house

英 [haʊs] 美 [haʊs]

• n. 房屋；住一屋的人；机构；议院；观众；听众；黄道十二宫之一
• v. 给…房子住；储存(某物)；容纳；藏有

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]住宅,房子

   building made for people to live in, usually for one family or for a family and lodgers

2. [S]住在一所房子中的人们,全家人

   people living in a same building

3. [C]用作某种目的的建筑物

   building made or used for some special purpose

4. [C]议院

   group of people who meet to discuss or pass laws

v. (动词)

1. vt. 给…提供住房

   provide with a place to live

2. vt. 收藏

   provide space for sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 房屋，房子，住宅
2. 家族，家庭
3. 机构，社，所
4. 议院，议会
5. 商号
6. 建筑物
7. 观众
8. 家务
9. 王朝
10. 棚
11. 供膳的宿舍
12. 组
13. 剧场
14. 妓院
15. 豪斯（人名）

v. 动词

1. 收藏，是（某物）的贮藏处，把...储藏在房内
2. 住，居住，供给...房子住，收容，留宿，给（某人）提供住处，给...房子用，为...提供住所
3. 覆盖，覆蔽，遮蔽，隐蔽，为...提供掩体
4. 接待，安置
5. 躲藏（到达安全处所）
6. 庇护
7. 【建】嵌入，插入
8. 【海】安置（炮台）
9. 收好（桅木）
10. 给装外罩

adj. 形容词

1. 建筑物的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families;

   "he has a house on Cape Cod"
   "she felt she had to get out of the house"
   

2. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;

   "he worked for a brokerage house"
   

3. the members of a religious community living together

4. the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema;

   "the house applauded"
   "he counted the house"
   

5. an official assembly having legislative powers;

   "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
   

6. aristocratic family line;

   "the House of York"
   

7. play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults;

   "the children were playing house"
   

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

9. the management of a gambling house or casino;

   "the house gets a percentage of every bet"
   

10. a social unit living together;

    "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"
    

11. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented;

    "the house was full"
    

12. a building in which something is sheltered or located;

    "they had a large carriage house"
    

Verb:

1. contain or cover;

   "This box houses the gears"
   

2. provide housing for;

   "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her house is furnished in excellent taste.
   她的房屋布置得非常高雅。
2. They are going to move to a new house next week.
   下星期他们将迁入新居。
3. My dream is to have a big house among peach trees.
   我的梦想就是在桃林间拥有一座大房子。
4. Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
   安静点吧，别把全家人都吵醒了！
5. He designs for a famous fashion house.
   他在一间著名的时装商店当设计师。
6. The failure of the great London banking house was quickly noised about.
   这家伦敦大银行倒闭的消息很快就传遍各地。
7. The party has a working majority in the house.
   这个党在议院中占有大多数的席位。
8. There was one episode, in particular, that held the house from floor to ceiling.
   特别是有一个情景，紧扣全场观众的心弦。
9. His address soon drew a good house.
   他的演说很快地就吸引了大批听众。
10. The 12th house rules our subconscious mind.
    第十二宫统治我们的潜意识。

用作动词 (v.)

1. He tried to feed and house his family.
   他设法为一家人解决吃和住的问题。
2. The library houses about three million books.
   该图书馆收藏了约三百万册书。
3. The classroom can house sixty students.
   教室可容纳六十名学生。
4. The area will house about 12 000 people.
   该区将可容纳约12000人口。
5. Those caves may house snakes or some other wild animals.
   那些洞里也许有蛇或者其它什么野兽。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. My house is within walking distance of the school.
   我的房子和学校在步行可及的距离内。
2. New houses are going up everywhere.
   到处在建造新的住宅。
3. The fire spread quickly from house to house.
   火势由一栋房子向另一栋房子迅速蔓延。
4. The grounds around his house are beautiful.
   他房子周围的庭园很美。
5. Their occupation of the house will expire next week.
   他们在这所房子的居住期下周结束。
6. Everything in this house is in good order.
   这房子里每件东西都井然有序。
7. The house had gone to ruin.
   那所房子荒废了。
8. It took all our savings to buy the house.
   买这所房子用去了我们所有的存款。
9. The house adjacent to the church is the vicarage.
   毗邻教堂的房子是牧师住宅。
10. Our house is adjacent to theirs.
    我们的房子与他们的房子是相连的。
11. All the houses in this project are alike.
    规划中的这批房子都是一样的。
12. The house stood alone on the hill.
    那座房子孤零零地坐落在山顶上。
13. We were surprised at finding the house clean, bright and spacious.
    我们发现房子又干净又亮堂感到惊奇。
14. The teacher was busy correcting our exercise books when we called at his house.
    我们去老师家拜访时,他正忙着批改我们的作业。
15. The house was in a state of complete disorder because of the young children.
    屋里因为有小孩子而凌乱不堪。
16. He was content to die here in the midst of his lands, in the old houses of his fathers.
    他愿意死在这块故土上,死在父辈居住过的房子里。
17. The union's headquarter is in the Transport House.
    工会总部在运输大楼内。
18. These shops belong to the House of Fraser.
    这些商店都属于弗雷泽商号。
19. John works for a brokerage house now.
    约翰现在一家经纪行工作。
20. We had a quick meal at a cheap eating house.
    我们在一家便宜的小餐馆里吃了一顿快餐。
21. We visited the monkey house at the zoo.
    我们参观了动物园的猴馆。
22. She was collecting eggs from the chicken house.
    她正在收集鸡棚里的蛋。
23. Reading is the key to the treasure house of ideas.
    读书是打开知识宝库的钥匙。
24. The Senate approved the bill, but the House voted against it.
    参议院通过了这项议案,但众议院投票反对。
25. The House of Commons is the lower House of the British parliament.
    众议院是英国议会的下院。
26. Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
    安静点吧!别把全家人都吵醒了。
27. The whole house was woken up.
    整个房子的人都被唤醒了。
28. The whole house was ill with the mumps.
    家里人都得流行性腮腺炎了。
29. I stayed awake until the whole house was sleeping.
    直到全家进入了梦乡我才睡。
30. Meals are always late in our house.
    我们家吃饭总是很晚的。
31. The House of Windsor is an ancient house.
    英国温莎王室是一个古老的家族。
32. She is related to a European royal house.
    她与欧洲的一家王室有亲戚关系。
33. The play was taken off after playing to almost empty houses for two weeks.
    这出戏因为两周来几乎没有观众而停演了。
34. Is there a doctor in the house?
    观众中有医生吗?
35. We had a good house.
    观看我们演出的人很多。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He tried to feed and house his family.
   他设法为一家人解决吃和住的问题。
2. Many villagers volunteered to house the flood victims.
   许多村民自愿为水灾难民提供住处。
3. Each apartment could house a family of six.
   每套房能住下一个六口之家。
4. New flats were built to house the oil workers' families.
   新的公寓已建好,是供石油工人的家属居住的。
5. Such a small cottage will never house us all.
   这么一间小屋绝对住不下我们大伙。
6. He uses the house to house the cows.
   他用这房子来圈牛。
7. Those caves may house snakes.
   那些洞里也许有蛇。
8. I must find some place where I can house my books.
   我得找个地方收藏我的书。
9. The library houses thousands of volumes.
   这个图书馆藏书数万卷。
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10. Many married couples are waiting to be housed.
    许多结了婚的夫妇在等待提供房子。
11. The athletes were housed two to a room.
    运动员们被安排两个人住一个房间。

经典引文

• The rich people who lived in the stone and plaster houses of the town.

  出自： J. Steinbeck

• He..housed us without a moment's fuss.

  出自： A. J. P. Taylor

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

bring the house down

赢得观众的掌声 make an audience laugh or applaud loudly

keep house

管理家务 manage the affairs of a household

on the house

由店家〔公司〕负担费用,免费 paid for by the pub., firm, etc.; free

round the houses

到处找人或打听消息 from one person or place to another (especially when trying to get information)

用作动词 (v.)

house in( v.+prep. )

把(某物)放在…; 让(某人)居住在… put sth in or on sth; make sb live in some place
house sb/sth in sth
After work they housed farm tools in a shed.

下班后,他们把农具存放在一间小屋里。
The mill houses its entire staff in apartment buildings.

工厂让全体职工住在公寓大楼里。
All the books were housed in the library.

所有的书都收藏在这个图书馆里。
The library is housed in a fine building.

图书馆设在一座漂亮的大楼里。
Each fountain pen is housed in an elegant casing.

每支自来水笔装在一只精美的盒子里。
The vintage car was housed in a garage.

那辆老式的汽车停放在车房里。
The radar transreceiver is housed in a room adjacent to the display consoles.

雷达发射接收机安置在显示器控制台附近的一间屋内。

house up( v.+adv. )

呆在屋里 make sb stay at house
house sb ⇔ up
I have been housed up for a week with a bad cold.

我因为重感冒在屋里呆了一周。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• break into a house 破门而入
• build a house 建房
• burn down a house 烧毁房子
• buy a house 买房子
• change house 换房
• clean a house 打扫房屋
• destroy a house 毁坏房子
• do up a house 修缮房子
• enter a house 进入房子
• have a house of one's own 自己有房子
• improve a house 改善住房
• keep the house 居家,不外出
• let a house to sb 向某人出租房子
• look about for a house 到处找房子
• manage the house 当家
• move house 搬家
• paint a house 给房子刷漆
• pull down a house 拆房子
• put one's house in order 收拾屋子,进行内部整理
• put up a house 造房
• sell a house 卖房子
• set one's house in order 把房子收拾好
• stay at sb's house 住在某人家中
• take a house for the summer 租一栋房歇夏
• tear down a house 拆毁房子
• bring down a house 博得满场喝彩
• carry the house 博得全场喝彩
• keep a good house 待客周到
• keep an open house 好客

形容词+～

• dark house 阴暗的房子
• empty house 空屋
• magnificent house 富丽堂皇的房子
• modern house 现代化的房子
• nice house 漂亮的房子
• open house 好客之家,对外开放日
• poor house 贫民院,养育院
• popular house 普通的房子
• safe house 安全藏身处
• tall house 高大的房子
• ugly house 难看的房子
• wooden house 木头房子
• free house 出售各酒厂产品的酒店
• full house (剧院、餐馆等)客满
• narrow house 坟墓,墓
• public house 客栈,酒吧
• the lower house 下议院
• the upper house 上议院

名词+～

• brick house 砖房
• chicken house 养鸡场,鸡舍
• country house 乡间别墅
• glass house 暖房,玻璃房子
• stone house 石头房子
• store house 仓库
• summer house 避暑别墅
• town house 市内住所
• banking house 银行
• business house 商店
• opera house 歌剧院
• publishing house 出版社
• station house 警察分局
• treasure house 宝库

介词+～

• as safe as a house 非常安全
• from house to house 挨家挨户地
• in a house 在房内
• out of the house 不在家中

～+介词

• treasure house of folk art 民间艺术的宝库

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• house one friend 为一个朋友提供住房
• house the poor 给穷人提供住处
• house the refugee 为难民提供住房
• house the cows 圈牛
• house the horses 圈马
• house books 收藏书
• house documents 收藏文件
• house pictures 收藏画
• house watches 收藏手表

～+副词

• house abundantly 住房宽敞
• house aristocratically 居住华丽
• house austerely 简朴地居住
• house disreputably 杂乱地居住
• house economically 便宜地居住
• house faithfully 适用地居住
• house hospitably 招待周到地提供住房
• house luxuriously 居住华丽
• house practically 实惠地提供住房
• house safely 安全地居住
• house warmly 热心地提供住处
• house together 住在一起
• house up 呆在家里

～+介词

• house for 为…提供住房
• house in 把…放在…

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. house的基本意思是“住宅,房子”,指用来供人居住的建筑物,强调的是整体建筑,里面可以有人,也可以没人。house有时还可以表示某些具有特殊用途的建筑物,如“运输大楼”“经纪行”等。
2. House可指“议院”。house偶尔也可指住在同一栋房子里的人,即“家人”。引申可指“家族,家系”“观众”。
3. house作“观众”解时是集合名词,其前可加不定冠词a,用作主语时,其谓语动词多用单数形式。house作“全家人”解时,一般用单数形式,其前多有the whole修饰; 用作主语时,谓语动词多用单数形式。

v. (动词)

1. house用作名词时的意思是“房子”,转化为动词意思是“给…提供住房”,这种提供大多是免费的或义务的。house还有“收藏”的意思,指将某物放在一个固定的地方。
2. house在句中多用作及物动词,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

house, dwelling, family, home, residence

• 这五个词都有“家,家庭,家宅”的意思。其区别在于:home指某人出生以及成长的环境或与某人一起居住的地方; dwelling为文学用语,用以同商店、办公室及其他建筑物相区别的住宅; family指的是家庭成员,与居住地无关; house强调人们居住的建筑物本身; residence常指周围大片土地的宅邸,也可指普通的房屋,尤其是自己的住宅。例如:
• There's nothing like home.哪儿也没有家里好。
• Their clothes were in rags and their dwellings were small and poorly furnished.他们衣衫褴褛,住房狭小,家具简陋。
• Because our family is happy and healthy we reckon ourselves fortunate.因为我们一家人幸福健康,我们认为我们是幸运的。
• She offered to help Rose in house keeping when I was not here.我不在时,她主动帮助露丝料理家务。
• Buy a house, build a home.买一所房子,安一个家。
• The President's residence is the White House in Washington,D.C.总统的官邸是华盛顿特区的白宫。

下面各组中短语的意思不同:

• keep house 料理家务
• keep one's house (在某地)居住
• keep the house 呆在家里
• keep open house 好客
• keep the house open 没有闩门
• House Full (戏院等的告示)客满
• full houses 场场爆满

v. (动词)

house, board, harbour, lodge, room, shelter

• 这组词用作动词时,都有“寄住”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.room指“给…提供一个房间住”,仅供睡觉,不包括餐饮与娱乐。
• 2.house指“遮蔽以免受气候等侵袭”(提供有顶盖、有墙、像房屋般的遮蔽)。例如:
• Many villagers volunteered to house the flood victims.许多村民自愿为水灾难民提供住处。
• 3.board主要指“提供膳宿; 包食宿”,而且通常指收费的。例如:
• My aunt boards holidaymakers during the summer.夏天我的姨母收费给度假的人提供膳宿。
• She arranged to board some Chinese students from the university.她安排了这所大学的一些中国学生在她家食宿。
• Mrs. Jones makes a living by boarding students.琼斯太太靠给学生们提供食宿为生。
• 4.shelter指“庇护,遮蔽”,暗示提供庇护场所,使人免受风雨、轰炸等伤害。例如:
• Many southerners sheltered runaway slaves during the Civil War.南北战争之时,许多南方人保护过逃跑的奴隶。
• You can't shelter your brother from blame in the accident.在这次事故中,你无法庇护你的弟弟免受责备。
• 5.lodge指“给某人提供一个地方暂住”。例如:
• They lodged the wanderers for the night.他们为流浪汉提供住宿。
• The motel lodges thirty people a night.汽车旅馆一夜可为30个人提供住宿。
• 6.harbour指“为…提供安身场所”,主要指通过不法的手段来“窝藏”,是一种违反法律的行为,常用作贬义词。例如:
• Harbouring criminals is an offence in law.窝藏罪犯是违法的。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他在5点之前到的家。

   误 He arrived his house a little before five.

   正 He arrived home a little before five.

   析 在表示“回家,到家”时不应用house,而要用home。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的hus，意为住处，避难所，房子。

近反义词

【近义词】

• room
• accommodate
• lodge
• shelter