home（复数homes现在分词）

home

英 [h??m] 美 [ho?m]

n.

家；住所；(可买卖)房屋、住宅、住宅；家乡；家乡；居住地；家庭；养老院；收养所；生息地；发源地

adj.

家；家；家；在家；家；家；本国；国内；主场

adv.

回家；回家；在家；到正确的位置

v.

归巢，回家

第三人称单数

homes

复数

homes

现在分词

homing

过去式

homed

过去分词

homed

牛津词典

1

[C, U] 家；住所

the house or flat/apartment that you live in, especially with your family

We are not far from my home now.

我们现在离家不远了。

Old people prefer to stay in their own homes.

老年人喜欢呆在自己家里。

She leaves home at 7 every day.

她每天7点离家。

the family home

家庭住宅

While travelling she missed the comforts of home.

旅行期间她想念家里的舒适。

He left home (= left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen.

十六岁时，他离家独立生活。

Nowadays a lot of people work from home .

如今，许多人在家工作。

I'll call you from home later.

过了一会儿，我从家里给你打电话。

(figurative) We haven't found a home for all our books yet (= a place where they can be kept) .

我们还没有找到地方存放所有的书。

stray dogs needing new homes

流浪狗需要新家

see also stay-at-home

2

[C] (可买卖)房屋、住宅、公寓

a house or flat/apartment, etc., when you think of it as property that can be bought and sold

a holiday/summer home

假日 / 消夏寓所

A lot of new homes are being built on the edge of town.

许多新房子正在小镇外建设中。

Private home ownership is increasing faster than ever.

私有房地产以前所未有的速度增长。

They applied for a home improvement loan.

他们申请了房屋维修贷款。

see also mobile home, second home, stately home

城镇；国家 town/country

3

[C, U] 家乡；家乡；定居地

the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to

I often think about my friends back home .

我经常想起家乡的朋友。

Jane left England and made Greece her home.

离开英国，在希腊定居。

Jamaica is home to over two million people.

牙买加是200多万人的家乡。

家庭 family

4

[C] 家庭

used to refer to a family living together, and the way it behaves

She came from a violent home.

她出生在一个暴力家庭。

He had always wanted a real home with a wife and children.

他一直想要一个真正有妻子和孩子的家庭。

see also broken home

老人；孩子 for old people/children

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