home

noun

1. housing that someone is living in

e.g. he built a modest dwelling near the pond
they raise money to provide homes for the homeless

Synonym: dwellingdomicileabodehabitationdwelling house

2. an institution where people are cared for

e.g. a home for the elderly

Synonym: nursing homerest home

3. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

e.g. he ruled that the runner failed to touch home

Synonym: home platehome baseplate

4. a social unit living together

e.g. he moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep
the teacher asked how many people made up his home

Synonym: familyhouseholdhousemenage

5. the country or state or city where you live

e.g. Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home
his home is New Jersey

6. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Synonym: base

7. where you live at a particular time

e.g. deliver the package to my home
he doesn't have a home to go to
your place or mine?

Synonym: place

8. place where something began and flourished

e.g. the United States is the home of basketball

9. an environment offering affection and security

e.g. home is where the heart is
he grew up in a good Christian home
there's no place like home

verb

1. return home accurately from a long distance

e.g. homing pigeons

2. provide with, or send to, a home

adj

1. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

e.g. my home town

adv

1. at or to or in the direction of one's home or family

e.g. He stays home on weekends
after the game the children brought friends home for supper
I'll be home tomorrow
came riding home in style
I hope you will come home for Christmas
I'll take her home
don't forget to write home

2. to the fullest extent
to the heart

e.g. drove the nail home
drove his point home
his comments hit home

3. on or to the point aimed at

e.g. the arrow struck home

名词、形容词和副词用法（NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES）

1. 家;住宅;住所
Someone's home is the house or flat where they live.

home的近义词

e.g. Last night they stayed at home and watched TV...
昨晚他们呆在了家里看电视。
e.g. ...his home in Hampstead.
他位于汉普斯特德的住所

2. （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.

home在线翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 向家;在家
Home means to or at the place where you live.

e.g. His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home...
他的妻子感到有些不舒服，想要回家。
e.g. I'll telephone you as soon as I get home...
我一到家就给你打电话。

4. 在家里做（或进行）的
Home means made or done in the place where you live.

e.g. ...cheap but healthy home cooking...
便宜而健康的家常菜
e.g. All you have to do is make a home video.
你要做的就是拍一段家庭录像片。

5. 本国的;国内的
Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.

home是什么意思

e.g. Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
欧洲软件公司的国内市场仍在增长中。
e.g. ...the Guardian's home news pages.
《卫报》的国内新闻版

6. 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.

e.g. It's going to be a home for handicapped children.
这将是一家残疾儿童福利院。
e.g. ...an old people's home.
养老院

7. 家庭
You can refer to a family unit as a home .

e.g. 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。
e.g. Single-parent homes are commonplace.
单亲家庭很普遍。

8. 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.

e.g. This south-west region of France is the home of claret.
法国西南部的这个地区是干红葡萄酒的产地。

9. 适于存放…的地方
If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept.

e.g. The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home 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。

10. 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.

e.g. 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。

11. （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.

e.g. 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。

12. 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.

home的反义词

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

13. 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.

home是什么意思

e.g. 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。

14. 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.

e.g. The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry.
首相和温和派还未大功告成。

15. 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.

e.g. Did the reality of war finally hit home?...
人们终于认清战争的现实了吗？
e.g. Israeli officials say that message struck home.
以色列官员说这一信息切中了要害。

16. 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.

e.g. 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。

17. 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.

18. 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.

e.g. 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？

19. 击中目标
If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.

e.g. Only two torpedoes struck home.
只有两枚鱼雷击中了目标。

短语动词用法（PHRASAL VERB USES）

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1. home的解释

1. home：home observation for measurement of the environment; 家庭环境评表