2N-UNCOUNT (强调归属感的)家,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. (强调归属感的)家,家乡,祖国
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。
His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years.
父亲在吉姆5岁前的大部分时间里都在外地工作。
At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father.
达妮埃尔17岁时,父亲让她离开了家。
Ms Highsmith has made Switzerland her home.
海史密斯女士已经在瑞士安了家。
Warwick is home to some 550 international students. [+ to]
华威大学约有550名外国留学生。
Brian decided to leave the UK and set up home in Southern Spain.
6N-COUNT 养老院;疗养院;养育院 A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them. 养老院;疗养院;养育院
It's going to be a home for handicapped children.
这将是一家残疾儿童福利院。
...an old people's home.
养老院
7N-COUNT 家庭 You can refer to a family unit as a home . 家庭
She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet.
她至少为哈丽雅特提供了一个安宁关爱的家。
Single-parent homes are commonplace.
单亲家庭很普遍。
8N-SING 发源地;发祥地;产地;生息地 If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found. 发源地;发祥地;产地;生息地
This south-west region of France is the home of claret. [+ of]
法国西南部的这个地区是干红葡萄酒的产地。
9N-COUNT 适于存放…的地方 If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept. 适于存放…的地方
The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for. [+ for]
该设备本身正变得越来越小,越来越轻巧,也越来越便于存放。
10ADV [ADVERB after verb]击中要害地;彻底地;深切地;切实地 If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible. 击中要害地;彻底地;深切地;切实地
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此问题进行辩论,并尽可能将论点阐述清楚。
11N-UNCOUNT [usu atN](比赛的)主场 When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground. (比赛的)主场
I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away.
我在两场对阵巴塞罗那队的比赛中都进了球;我们在主场战平,在客场赢了他们。
Home is also an adjective.
All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.
3个人都是切尔西队的球迷,一起观看了所有的主场比赛。
12PHRASE 像在家一样舒适自在;无拘束 If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in. 像在家一样舒适自在;无拘束
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,见到我们显得很高兴,我们很快就不拘束了。
I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church.
我在任何一个新教教会都不是特别自在。
13PHRASE 使清楚地领会;使深切地感到 To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is. 使清楚地领会;使深切地感到
Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
他们发人深省的对话使在座的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所从事的严肃而有价值的工作。
14PHRASE 大功告成;稳操胜券 If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful. 大功告成;稳操胜券
The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry.
首相和温和派还未大功告成。
15PHRASE 切中要害;使人接受(或认清)事实 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. 切中要害;使人接受(或认清)事实
Did the reality of war finally hit home?.
人们终于认清战争的现实了吗?
Israeli officials say that message struck home.
以色列官员说这一信息切中了要害。
SYN strike home, get through, sink in, be understood
16PHRASE 像家里一样舒适的地方 You can say a home from home in British English or a home away from home in American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home. 像家里一样舒适的地方 [approval]
Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.
很多度假屋都像自家一样,里面有微波炉、洗碗机、电视机和录像机。
17CONVENTION 请别拘束;请随便 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. 请别拘束;请随便 [politeness]
18PHRASE 平平常常;没有什么特别有趣的地方 If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting. 平平常常;没有什么特别有趣的地方 [informal]
So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
这么说,在沃尔瑟姆斯托度过的一个沉闷的周一下午没什么值得大书特书的,是吗?
19PHRASE 击中目标 If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target. 击中目标 [written]
Only two torpedoes struck home.
只有两枚鱼雷击中了目标。
Quotations
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home! There's no place like home!J.H. PayneClari, the Maid of Milan
Home is where the heart isPliny the Elder
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you inRobert FrostThe Death of the Hired Man
bring/take someone/something home, build a home, buy a home, come home, drive home, feel at home, fly home, get home, go home, head for home, leave home, phone/ring home, return home, ride home, sit at home, stay at home, walk home, work at home➊123