- 词义辨析
home, dwelling, family, house, residence
这五个词都有“家,家庭,家宅”的意思。它们的区别在于: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。
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
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
来自古英语ham,村庄,屋子,居住地,来自Proto-Germanic*haimaz,词源同hamlet,haunt.来自PIE*kei,聚居,定居,安家,词源同city,civil.现词义局限为家,住所。来源于古英语ham(居住地,房屋,村庄),在一些英语地名中仍可以找到其影子,如Birmingham,Fulham。
- 近义词
- 反义词
- 知识拓展
单词解说
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。
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。
【切记】
go home的home不是名词,而是副词。因为go本身是不及物动词,无法直接加名词,所以要说成go to school,而不是go school)
重要短语
at home在家;在国内;熟悉
home and abroad国内外,海内外
at home and abroad国内外
go home回家
- 双语例句 更多例句
Smith has run away from home, but his family are putting a good face on it.
史密斯已经离家出走, 但他的家人却装作若无其事.
《简明英汉词典》
The scene changes to that evening in the home of Pierre and Mathilde Loisel.
场景换到那天晚上的皮埃尔和玛蒂尔德·卢瓦泽尔家里.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
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We must decide between going home and staying at school during this winter vacation.
我们必须决定寒假期间是回家还是留在学校.
《简明英汉词典》
Half the pleasure of coming home is finding out what's been happening while you were away.
回家的一大乐事在于发现自己不在时家里发生了什么事情.
《简明英汉词典》
If you're waiting for a bus, you'll have to wait till the cows come home. They're on strike.
如果你要等公共汽车得无限期地等下去, 他们罢工了.
《简明英汉词典》
There was hardly any traffic and we drove right along till we got home.
路上几乎没有别的车辆,我们驾车一直开到家.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
After having spent wholemornings on the river, I always go home with an empey bag.
把每天上午的时间都花在河上之后, 我总是带着空包回家.
——《用法词典》
He junked all his old furniture before moving into his new home.
他在搬入新居之前把所有的旧家具都当废物丢掉了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 相关词组
- a home from homen.象家里一样舒适的环境;宾至如归;旅客之家;
- foundling home弃儿养育院;
- home pagen.主页;
- bring home the baconv.成功,谋生;管用;
- at home and abroad国内外;中外;
- be home to为…的所在地;
- Funeral homen.<美>殡仪馆;
- come home to roostv.得到恶报,归还原主;
- at home在家;在国内;在家接待客人;精通;
- nursing homen.小型私人医院;
- charity begins at home(谚)好事从家里做起;
- come homev.回家,被完全理解;回本国;击中要害;
- drive home把…完全敲入;讲清楚;驾车回来;
- home pagesn.主页( home page的名词复数 );
- at home in熟悉…,精通于…;
- be at home in呆在家里
- home wrecker 小三,破坏家庭的人;
- be at home觉得安适,无拘束;在家;
- from home and abroad来自国内外
- care homen.(为有特殊需要人群设立的)护理中心;
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- contrary adj.相反的;截然不同的;n.相反的情况;
- signature n.签名;鲜明特色;
- significance n.重要性;含义;
- unwilling adj.不愿意的,不情愿的;勉强的;厌恶的;不甘;
- loudspeaker n.扩音器,扬声器;喇叭;扬场器;
- pardon vt.宽恕;原谅;赦免;劳驾;n.饶恕,原谅;赦免;[宗]免罪符;
- false adj.虚伪的;不正的,非法的;假造的,摹造的;临时的;
- pop n.流行音乐; 流行乐曲; (尤用作称呼) 爸,爹; (短促清脆的爆裂声) 砰; adj.流行音乐的; 通俗风格的; 通俗的; 现代的;
- sick adj.恶心的;晕船;不舒服的;腻烦的;生病的;n.<口>呕吐物;病人;
- skilled adj.熟练的,有经验的;需要技能的;专门的;
- plate n.盘子;(金属)板条,板材;板块;(印刷用的)印版,图版;碟子;一盘;(玻璃、金属等)底片,感光板;(车辆的)号码牌;镀金(或镀银)的金属;(刻有名字等的)金属牌子;一道主菜;盾片;一盘所盛之量;金的(或银的)餐具;书籍插图照片vt.镀,在…上覆盖金属板;覆盖;电镀;[印]给…制铅板;为…加设护板
- birthday n.生日;诞辰;