homes

NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES 名词、形容词和副词用法

1. N-COUNT 家;住宅;住所
   Someone's home is the house or flat where they live.
   1. Last night they stayed at home and watched TV...
      昨晚他们呆在了家里看电视。
   2. ...his home in Hampstead.
      他位于汉普斯特德的住所
   3. ...the allocation of land for new homes.
      新建住宅用地的划拨
2. N-UNCOUNT （强调归属感的）家，家乡，祖国
   You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place.
   1. She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad...
      她经常在国内外演出自己的作品。
   2. His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years...
      父亲在吉姆5岁前的大部分时间里都在外地工作。
   3. At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father...
      达妮埃尔17岁时，父亲让她离开了家。
   4. Ms Highsmith has made Switzerland her home...
      海史密斯女士已经在瑞士安了家。
   5. Warwick is home to some 550 international students...
      华威大学约有550名外国留学生。
   6. Brian decided to leave the UK and set up home in Southern Spain...
      布赖恩决定离开英国，去西班牙南部定居。
   7. He has moved back to his home town of Miami.
      他已经搬回了自己的家乡迈阿密。
3. ADV 向家;在家
   Home means to or at the place where you live.
   1. His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home...
      他的妻子感到有些不舒服，想要回家。
   2. I'll telephone you as soon as I get home...
      我一到家就给你打电话。
   3. Hi, Mom, I'm home!...
      嘿，妈妈，我回家了！
   4. Company officials say striking union members should stay home today.
      公司管理人员说参加罢工的工会会员今天应该呆在家里。
4. ADJ 在家里做（或进行）的
   Home means made or done in the place where you live.
   1. ...cheap but healthy home cooking...
      便宜而健康的家常菜
   2. All you have to do is make a home video.
      你要做的就是拍一段家庭录像片。
5. ADJ 本国的;国内的
   Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.
   1. Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
      欧洲软件公司的国内市场仍在增长中。
   2. ...the Guardian's home news pages.
      《卫报》的国内新闻版
6. N-COUNT 养老院;疗养院;养育院
   A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them.
   1. It's going to be a home for handicapped children.
      这将是一家残疾儿童福利院。
   2. ...an old people's home.
      养老院
7. N-COUNT 家庭
   You can refer to a family unit as a home .
   1. She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet...
      她至少为哈丽雅特提供了一个安宁关爱的家。
   2. Single-parent homes are commonplace.
      单亲家庭很普遍。
8. N-SING 发源地;发祥地;产地;生息地
   If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.
   1. This south-west region of France is the home of claret.
      法国西南部的这个地区是干红葡萄酒的产地。
9. N-COUNT 适于存放…的地方
   If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept.
   1. The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.
      该设备本身正变得越来越小，越来越轻巧，也越来越便于存放。
10. ADV 击中要害地;彻底地;深切地;切实地
    If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible.
    1. It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.
       现在要靠我们大家对此问题进行辩论，并尽可能将论点阐述清楚。
11. N-UNCOUNT （比赛的）主场
    When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground.
    1. I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away.
       我在两场对阵巴塞罗那队的比赛中都进了球;我们在主场战平，在客场赢了他们。
    2. Home is also an adjective.
       
    3. All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.
       3个人都是切尔西队的球迷，一起观看了所有的主场比赛。
12. PHRASE 像在家一样舒适自在;无拘束
    If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.
    1. He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home...
       他英语说得非常好，见到我们显得很高兴，我们很快就不拘束了。
    2. I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church.
       我在任何一个新教教会都不是特别自在。
13. PHRASE 使清楚地领会;使深切地感到
    To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
    1. Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
       他们发人深省的对话使在座的每个人都清楚地认识到红十字会所从事的严肃而有价值的工作。
14. PHRASE 大功告成;稳操胜券
    If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
    1. The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry.
       首相和温和派还未大功告成。
15. PHRASE 切中要害;使人接受（或认清）事实
    If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize.
    1. Did the reality of war finally hit home?...
       人们终于认清战争的现实了吗？
    2. Israeli officials say that message struck home.
       以色列官员说这一信息切中了要害。
16. PHRASE 像家里一样舒适的地方
    You can say a home from home in British English or a home away from home in American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home.
    1. Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.
       很多度假屋都像自家一样，里面有微波炉、洗碗机、电视机和录像机。
17. 请别拘束;请随便
    If you say to a guest 'Make yourself at home', you are making them feel welcome and inviting them to behave in an informal, relaxed way.
18. PHRASE 平平常常;没有什么特别有趣的地方
    If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting.
    1. So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
       这么说，在沃尔瑟姆斯托度过的一个沉闷的周一下午没什么值得大书特书的，是吗？
19. PHRASE 击中目标
    If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
    1. Only two torpedoes struck home.
       只有两枚鱼雷击中了目标。

PHRASAL VERB USES 短语动词用法

1. Students are accommodated in homes nearby.
   学生被安置在附近的住家中。
2. One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes
   全世界有1/4的人没有个像样的家。
3. Children from broken homes are more likely to leave home before the age of 18.
   破裂家庭里的孩子在18岁之前离家的可能性更大。
4. Our people are being butchered in their homes.
   我们的人民在自己家里遭到了屠杀。
5. A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes
   邻居车库下面的煤气总管裂开了，煤气渗入了我们家。
6. Hundreds of office buildings and homes developed large cracks in walls and ceilings.
   数百栋写字楼和住宅楼的墙壁和天花板上都出现了裂缝。
7. The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area
   大火正威胁着大约60户人家，居民已经从该地区撤离。
8. Electricity lines to 30,000 homes were gradually being restored yesterday
   昨天，3万户家庭逐渐恢复了供电。
9. We hear of women who run away, leaving behind their homes and families.
   我们听说有女人离家出走，扔下了家人不管。
10. As a fuel it is preferred by top chefs and is used in the majority of British homes
    这种燃料得到了顶级大厨的青睐，并得以在英国大多数家庭里广泛使用。
11. The programme was viewed on television in millions of homes.
    无数家庭通过电视收看了这个节目。
12. The storm wrecked homes in its path.
    暴风雨摧毁了所经之处的房屋。
13. People had lost their homes and all their possessions
    人们失去了自己的家园和所有的财物。
14. Extra safety precautions are essential in homes where older people live.
    在有老人的家里，采取额外的安全防范措施是绝对必要的。
15. Security forces searched thousands of homes, confiscating weapons and stolen property.
    安全部队搜查了数千所住宅，没收了武器和赃物。
16. They say they will stay to rebuild their homes rather than retreat to refugee camps
    他们说他们将留下重建家园而不是躲到难民营里。
17. Many of the 100,000 or so families who lost their homes in the earthquake have still not been rehoused
    有10万户左右的家庭在地震中失去了家园，其中许多家庭还没有得到安置。
18. The Archbishop called upon the government to build more low cost homes for local residents
    大主教呼吁政府为当地居民建造更多低成本的住宅。
19. Retreating soldiers were dousing homes and shops with petrol and setting them on fire.
    撤退的士兵把汽油浇到住宅和商店上，并放火焚烧。
20. They sandbagged their homes to keep out floods.
    他们在房屋周围堆沙袋以抵御洪水的侵袭。
21. They have lost not only their jobs, but their homes, their self-respect and even their reason for living.
    他们不仅丢掉了工作，还失去了居所、自尊乃至生存的理由。
22. 1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.
    已经出售了140万套廉租公房，大部分购买者都是房子的承租人。
23. Thousands of pensioners were persuaded to mortgage their homes to invest in speculative bonds
    几千名领取养老金的人被劝说用自己的住房作抵押去投资投机性债券。
24. Genesis recorded a song which took a swipe at greedy property developers who bought up and demolished people's homes
    吉妮西丝录制了一首歌来抨击那些买下并毁坏人们家园的贪婪的房地产开发商。
25. Their turf was Paris: its streets, theaters, homes, and parks
    巴黎是他们的地盘：那里熟悉的大街、剧院、住宅和公园。
26. There must be many vases, bowls or bottles sitting unrecognised in people's homes
    人们的家里一定有很多不起眼的花瓶、碗或瓶子。
27. The brochure offers a wide choice of hotels, apartments and holiday homes
    这本小册子提供了很多宾馆、公寓、度假屋供选择。
28. Each of the homes has a security system and is wired for cable television.
    各户都有安防系统，还装了有线电视。