house

n. 房子, 住宅, 机构, 议院, 家族, 家庭
vt. 给...房子住, 收藏
vi. 住, 躲藏
【经】 商店
相关词组:
give sb a lot of house
keep a good house
keep house
keep open house
keep the house
on the house
play house
from house to house
manage the house
as safe as a house
bring down the house
carry the house
clean house
count the house
eat sb out of house and home
get on like a house on fire

名词复数:houses 动词过去式:housed 过去分词:housed 现在分词:housing 第三人称单数:houses 

house

n.（名词）
【复数】 hous.es[hou.zz, -sz] 缩写 ho.


A structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family.
房屋：作为一个人或多个人，特别是作为一家人的住处的建筑物
A household or family.
家庭，家族
Something, such as a burrow or shell, that serves as a shelter or habitation for a wild animal.
洞穴，壳：野生动物当作栖身之所的东西，例如洞穴或壳
A dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit:
会馆：一群人，如学生或宗教团体成员聚居之处：
例句：
a sorority house.
女生联谊会会馆

A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something:
库房，馆：作为住处或用来置放某物的建筑物：
例句：
a carriage house; the lion house at the zoo.
马车车库；动物园的狮子馆



A facility, such as a theater or restaurant, that provides entertainment or food for the public:
剧场，餐馆：为公众提供娱乐或食物的设施，例如戏院或餐馆：
例句：
a movie house; the specialty of the house.
电影院；餐馆的特色菜

The audience or patrons of such an establishment:
观众，顾客：上述场合的观众或顾客：
例句：
a full house.
客满



A commercial firm:
商业机构：
例句：
a brokerage house.
经纪人事务所

A publishing company:
出版公司：
例句：
a house that specializes in cookbooks.
专门出版食谱的出版公司

A gambling casino.
赌场
Slang A house of prostitution.
【俚语】 妓院
A residential college within a university.
大学内附有宿舍的学院


Often House A legislative or deliberative assembly.
常作 House 立法会议，审议会
The hall or chamber in which such an assembly meets.
议院，议事堂：上述会议举行的大厅或会堂
A quorum of such an assembly.
上述会议的法定人数
Often House A family line including ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble family:
常作 House 家系，血统：尤指皇室或贵族家系，包括祖先及后代：
例句：
the House of Orange.
奥兰治家族



One of the 2 parts into which the heavens are divided in astrology.
星宿：占星学中将天空分成十二个部分
The sign of the zodiac indicating the seat or station of a planet in the heavens.Also called In this sense, also called mansion
十二宫：表明一行星在天空中的位置的黄道十二宫也作 在此意义上也可称作 mansion
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用来修饰另一个名词：
例句：
the house wine; house paint.
自酿葡萄酒；自制涂料

v.（动词）
housed,hous.ing,hous.es[houz]
v.tr.（及物动词）
To provide living quarters for; lodge:
供以住房；留宿：
例句：
The cottage housed ten students.
住了十个学生的小屋

To shelter, keep, or store in or as if in a house:
庇护、保存、储藏于屋子中：
例句：
a library housing rare books.
存有稀有书籍的图书馆

To contain; harbor.
收容；隐藏
To fit into a socket or mortise.
插入插座或与榫眼接合
Nautical To secure or stow safely.
【航海】 使安全，安全装载
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To reside; dwell.
居住
To take shelter.
躲避

<习惯用语>like a house on fire 或
like a house afire 【非正式用语】
In an extremely speedy manner:
以极快的速度：
例句：
ran away like a house on fire; tickets that sold like a house afire.
匆忙逃跑；电影票顷刻间销售一空

on the house
At the expense of the establishment; free:
由设立的机构出资的；免费的：
例句：
food and drinks on the house.
免费的食物及饮料

put (one`s) house in order 或
set (one`s) house in order
To organize one`s affairs in a sensible, logical way.
处理妥当：有条理，有逻辑地安排自己的事情
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English hôs
源自 古英语 hôs