〕指居住的地方，也指家庭成员。

  house n. 房子，住宅；一家人

〔辨析〕指住房，也指住在一所房子里的所有人。

  harbour house lodge shelter【导航词义：提供庇护处】

  harbour v. 窝藏，包庇

〔辨析〕指为罪犯提供藏身之处。

  house v. 给…房子住

〔辨析〕指为…提供住房或遮风避雨之处。

  lodge v. 为…提供临时住所，安置

〔辨析〕指在短时间内安置某人，多为战俘、难民等。

  shelter v. 为…提供庇护处

〔辨析〕尤指提供躲避风雨或危险的地方。

n.

bring the house down

• （尤指剧院的演出）博得满堂大笑（或喝彩）
  to make everyone laugh or cheer , especially at a performance in the theatre

get on like a house on fire

• 很快就打得火热；一见如故；一拍即合
  to become friends quickly and have a very friendly relationship

go all round the houses

• 绕圈子；拐弯抹角；不直截了当
  to do sth or ask a question in a very complicated way instead of in a simple, direct way

keep house

• 操持家务
  to cook, clean and do all the other jobs around the house

on the house

• （酒吧或饭店）免费提供的
  drinks or meals that are on the house are provided free by the pub/bar or restaurant and you do not have to pay

put/set your (own) house in order

• 先管好自己的事；律人先律己
  to organize your own business or improve your own behaviour before you try to criticize sb else

set up house

• （在某处）建立家庭
  to make a place your home
  1. They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton.
     他们一同在布赖顿的一个小公寓里安了家。

clean house

clean house

eat sb out of house and home

• 把某人吃穷
  to eat a lot of sb else's food

people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

• 身居玻璃房，投石招祸殃；自身毛病多，勿挑他人错
  you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you

(as) safe as houses

• 非常安全
  very safe

noun

1. play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
   1. the children were playing house

2. a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
   1. he has a house on Cape Cod
   2. she felt she had to get out of the house

3. a building in which something is sheltered or located
   1. they had a large carriage house

4. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
   1. the house was full

   Synonym:    theatertheatre

5. aristocratic family line
   1. the House of York

6. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
   1. he worked for a brokerage house

   Synonym:    firmbusiness firm

7. a social unit living together
   1. he moved his family to Virginia
   2. It was a good Christian household
   3. I waited until the whole house was asleep
   4. the teacher asked how many people made up his home

   Synonym:    familyhouseholdhomemenage

8. an official assembly having legislative powers
   1. a bicameral legislature has two houses

9. the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
   1. the house applauded
   2. he counted the house

10. the members of a religious community living together

11. the management of a gambling house or casino
    1. the house gets a percentage of every bet

12. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

    Synonym:    sign of the zodiacstar signsignmansionplanetary house

verb

1. provide housing for
   1. The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town

   Synonym:    put updomiciliate

2. contain or cover
   1. This box houses the gears