词汇精选:home的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
家庭的;家用的
例句:
All you have to do is make a home video.
你要做的就是拍一段家庭录像片。
例句:
It's a cheap but healthy home cooking.
这是一道便宜而健康的家常菜。
国内的;本地的;本部的
例句:
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。
例句:
Notice the Guardian's home news pages.
注意《卫报》的国内新闻版。
adv.
在家;回家
例句:
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。
例句:
Hi, Mom, I'm home!
嘿,妈妈,我回家了!
深深地;深入地
例句:
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。
n.
家,住宅 [C]
例句:
I shouldn't be such a wet blanket, but I'm afraid I have got to go back home.
我真不该扫大家的兴,可是现在我必须回家了。
例句:
Last night they stayed at home and watched TV.
昨晚他们呆在了家里看电视。
家庭,家庭生活 [C]
例句:
After the quietness of home and school, university has been almost frightening.
过惯了家庭和中学的平静生活之后,大学简直有些可怕了。
例句:
Single-parent homes are commonplace.
单亲家庭很普遍。
家乡 [U]
例句:
I only lived there until I was about 13, but I still regard it as my home town.
我只有在那里住到大约十三岁,但是我仍然把它当作我的故乡。
例句:
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。
避难所 [C]
例句:
It's going to be a home for handicapped children.
它将成为一家残疾儿童福利院。
例句:
It's an old people's home.
这是一家养老院。
产地
例句:
The teacher told us that the home of the lion was Africa.
老师告诉我们狮子的发源地是非洲。
例句:
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。
终点
例句:
The runners rounded into the home stretch.
赛跑者拐弯进入了接近终点的一段距离。
v.
归巢,回家 [I,T]
例句:
It's time for you to home now, it's too late.
天太晚了,你该回家了。
例句:
Look, the birds are homing.
看,鸟都回巢了。
把...送回家 [T]
例句:
I wonder why you're homed by the police.
我想知道你为什么让警察送你回家。
为…提供住处 [T]
例句:
Someone will home you when you arrive there.
你到那儿后,有人会给你安排住处的。
二、词义辨析:
house,building,dwelling,shelter,habitation,home,residence
这些名词均含有“居住处”之意。house中性词,泛指一切供居住的建筑物,尤指适合一家一户居住的房屋。building泛指一切建筑物,不限于居住的房子。dwelling正式用词,仅指人们居住的任何建筑物。shelter可指长期或临时的住处,也指简陋或临时搭建的躲避风雨的场所。habitation指长久或固定的住所或居住地。home指永久住家时,带有家庭所特有的温暖、情感等气息。residence指大而堂皇的寓所或公馆,也指法律上的居住点。
三、相关短语:
at home
adv.在家,在本地,在国内,熟悉
bring home the bacon
成功地完成;养家;赢,取胜
come home
v.回家,被完全理解
drive home
把钉牢;讲明白,说清楚,使人明白
foster home
n. 抚养孤儿的家庭
go home
v. 回家
hit home
击中要害,触及痛处;说中,猜对,得要领
home page
主页,(WWW服务器提供的第一个显示界面,使用者启动浏览器后即展示出此画面)
home truth
令人难堪的事实,逆耳的忠言
mental home
精神病院,疯人院
nursing home
n. 疗养院
press home
使一针见血,使打中要害
四、参考例句:
I'm home, Mum.
我回家了,妈妈。
Shall we walk home?
我们走回家吧?
Dial me at home.
往家给我拨打电话。
Go back home .
回家。
Is anyone at home?
有人在家吗?
We arrived home soaking wet.
我们回到家时,浑身湿淋淋的。
Nobody is home except me.
除了我之外没人在家。
We arrived home at dusk.
我们傍晚到家。
I went home last week.
我上周回家了。
I'm at home tonight.
我今晚在家。