n.(名词)

1. 家，家庭
2. 收容所
3. 故乡
4. 疗养所，养育院
5. 发源地，发祥地 ，产地
6. 生息地
7. 家庭生活
8. 住宅
9. 祖国，本国
10. 【体】终点
11. 【棒】本垒
12. 栖息地
13. 大本营

adv.(副词)

1. 在家；回家；到家
2. 深入地
3. 回本国，回国
4. 中要害
5. 向家
6. 在本国
7. 【棒】回本垒
8. 尽量地
9. 彻底
10. 痛切
11. 切实

adj.(形容词)

1. 本地的
2. 家庭的，家的
3. 国内的，本国的
4. 总部的
5. 故乡的，家乡的
6. 在本地举行的
7. 本国产的
8. 内地的
9. 中要害的
10. 严厉的
11. 返航的
12. 家庭用的，家用的
13. 主场的
14. 在家里做的
15. 在家里的

v.(动词)

1. 回家
2. 把...放在家中，把...送到家中
3. 回巢穴，回出生地区
4. 给...住处，为…提供住处
5. 归航
6. 按信号暗示回场
7. 【火箭】导航
8. 自动寻得
9. 【军】（飞机、导弹）自动导航
10. 朝向、移向、导向（目标）
11. 把（思想、注意力）集中于
12. 成家，安家

n.(名词)

1. [C][U]家; 住宅; 家乡,故乡 the house where one lives; a house; the place where one was born or habitually lives
2. [C]家庭 the house and family one belongs to
3. [S]产地,生长地; 发源地 a place where a plant or animal can be found living or growing wild, especially in large numbers; the place where sth was originally discovered, made, or developed
4. [C]收容所,养育院 a place for the care of a group of people or animals of the same type, who do not live with a family
5. [U]终点 the finishing line of race

adj.(形容词)

1. 家庭的,在家里的; 家乡的; 总部的 of or being a home, place of origin, or base of operation
2. 本地的,国内的 not foreign; domestic
3. 家用的 prepared, done, or intended for use in a home
4. 主场的,主队的 played or playing at one's own sports field, rather than that of an opponent

adv.(副词)

1. 在家,回家,到家 to or at one's home
2. 尽可能深地; 击中要害 as far as possible or to the right place

Noun:

1. where you live at a particular time;

   "deliver the package to my home"
   "he doesn't have a home to go to"
   "your place or mine?"
   

2. housing that someone is living in;

   "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
   "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
   

3. the country or state or city where you live;

   "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"
   "his home is New Jersey"
   

4. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;

   "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
   

5. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

6. place where something began and flourished;

   "the United States is the home of basketball"
   

7. an environment offering affection and security;

   "home is where the heart is"
   "he grew up in a good Christian home"
   "there's no place like home"
   

8. a social unit living together;

   "he moved his family to Virginia"
   "It was a good Christian household"
   "I waited until the whole house was asleep"
   "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
   

9. an institution where people are cared for;

   "a home for the elderly"
   

Adjective:

1. used of your own ground;

   "a home game"
   

2. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are;

   "my home town"
   

3. inside the country;

   "the British home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"
   "the nation's internal politics"
   

Adverb:

1. at or to or in the direction of one's home or family;

   "He stays home on weekends"
   "after the game the children brought friends home for supper"
   "I'll be home tomorrow"
   "came riding home in style"
   "I hope you will come home for Christmas"
   "I'll take her home"
   "don't forget to write home"
   

2. on or to the point aimed at;

   "the arrow struck home"
   

3. to the fullest extent; to the heart;

   "drove the nail home"
   "drove his point home"
   "his comments hit home"
   

Verb:

1. provide with, or send to, a home

2. return home accurately from a long distance;

   "homing pigeons"
   

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

1.家;住宅;住所
Someone'shome is the house or flat where they live.

home的近义词

e.g. Last night they stayed athome and watched TV...
昨晚他们呆在了家里看电视。
e.g. ...hishome in Hampstead.
他位于汉普斯特德的住所

2.（强调归属感的）家，家乡，祖国
You can usehome 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.

home在线翻译

e.g. She gives frequent performances of her work, both athome and abroad...
她经常在国内外演出自己的作品。
e.g. His father worked away fromhome 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.向家;在家
home means to or at the place where you live.

e.g. His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to gohome...
他的妻子感到有些不舒服，想要回家。
e.g. I'll telephone you as soon as I gethome...
我一到家就给你打电话。

4.在家里做（或进行）的
home means made or done in the place where you live.

e.g. ...cheap but healthyhome cooking...
便宜而健康的家常菜
e.g. All you have to do is make ahome video.
你要做的就是拍一段家庭录像片。

5.本国的;国内的
home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.

home是什么意思

e.g. Europe's software companies still have a growinghome market.
欧洲软件公司的国内市场仍在增长中。
e.g. ...the Guardian'shome news pages.
《卫报》的国内新闻版

6.养老院;疗养院;养育院
Ahome 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.

e.g. It's going to be ahome for handicapped children.
这将是一家残疾儿童福利院。
e.g. ...an old people'shome.
养老院

7.家庭
You can refer to a family unit as ahome .

e.g. She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and lovinghome for Harriet...
她至少为哈丽雅特提供了一个安宁关爱的家。
e.g. Single-parent homes are commonplace.
单亲家庭很普遍。

8.发源地;发祥地;产地;生息地
If you refer to thehome of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.

e.g. This south-west region of France is thehome of claret.
法国西南部的这个地区是干红葡萄酒的产地。

9.适于存放…的地方
If you find ahome for something, you find a place where it can be kept.

e.g. The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find ahome 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.击中要害地;彻底地;深切地;切实地
If you press, drive, or hammer somethinghome, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible.

e.g. It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and presshome 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.（比赛的）主场
When a sports team playsat home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground.

e.g. I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew athome 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。

12.像在家一样舒适自在;无拘束
If you feelat home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.

home的反义词

e.g. He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite athome...
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。
e.g. I am not completely athome in any Protestant Church.
我在任何一个新教教会都不是特别自在。

13.使清楚地领会;使深切地感到
Tobring somethinghome to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.

home是什么意思

e.g. Their sobering conversation broughthome 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.大功告成;稳操胜券
If you say that someone is, in British Englishhome and dry, or in American Englishhome free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.

e.g. The prime minister and the moderates are not yethome and dry.
首相和温和派还未大功告成。

15.切中要害;使人接受（或认清）事实
If a situation or what someone sayshits home orstrikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize.

e.g. Did the reality of war finally hithome?...
人们终于认清战争的现实了吗？
e.g. Israeli officials say that message struckhome.
以色列官员说这一信息切中了要害。

16.像家里一样舒适的地方
You can saya home from home in British English ora home away from home in American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home.

e.g. Many cottages are ahome fromhome, 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.平平常常;没有什么特别有趣的地方
If you say that something isnothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting.

e.g. So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to writehome 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.击中目标
If something that is thrown or firedstrikes home, it reaches its target.

e.g. Only two torpedoes struckhome.
只有两枚鱼雷击中了目标。

短语动词用法（PHRASAL VERB USES）

相关词组：home in

1. home的解释

1.home：home observation for measurement of the environment; 家庭环境评表

She lives a long way from home.

她远远地离开故乡在外地生活。

My home isn't very big, but very comfortable.

我家不很大，但很舒适。

He is planning to establish a home.

他正计划建立家庭。

The aged is taken care of in the old folks home.

老年人在养老院里受到照顾。

The lake is noted as a home to many birds.

这个湖作为许多鸟类的栖息地遐迩闻名。

New Orleans is the home of jazz.

新奥尔良是爵士音乐的发源地。

Is he home from work?

他下班回家了吗？

I bought the magazines on my way home.

在回家的路上，我买了一些杂志。

He punched out and went home at six o'clock.

她六点钟打卡下班回家了。

The delegation will be home next week.

代表团将于下周回国。

He struck the nail home.

他将钉子完全打进去。

This is my home phone number.

这是我家的电话号码。

These products are for home sale.

这些产品是供国内销售的。

Our home office is in New York.

我们的总部设在纽约。

Please let us know as soon as you hear from your home office?

一收到国内总部的来电就请通知我们。

The home team won the game.

主队赢得了比赛。

The referee just called a penalty on the home team.

裁判判罚主场的球队。

Someone will home you when you arrive there.

你到那儿后，有人会给你安排住处的。

The plane homed in on the radio beacon.

飞机遵循导航台信号降落。

We are not far from my home now.

我们现在离我家不远了。

stray dogs needing new homes

需要新家的流浪狗

(figurative)We haven't found a home for all our books yet (= a place where they can be kept) .

我们还没找到存放全部书籍的地方。

Only two torpedoes struck home.

只有两枚鱼雷击中了目标。

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？

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。

Israeli officials say that message struck home.

以色列官员说这一信息切中了要害。

Did the reality of war finally hit home?...

人们终于认清战争的现实了吗？

The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry.

首相和温和派还未大功告成。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Single-parent homes are commonplace.

单亲家庭很普遍。

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。

...an old people's home.

养老院

It's going to be a home for handicapped children.

这将是一家残疾儿童福利院。

...the Guardian's home news pages.

《卫报》的国内新闻版

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。

All you have to do is make a home video.

你要做的就是拍一段家庭录像片。

...cheap but healthy home cooking...

便宜而健康的家常菜

I'll telephone you as soon as I get home...

我一到家就给你打电话。

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。

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。

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。

...his home in Hampstead.

他位于汉普斯特德的住所

Last night they stayed at home and watched TV...

昨晚他们呆在了家里看电视。

1. This is the finest home in this city.
   这是该城市最好的住宅。
2. If you buy that home, will you spend the rest of your life there?
   如果你买下那栋房子,你打算在那里度过余生吗?
3. My home is in New York.
   我的家在纽约。
4. My home is both comfortable and sweet.
   我的家既舒适又可爱。
5. The poor man always wants to have a really comfortable home.
   这个可怜的男人一直想拥有一个真正舒适的家。
6. England became his second home.
   英格兰成了他的第二故乡。
7. He left home at the age of twenty.
   他20岁离开家乡。
8. The old man looked forward to seeing the old home again.
   这位老人盼望能再看到老家。
9. Neither beasts nor birds would have the bat as their friend, so he was afraid to leave his home.
   兽类和鸟群都不把蝙蝠当作朋友,因此蝙蝠不敢离开窝。
10. Yunnan Province is the home of elephants and peacocks.
    云南是大象和孔雀的栖息地。
11. The United States is the home of jazz.
    美国是爵士音乐的发源地。
12. Some of them are home to rock wrens, swallows and great horned owls.
    有些地区是山鹪鹩、燕子、大角状羽毛猫头鹰居住栖息的地方。
13. Paris is the home of women's fashions.
    巴黎是妇女时装的中心。
14. There is a home for the blind in this town.
    这个镇上有一家盲人院。
15. The hundred metres champion managed to get home by a tenth of a second.
    这位百米赛冠军好不容易领先1/10秒到达终点。

用作定语～+ n.

1. They enjoy home joys.
   他们享受天伦之乐。
2. What is your home address?
   你的家庭住址是哪儿?
3. Much is produced here for the home market.
   这里的大部分产品是供应国内市场的。
4. The home team was skinned alive this afternoon.
   今天下午主队输得惨极了。

用作状语

1. The boss usually heaps work on me just when it's time to go home.
   老板常在快要下班时给我一大堆工作做。
2. He went home.
   他回家去了。
3. She impressed it on me that I must come home early.
   她让我记住一定早点回家。
4. I really must be getting home in a moment.
   我真的必须立即回家。
5. It was nearly dark when I got home.
   我到家时天快黑了。
6. In the after years the sailor did not get home often.
   在以后的年月里这个水手不经常回家。
7. Mrs. Babbitt was not accustomed to leaving home during the winter.
   巴比特夫人不习惯冬天离开家。
8. When he returned home, he found his room fastened.
   他回家时,发现门被锁着。
9. What were you doing home last night?
   昨天晚上你在家里干什么?
10. Nothing happened home.
    家里什么事也没有发生。
11. He struck the nail home.
    他把钉子完全钉进去了。
12. The little girl wanted to take this toy home.
    这个小女孩想把这玩具带回家。
13. You should send her home.
    你应该把她送到家。

n. +～

1. I saw him on his way home.
   我看见他在回家的路上。
2. I met with him on my way home this afternoon.
   今天下午我在回家的路上碰到他。

用作表语

1. Mother will be home directly.
   母亲马上就回家来了。
2. He was glad to be home again.
   他对再次回到家中感到高兴。
3. Is Henry home?
   亨利在家吗?

at home

国内 in one's own country

be〔feel〕 at home

精通,对…内行 be familiar with; be accustomed to

close〔near〕 to home

触到痛处; 说得太露骨 uncomfortably near the truth

eat out of house and home

把某人吃得倾家荡产 eat a lot of food at the cost of (sb)
eat sb out of house and home

During the three weeks we entertained John's friends, we were eaten out of house and home.

在盛宴款待约翰那些朋友的三周里,我们都快倾家荡产了。

feel at home

无拘无束 feel comfortable or relaxed

home from home

像家里一样安适自在的地方 place where one feels as comfortable

home is where the heart is

心在家就在 wherever one's family lives is equivalent to home

house and home

家庭 family

last home

坟墓 final resting place; tomb

make oneself at home

随便,无拘束 be as comfortable as if one were in his or her own home

bring home

(把…)拿〔带〕回家 bring (sb/sth) to one's home
bring sth/sb home

I don't like to bring my work home. I'd rather stay late at the office.

我宁愿晚点下班,也不愿把活带回家干。

Don't worry,I'll bring you home.

不用担心,我会带你回家的。

bring home the bacon

〈口〉获得成功 be successful

bring home to

证明(某人)有(罪); 证明(某人)有(过失) put the blame for (sth wrong) on (sb)
bring sb home to sth

I like to bring my friends home to a warm welcome from my family.

我喜欢邀请朋友到家作客,并使他们受到家里人的热烈欢迎。

bring sth home to sb

The situation brings home to us the need for drastic preventive measures.

这种情况使我们深切地感到,采取坚决的预防措施是必要的。

You must bring home to John what the difficulty is.

你必须使约翰了解困难是什么。

You must bring home to Jimmy that we don't have enough money.

你必须使吉米相信我们的钱不够。

bring sth home to sb

The courts are making efforts to bring their crimes home to the young people.

法官们正竭力证实那些年轻人有罪。

come home to

使感动; 使…领会 be moved; make (sb) understand

come home to roost

得到恶报 return of unpleasantness as a result of previous action

drive home

讲清楚 get sb to understand or realize it clearly
drive sth home to sb

We must drive home to him where the difficulties lie.

我们必须使他彻底明白困难在哪儿。

get home (to)

被充分理解; 中肯 make sth clear; make sth obvious to
get sth home (to sb)

I can't seem to get it home to my son that extra time spent studying now will pay off in the future.

我似乎无法使儿子能明白,现在花在学习上的额外时间将来会有回报的。

The speaker got his point home, and many of his listeners were ashamed.

讲演者把话说到点子上了,很多听众都感到惭愧。

home and dry

安全的; 大功告成 safe; successful

romp home

轻易取胜 win easily

strike〔thrust〕 home

取得显著的效果 achieve a desired or significant effect

动词+～

• home">build a home建一所住宅
• home">buy a home买一处住宅
• home">feel at home觉得舒服,自在
• home">go to sb's home到某人家去
• home">leave home离开家
• home">make a home安家,成家
• home">manage a home治家,管家
• home">miss one's home想家
• home">operate a home治家,管家
• home">ring up home给家里打电话
• home">run a home治家,管家
• home">set out for home向基地出发
• home">stay at home呆在家里

形容词+～

• home">better-class home上等的住宅
• home">broken home破裂的家庭
• home">good home美满的家庭
• home">happy home幸福的家庭
• home">industrial home工业发源地
• home">last home坟墓
• home">new home新居
• home">old home老家,故里
• home">private home私人住宅
• home">rich home富裕的家庭
• home">unhappy home不幸的家庭

名词+～

• home">country home乡间住宅
• home">farm home农舍
• home">holiday home度假时的住处
• home">rest home疗养院
• home">summer home避暑别墅
• home">winter home避寒别墅

介词+～

• home">as one's home当作家
• home">at home在家,在家乡,在本地,在国内
• home%20in%20modern%20history">be at home in modern history精通近代史
• home">far from home离家很远

～+介词

• home%20for%20the%20aged">home for the aged敬老院

～+名词

• home%20cooking">home cooking家常饭菜
• home%20market">home market国内市场
• home%20movies">home movies家里自拍的影片
• home%20news">home news国内新闻
• home%20team">home team主队

动词+～

• home">bring home带回家,获得成功
• home">drive home把…完全敲入,讲清楚
• home">get home回家
• home">go home回家
• home">stay home呆在家里
• home">strike home击中要害
• home">thrust home切中要害

• When their business compels them to be away from home.

  出自：G. B. Shaw

• Every family in America deserves a decent home, whether a farmhouse or a city apartment.

  出自：Lyndon B. Johnson

• home is the place we have to leave in order to grow up.

  出自：M. Ignatieff

• Stray dogs and cats Anna always kept until she found them homes.

  出自：G. Stein

• If we have a dog that has, perhaps, turned on a child, then we home it where there are no children.

  出自：Maidenhead Advertiser

• He worked automatically till it was time to go home.

  出自：D. H. Lawrence

• He liked to explain that he was doing well. He wrote home about it.

  出自：M. Callaghan

感恩节

A：I will behome for Thanksgiving so save a little turkey for me.
我会回家过感恩节，所以请留点儿火鸡给我。

B：Save the dark meat for me.
为我留份儿鸡腿。

Garages & Parking-(车库和停车)

A：You should save some money on parking here.
把车停在这儿可以省些钱。

home在线翻译

B：Yeah, I don’t have to pay for a space on the street.
是呀，我不用再付钱在街上找地方停车了。

home

A：Really? How long did it take you to find a spot yesterday?
是吗？你昨天找地方（停车）兜了多久了？

B：Well, last night it took me half an hour to find a spot when I camehome from work.
哦，昨晚我下班回来的时候花了半小时才找到一个地方停车。

home

A：You gethome late, don’t you?
你很晚才回家，是吗？

B：Yeah, around seven. Most of the street parking is gone by then.
是，差不多7点了。那个时候街上大都没有停车的地方了。

A：Ah, well. You can’t have everything.
是，可是你不可能要求事事都完美。

B：Yeah. I can live with it. It’s great to be living alone.
是呀。我可以应付的。一个人住很不错。

Watch Games-(看比赛)

home

A：Here’s your hot dog and beer. What happened? Did I miss anything?
这是你的热狗和啤酒。情况怎么样？我错过了什么吗？

B：Yeah, Cal Ripken just hit ahome run.
是呀，刚刚卡尔·利普金击了一个本垒打。

home

A：What’s the score?
比分是多少？

home

B：Well it was 3 to 4, but Ripken’shome run made it 5 to 4 since another player was on first base.
刚才是3比4。因为有一个队员在1垒，利普金的本垒打将比分扳为5比4。

A：So Baltimore is winning?
那么巴尔的摩队赢了?

B：Right.
是的。

A：This is a really great place to watch a baseball game.
这个地方看棒球比赛真不赖。

B：Yeah, there isn’t a bad seat in the place.
是啊，没有一个座位不好的那样。

A：The fans are great here, too. Not like in Philadelphia.
和费城的不一样，这的球迷也很好。

B：It was a great idea to spend a day watching a game.
花一天看看球赛真是个好主意。

A：Yeah, it reminds you why they say baseball is America’s favorite pastime.
是呀。这让人想起为什么人们说棒球是美国人最喜欢的娱乐活动。

n.(名词)

1. home的基本意思是“家,故乡”,多指某人出生以及成长的环境或与某人一起居住的地方。在美国口语中, home可与house互换,即把“家”和“住宅”看成一体。home也可作“家庭,家乡”解,这时其前不用冠词。
2. home也可指植物或动物的“产地,生长地,发源地”,作此解时home用于单数形式,其前常加定冠词the,其后则常接介词of。
3. home也可表示失去家庭照顾或有特殊需要者的“收容所,养育院”,是可数名词。
4. home还可表示赛跑的“终点”或一些游戏、比赛中的“目标”,是不可数名词。

adj.(形容词)

1. home用作形容词的基本意思是“家庭的,在家里的”“家乡的”,也可作“本地的,国内的”“家用的”“主场的,主队的”等解。
2. home在句中多用作前置定语。
3. home无比较级和最高级。

adv.(副词)

1. home用作副词的基本意思是“在家,回家,到家”,多用在be home, go home, come home, arrive home, bring home, hurry home等短语中作状语。
2. home也可作“尽可能深地”“击中要害”解。
3. home本身含有“在”“到”的意思,故其前不可用介词to或in。
4. home无比较级和最高级。

n.(名词)

home, dwelling, family, house, residence

这五个词都有“家,家庭,家宅”的意思。其区别在于:home指某人出生以及成长的环境或与某人一起居住的地方; dwelling为文学用语,用以同商店、办公室及其他建筑物相区别的住宅; family指的是家庭成员,与居住地无关; house强调人们居住的建筑物本身; residence常指周围大片土地的宅邸,也可指普通的房屋,尤其是自己的住宅。例如:

There's nothing like home.哪儿也没有家里好。

Their clothes were in rags and their dwellings were small and poorly furnished.他们衣衫褴褛,住房狭小,家具简陋。

Because our family is happy and healthy we reckon ourselves fortunate.因为我们一家人幸福健康,我们认为我们是幸运的。

She offered to help Rose in house keeping when I was not here.我不在时,她主动帮助露丝料理家务。

Buy a house, build a home.买一所房子,安一个家。

The President's residence is the White House in Washington,D.C.总统的官邸是华盛顿特区的白宫。

adv.(副词)

come home to, go home to

两者意义比较接近,但意境色彩不尽一样:come home to作“触及”解,而go home to则是“感受到”的意思。试比较:

No truth comes home to the feeling of a writer without living experience.

没有生活体验,真情实感是不能触动 作家的灵感的。

Such an earnestness will go home to any heart.

这样的诚恳真是感人肺腑。

下面两个短语的意思不同:

her letters home 她写给家里的信

her home letters 她的家人写给她的信

下面三个句子的意思不同:

She's not got home.

她还没到家。

Is she home yet?

她回家了吗?

Is she at home?

她在家吗?

n.(名词)

我打算去朋友家喝茶。

误 I arranged to go my friend's home for tea.

正 I arranged to go to my friend's home for tea.

析 如果home前有名词所有格或物主代词,则 home 用作名词,要加适当的介词。

他抛弃了舒适的家。

误 He abandoned his cosy family.

正 He abandoned his cosy home.

析 本句的意思是舍弃了舒适的家(庭条件),而不是“弃家人于不顾”,应该用home。误句的意思是“抛妻弃子”。

他出生在一个医生的家庭里。

误 He was born into a doctor's home.

正 He was born into a doctor's family.

析 be born into home不一定说明出身, be born into family(家庭)才表示某人的出身。

adv.(副词)

他不知道是等下去还是回家。

误 He didn't know whether to wait or go to home.

正 He didn't know whether to wait or go home.

析 跟在come, go, arrive, get, send, take, bring等动态动词后面的 home为副词,不应加介词。

他下班回家了吗?

误 Is he at home from work?

正 Is he home from work?

析 be home可以表示“(下班)回家”“回来”,相当于 return home; be at home 可以表示“在家里”,相当于 in the house。

住在家中(走读)可以给学生省下很多钱。

误 Living home would save the student a lot of money.

正 Living at home would save the student a lot of money.

析 home用作副词时一般与be或go等动态动词连用表示方向。如果与静态动词(如本句中的live)连用时表示位置,一般用at home。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的ham；最初源自挪威语的heimr，意为人躺或住的地方。