house
n
(pl ~s )
1 [C]
(a) building made for people to live in, usu for one family or for a family and lodgers 房子; 住宅. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, pages vi, vii.
(b) (usu sing 通常作單數) people living in such a building 住在一所房子中的人們; 家人
Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house! 安靜點吧, 別把全家人都吵醒了!
2 [C] (in compounds 用以構成復合詞) building made or used for some special purpose or for keeping animals or goods in 為某種目的而建造的房子; 用作某目的的建筑物; (動物的)棚, 舍; (儲物的)庫, 房: an `opera-house
a `schoolhouse * a `hen-house * a `store-house.
3 [C]
(a) building in which a religious community or a section of a boarding-school or college lives 宗教會所; (學校中包膳食的)寄宿舍.
(b) (group of pupils in) each of the divisions of a day-school for competitive purposes, esp sport 日校學生為進行比賽(尤指體育)而分的組; 組成競賽小組的學生.
4 (usu 通常作 House) [C]
(building used by a) group of people who meet to discuss or pass laws 議院(大樓)
the ,House of `Commons/`Lords 下[上]議院
the ,Houses of `Parliament 議會
This house condemns the Prime Minister's action, eg said in a debate. 本議會譴責首相所采取的行動(如在辯論中宣稱).
5 the House [sing]
(infml 口)
(a) (Brit) the House of Commons or the House of Lords 下議院或上議院
enter the House, ie become an MP 進入議院(當議員).
(b) (Brit) the Stock Exchange 證券交易所.
(c) (US) the House of Representatives 眾議院.
6 [C] business firm 商業機構
a fashion house 時裝商店
a banking house 銀行
[attrib 作定語]
house style, ie written style established by a newspaper, publishing firm, etc 報刊、 出版社等自己的文字風格.
7 (usu 通常作 House) [C]
royal family or dynasty 皇族; 王朝
the House of Windsor, ie the British Royal Family 英國王室.
8 [C]
(a) (usu sing 通常作單數) audience in a theatre, concert hall, etc (劇院、 音樂廳等的)觀眾, 聽眾
Is there a doctor in the house? 觀眾中有醫生嗎?
(b) theatre, etc building 劇場等娛樂場所(指建筑物)
a full house, ie with every seat occupied 客滿
an orchestra playing to packed houses, ie full concert halls 為座無虛席的全場聽眾演出的管弦樂隊.
(c) performance in a theatre, etc (戲劇等的)演出場次
The second house starts at 8 o'clock. 第二場演出8點鐘開始.
9 [C] each of the twelve parts into which the heavens are divided in astrology 占星術中把天分成的十二個部分之一; 黃道十二宮之一.
10 (idm 習語) bring the `house down make an audience laugh or applaud loudly 使觀眾或聽眾歡聲或掌聲如雷. eat sb out of house and home => eat. get on like a `house on fire (infml 口) (of people) quickly become very friendly; have an agreeable and cheerful relationship (指人)很快就親熱起來或關系融洽. a half-way house => half-way (half2). keep `house manage the affairs of a household 管理家務. keep open house => open1. the lady of the house => lady. master in one's own house => master1. move house => move2. not a dry eye in the house => dry1. on the `house paid for by the pub, firm, etc; free 由店家、 公司等負擔費用; 免費
The landlord gave us a drink on the house. 店主免費請我們喝酒. put/set one's (own) `house in order organize one's own affairs efficiently 把自己的事情處理得井井有條. safe as houses => safe1. set up `house (together) live together as man and wife 過夫妻生活.
house v [Tn]
1
(a) provide permanent or temporary accommodation for (sb) 給(...
?? 擴展釋義
*[haus]n. 房子, 住宅, 機構, 議院, 家族, 家庭vt. 給...房子住, 收藏vi. 住, 躲藏【經】 商店相關詞組: 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