2N-UNCOUNT (強調歸屬感的)家,家鄉,祖國 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. (強調歸屬感的)家,家鄉,祖國
She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad.
她經常在國内外演出自己的作品。
His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years.
父親在吉姆5歲前的大部分時間裏都在外地工作。
At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father.
達妮埃爾17歲時,父親讓她離開了家。
Ms Highsmith has made Switzerland her home.
海史密斯女士已經在瑞士安了家。
Warwick is home to some 550 international students. [+ to]
華威大學約有550名外國留學生。
Brian decided to leave the UK and set up home in Southern Spain.
6N-COUNT 養老院;療養院;養育院 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. 養老院;療養院;養育院
It's going to be a home for handicapped children.
這將是一家殘疾兒童福利院。
...an old people's home.
養老院
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.
她至少爲哈麗雅特提供了一個安甯關愛的家。
Single-parent homes are commonplace.
單親家庭很普遍。
8N-SING 發源地;發祥地;産地;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. 發源地;發祥地;産地;生息地
This south-west region of France is the home of claret. [+ of]
法國西南部的這個地區是幹紅葡萄酒的産地。
9N-COUNT 適於存放…的地方 If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept. 適於存放…的地方
The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for. [+ for]
該設備本身正變得越來越小,越來越輕巧,也越來越便於存放。
10ADV [ADVERB after verb]擊中要害地;徹底地;深切地;切實地 If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible. 擊中要害地;徹底地;深切地;切實地
It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.
現在要靠我們大家對此問題進行辯論,並盡可能將論點闡述清楚。
11N-UNCOUNT [usu atN](比賽的)主場 When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground. (比賽的)主場
I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away.
我在兩場對陣巴塞羅那隊的比賽中都進了球;我們在主場戰平,在客場赢了他們。
Home is also an adjective.
All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.
3個人都是切爾西隊的球迷,一起觀看了所有的主場比賽。
12PHRASE 像在家一樣舒適自在;無拘束 If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in. 像在家一樣舒適自在;無拘束
He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home.
他英語說得非常好,見到我們顯得很高興,我們很快就不拘束了。
I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church.
我在任何一個新教教會都不是特别自在。
13PHRASE 使清楚地領會;使深切地感到 To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is. 使清楚地領會;使深切地感到
Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
他們發人深省的對話使在座的每個人都清楚地認識到紅十字會所從事的嚴肅而有價值的工作。
14PHRASE 大功告成;穩操勝券 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;穩操勝券
The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry.
首相和溫和派還未大功告成。
15PHRASE 切中要害;使人接受(或認清)事實 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(或認清)事實
Did the reality of war finally hit home?.
人們終於認清戰爭的現實了嗎?
Israeli officials say that message struck home.
以色列官員說這一信息切中了要害。
SYN strike home, get through, sink in, be understood
16PHRASE 像家裏一樣舒適的地方 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. 像家裏一樣舒適的地方 [approval]
Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.
很多度假屋都像自家一樣,裏面有微波爐、洗碗機、電視機和錄像機。
17CONVENTION 請别拘束;請随便 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. 請别拘束;請随便 [politeness]
18PHRASE 平平常常;沒有什麽特别有趣的地方 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;沒有什麽特别有趣的地方 [informal]
So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
這麽說,在沃爾瑟姆斯托度過的一個沉悶的周一下午沒什麽值得大書特書的,是嗎?
19PHRASE 擊中目標 If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target. 擊中目標 [written]
Only two torpedoes struck home.
只有兩枚魚雷擊中了目標。
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