美
[hoʊm]
the house where one lives; a house; the place where one was born or habitually lives
the house and family one belongs to
a place where a plant or animal can be found living or growing wild, especially in large numbers; the place where sth was originally discovered, made, or developed
a place for the care of a group of people or animals of the same type, who do not live with a family
the finishing line of race
of or being a home, place of origin, or base of operation
not foreign; domestic
prepared, done, or intended for use in a home
played or playing at one's own sports field, rather than that of an opponent
to or at one's home
as far as possible or to the right place
"deliver the package to my home"
"he doesn't have a home to go to"
"your place or mine?"
"he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
"they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
"Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"
"his home is New Jersey"
"he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
"the United States is the home of basketball"
"home is where the heart is"
"he grew up in a good Christian home"
"there's no place like home"
"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"
"a home for the elderly"
"a home game"
"my home town"
"the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"
"the nation's internal politics"
"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"
"the arrow struck home"
"drove the nail home"
"drove his point home"
"his comments hit home"
"homing pigeons"
When their business compels them to be away from home.
出自： G. B. Shaw
Every family in America deserves a decent home, whether a farmhouse or a city apartment.
出自： Lyndon B. Johnson
Home is the place we have to leave in order to grow up.
出自： M. Ignatieff
Stray dogs and cats Anna always kept until she found them homes.
出自： G. Stein
If we have a dog that has, perhaps, turned on a child, then we home it where there are no children.
出自：Maidenhead Advertiser
He worked automatically till it was time to go home.
出自： D. H. Lawrence
He liked to explain that he was doing well. He wrote home about it.
出自： M. Callaghan
在盛宴款待约翰那些朋友的三周里,我们都快倾家荡产了。
我宁愿晚点下班,也不愿把活带回家干。
Don't worry,I'll bring you home.
不用担心,我会带你回家的。
我喜欢邀请朋友到家作客,并使他们受到家里人的热烈欢迎。 bring sth home to sb
The situation brings home to us the need for drastic preventive measures.
这种情况使我们深切地感到,采取坚决的预防措施是必要的。
You must bring home to John what the difficulty is.
你必须使约翰了解困难是什么。
You must bring home to Jimmy that we don't have enough money.
你必须使吉米相信我们的钱不够。 bring sth home to sb
The courts are making efforts to bring their crimes home to the young people.
法官们正竭力证实那些年轻人有罪。
我们必须使他彻底明白困难在哪儿。
我似乎无法使儿子能明白,现在花在学习上的额外时间将来会有回报的。
The speaker got his point home, and many of his listeners were ashamed.
讲演者把话说到点子上了,很多听众都感到惭愧。
误 I arranged to go my friend's home for tea.
正 I arranged to go to my friend's home for tea.
析 如果home前有名词所有格或物主代词,则 home 用作名词,要加适当的介词。
误 He abandoned his cosy family.
正 He abandoned his cosy home.
析 本句的意思是舍弃了舒适的家(庭条件),而不是“弃家人于不顾”,应该用home。误句的意思是“抛妻弃子”。
误 He was born into a doctor's home.
正 He was born into a doctor's family.
析 be born into home不一定说明出身, be born into family(家庭)才表示某人的出身。
误 He didn't know whether to wait or go to home.
正 He didn't know whether to wait or go home.
析 跟在come, go, arrive, get, send, take, bring等动态动词后面的 home为副词,不应加介词。
误 Is he at home from work?
正 Is he home from work?
析 be home可以表示“(下班)回家”“回来”,相当于 return home; be at home 可以表示“在家里”,相当于 in the house。
误 Living home would save the student a lot of money.
正 Living at home would save the student a lot of money.
析 home用作副词时一般与be或go等动态动词连用表示方向。如果与静态动词(如本句中的live)连用时表示位置,一般用at home。
