1. | [c] 房屋；房子；住宅a building for people to live in, usually for one family |
He went into the house. 他进了房子。 | |
a two-bedroom house 两居室的住宅 | |
Let's have the party at my house . 我们在我家里聚会吧。 | |
house prices 房价 | |
What time do you leave the house in the morning(= to go to work) ? 你早晨几点出门（去上班）？ | |
We're moving house(= leaving our house and going to live in a different one) . 我们要搬家了。 |
2. | [sing] 住在一所房子里的人；全家人all the people living in a house |
Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house! 安静点，别把全家人都吵醒！ |
3. | [c] 某种用途的建筑物a building used for a particular purpose, for example for holding meetings in or keeping animals or goods in |
an opera house 歌剧院 | |
a henhouse 鸡舍 |
4. | [sing] （用于办公楼名称）大厦，大楼used in the names of office buildings |
Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House. 他们的办公室在切斯特大厦三楼。 |
5. | [c] （从事某种生意的）公司，机构a company involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind |
a fashion/banking/publishing, etc. house 时装公司、银行、出版社等 | |
a religious house(= a convent or a monastery ) 宗教会所 | |
I work in house(= in the offices of the company that I work for, not at home). 我在公司里上班。 |
6. | [c] 餐馆；餐厅a restaurant |
a steakhouse 牛排餐馆 | |
a coffee house 咖啡馆 | |
a bottle of house wine(= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, sometimes not listed by name) 一瓶本店特价酒 |
7. | [c] 议院；议会；国会a group of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country |
Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament. 立法须要得到议会两院的一致通过。 |
8. | [sing] （英国）下议院，上议院；（美国）众议院the House of Commons or the House of Lords in Britain; the House of Representatives in the US |
9. | [sing] （统称）参与辩论的人a group of people discussing sth in a formal debate |
I urge the house to vote against the motion. 我呼吁参加辩论的诸位投票反对这项动议。 |
10. | [c] 观众席；（统称）观众the part of a theatre where the audience sits; the audience at a particular performance |
playing to a full/packed/empty house(= to a large/small audience) 演出座无虚席╱满座╱观众寥寥无几 | |
The spotlight faded and the house lights came up. 聚光灯渐渐熄灭，观众席的灯亮了。 |
11. | [c] （英国某些学校为进行体育比赛或按宿舍将学生分成的）社，舍(in some British schools) an organized group of students of different ages who compete against other groups in sports competitions, etc. and who may, in boarding schools , live together in one building |
12. | [c] 名门世家；望族an old and famous family |
the House of Windsor(= the British royal family) 温莎王室 |
They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton. 他们一同在布赖顿的一个小公寓里建立了家庭。 |
They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton. 他们一同在布赖顿的一个小公寓里建立了家庭。 |
1. | ~ sb 给（某人）提供住处to provide a place for sb to live |
The government is committed to housing the refugees. 政府承诺收容难民。 |
2. | ~ sth 是（某物）的贮藏处（或安置处）；收藏；安置to be the place where sth is kept or where sth operates from |
The gallery houses 2 000 works of modern art. 美术馆收藏了 2 000 件现代艺术作品。 | |
The museum is housed in the Old Court House. 博物馆设在旧法院大楼里。 |
