| 释义 |
*house¹ /has; haʊs/
n plural houses /`hazɪz; ˈhaʊzɪz/
1 [C] a building that you live in, especially one that is used by a family 房屋，房子; 住宅:
I'm going over to Dean's house. 我要到迪恩的家里去。
2 [singular 单数] all the people who live in a house 同住一幢房子的人，家人:
Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house! 安静点，你会把一屋子的人都吵醒的！
3 [C] a building used for a particular purpose 〔特定目的的〕专用场所:
the Opera House 歌剧院
a hen house 鸡舍
4 [C] a group of people who make the laws of a country 议院:
The President will speak to both Houses of Congress on Thursday. 总统将于星期四向国会两院发表演说。
5 be on the house spoken if drinks or meals in a restaurant are on the house, they are free 【口】 〔饮食〕由店主付钱，免费招待
6 [C] BrE one of the groups into which the children in a school are divided, for the purposes of competing in sports etc 【英】 〔学校为体育比赛等分的〕组，社
→ see also 另见 FULL HOUSE, IN-HOUSE
USAGE NOTE 用法说明: house
A house is a building for people to live in, and usually has more than one level (storey). A cottage is usually a small, old house, especially in the country. A bungalow is a fairly modern house built on only one level. A set of rooms (including a kitchen and a bathroom) inside a larger building is called an apartment or a flat in British English. A small one-room apartment is sometimes called a bedsitter or bedsit in British English. house 是“住宅”，一般都有一层以上的高度; cottage 一般是小而旧的房子，尤指乡间的小屋; bungalow 是指比较现代的平房; 大楼内的一套住房（有厨房和卫生间）称 apartment 或 flat （英国英语）; 只有一间卧室的小套房有时称 bedsitter 或 bedsit （英国英语）。 |