- [countable, uncountable]
the house or flat that you live in, especially with your family 家；住所 Old people prefer to stay in their own homes. 老年人喜欢待在自己家中。 His children were upset when he sold the family home. 当他卖掉家里的房子时，他的孩子们很不高兴。 While travelling she missed the comforts of home. 旅行期间她想念家里的舒适。 She leaves home at 7 every day. 她每天 7 点钟离家。 He left home (= left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen. 他十六岁时离家独立生活。 The floods forced many people to flee their homes. 洪水迫使许多人逃离家园。 - from home
I'll call you from home later. 我过会儿从家里给你打电话。 Nowadays a lot of people work from home (= do paid work at home). 如今有很多人在家工作。 stray dogs needing new homes 需要新家的流浪狗
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1We are not far from my home now. 我们现在离我家不远了。 He didn't leave home until he was 24. 他直到 24 岁才离开家。 He used to spend the summer painting at his country home. 以前，每到夏天他就待在乡下的宅子里作画。 A family of four was rescued early this morning when fire ripped through their terraced home. 今天早上，一个四口之家被营救出来，当时大火吞噬了他们的梯田家园。 She left home and began an independent life at sixteen. 她十六岁就离家开始独立生活。 It's unusual for young people over 25 to still live in the family home. 年过 25 岁还住在家里的年轻人可是罕见。 Let's go home—I'm tired. 咱们回家吧，我累了。 The centre provides an adoption programme for pets needing new homes. 该中心为需要新家的宠物提供领养计划。 Perhaps we could find a home for the kitten. 也许我们能给小猫咪找一个家。 Make sure you insure your home contents for an adequate amount. 千万要给家里的财物上足保险。 The banner said ‘Welcome home dad!’ 横幅上写着：“欢迎爸爸回家！” The lock-up garage provides a secure home for your car. 你的车可以安全地停放在能上锁的车库。 The people abandoned their homes and headed for the hills. 人们抛弃了自己的家，向山区进发。 Work begins this week on a purpose-built home for the city's homeless. 一所专门为城市的无家可归者建造的收容所本周动工。 a shelter for people with no permanent home 为居无定所者设立的收容所 a temporary home for the paintings 画作的临时存放处 I would rather stay at home and watch TV. 我宁愿呆在家里看电视。 More than a million people were forced to flee their homes to escape the fighting. 100多万人被迫逃离家园，以躲避战斗。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
- marital
- matrimonial
- …
- be away from
- get away from
- leave
- …
- address
- number
- background
- …
- at home
- away from home
- back home
- …
- a home away from home
- a home from home
- home sweet home
- …
- [countable]
a house or flat, etc., when you think of it as property that can be bought and sold （可买卖的）房子，住宅，寓所 
a holiday/summer home 假日／消夏寓所 A lot of new homes are being built on the edge of town. 小镇外围正在兴建很多新房屋。 He'd always dreamed of owning his own home. 他一直梦想着能拥有自己的房子。 Buying a home can be a complicated business. 买房可能是一件复杂的事情。 The number of homes sold in January fell by 13% on the previous month. 1月份售出的房屋数量比前一个月下降了13%。 Private home ownership is increasing faster than ever. 私有房产正以前所未有的速度增长。 They applied for a home improvement loan. 他们申请了房屋修缮贷款。
Collocations Decorating and home improvementDecorating and home improvement 装饰和改善房屋 Houses 房屋 - refurbish/renovate/ (British English) do up a building/a house
整修／翻新／修缮楼房／房屋 - convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially North American English) apartments/(British English) flats
把楼房／房子／房间／改建成住房／办公室／公寓 - extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
扩建／扩大房屋／楼房／房间／厨房 - build (British English) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(North American English) an addition (on/to something)/(British English) a conservatory
（在房子后面）扩建；（在某处）增建；建造暖房 - knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
推倒／拆除房子／住房／楼房／墙壁 - knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
将两个房间的隔墙打通
Decoration 装饰 - furnish/paint/ (especially British English) decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room
布置／油漆／装饰住房／房子／公寓／房间 - be decorated in bright colours/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
- paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
给墙壁／天花板上刷油漆／抹灰 - hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
贴／去除墙纸 - install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(British English) fittings
安装／更换／拆除浴室的固定装置／附加设备 - build/put up shelves
搭架子 - lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
铺设木地板／平台木板／地砖／地毯／露台 - put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
挂上／取下图画／绘画／海报／帘子
DIY/home improvement 自己动手；房屋改造 - do (British English) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
自己动手做；做木匠活；铺设管道；铺设线路 - make home improvements
改造房屋 - add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
添加／安装中央供暖系统／地暖系统／隔热材料 - fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
安装双层玻璃／烟雾报警器 - insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially British English) the loft
在房子／住房／墙壁／管道／热水箱／阁楼里加隔热装置 - fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially British English) tap/(North American English usually) faucet
维修房顶／裂缝／管子／管道系统／漏水的水龙头 - block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
堵住／疏通管道／洗涤池 - make/drill/fill a hole
开／钻／填一个洞 - hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
锤进／拔出钉子 - tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
拧紧／拧松／拧开螺丝钉 - saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood
锯／切割／加工木料；给木料上色／上清漆／上油漆
Collocationssee also mobile home, second home, stately homeMoving house 搬家 Renting 租房子 - live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
住在租来的住所里 - rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
租用／合住／搬进配有家具的房屋／公寓 - rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
租一个单间公寓 - find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
找一个室友 - sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
签署／违反租约／租赁协议／合同 - extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
延长租赁期限；续签／终止租约 - afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
付得起／支付租金／账单／水电气等杂费 - (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent
- pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit
支付／失去／退还损坏押金／保证金 - give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
提前一个月／两周发出／收到离开／腾空住房的通知
Being a landlord 做房东 - have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent
收取／增加／提高房租 - evict the existing tenants
赶走现有房客 - attract/find new/prospective tenants
吸引／寻找新的／可能的房客 - invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
投资购房用于出租
Buying 购买房子 - buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
购置一栋房子／一处房产／（一块）优质房地产 - call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
电话联系／联系／任用房地产经纪人 - make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
提供房子的报价 - put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
支付／存钱付房屋订金 - make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home
支付／攒钱支付买房的首付金 - apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
申请／商定／取得按揭／住房贷款 - (struggle to) pay the mortgage
（竭力）支付按揭贷款 - make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments
支付每月的按揭贷款 - (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
Selling 出售房子 - put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
将房屋／房产投放市场／出售／拍卖 - increase/lower your price/the asking price
提高／降低价格／要价 - have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
持有／移交房屋、土地等契约
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsa2We bought a holiday home in France. 我们在法国买了一个度假屋。 The storm wrecked the family's caravan home. 暴风雨摧毁了这家人的旅行拖车。 They also have a holiday home in Spain. 他们在西班牙也有一处度假寓所。 They also have a weekend home in the Catskills. 他们在卡茨基尔地区也有一处度假寓所。 They designed and built their own home. 他们设计并建造了自己的住宅。 They found their dream home on the shore of a lake. 他们在一个湖畔找到了理想的家园。 You could lose your home if you don't keep up mortgage payments. 如果你不继续支付抵押贷款，你可能会失去你的房子。 Over three-quarters of the UK's home owners have a mortgage. 超过四分之三的英国房主有抵押贷款。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beautiful
- comfortable
- nice
- …
- own
- buy
- purchase
- …
- buyer
- owner
- ownership
- …
- [countable, uncountable]
the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to 家乡；故乡；定居地 I often think about my friends back home. 我常常想起老家的朋友。 Jane left England and made Greece her home. 简离开了英国，在希腊安了家。 - be home to somebody
Jamaica is home to over two million people. 牙买加是两百多万人的家乡。
Extra ExamplesShe left her native home in Ireland and went to America. 她离开爱尔兰的老家去了美国。 She made her home in Spain. 她在西班牙安了家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
- marital
- matrimonial
- …
- be away from
- get away from
- leave
- …
- address
- number
- background
- …
- at home
- away from home
- back home
- …
- a home away from home
- a home from home
- home sweet home
- …
- [countable]
used to refer to a family living together, and the way it behaves 家庭 She came from a violent home. 她出身于一个有暴力行为的家庭。 They wanted to give the boy a secure and loving home. 他们想给那男孩一个安全又充满爱的家。 He had always wanted a real home with a wife and children. 他一直想要一个有妻子和孩子的真正的家庭。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa2He came from an appalling home background. 他的家庭背景令人震惊。 More and more children in the school are from single-parent homes. 学校里单亲家庭的孩子越来越多。 Placing a child in public care is sometimes the only solution to ill-treatment in the natural home. 孩子在家里受到虐待，有时候唯一的解决办法就是将孩子交由政府照料。 She had never had a stable home life. 她从未有过稳定的家庭生活。 We have to provide a good home for the children. 我们必须为孩子们提供一个良好的生活场所。 These children badly need a stable and secure home life. 这些孩子迫切需要稳定、安全的家庭生活。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
- marital
- matrimonial
- …
- be away from
- get away from
- leave
- …
- address
- number
- background
- …
- at home
- away from home
- back home
- …
- a home away from home
- a home from home
- home sweet home
- …
- [countable]
a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others 养老院；养育院 a children’s home 儿童之家 an old people’s home 养老院 a retirement home 退休疗养院 a home for the mentally ill 精神病院 - in a home
She has lived in a home since she was six. 她从六岁起就在保育院生活。
Extra ExamplesShe had to move to a residential care home when her health deteriorated. 她的健康状况恶化后不得不住进一所安养院。 Nora's parents lost custody, and she was placed in a children's home. 诺拉的父母失去了监护权，她被安置在一个儿童之家。 My grandmother moved into an old people's home two years ago. 我奶奶两年前搬进了一所养老院。 He refused to give up his house and garden and go into a retirement home. 他拒绝放弃自己的房子和花园，去养老院。 Eventually she had to give up her house and go into a nursing home. 最终她不得不放弃自己的房子，住进了养老院。 They run a retirement home for the elderly. 他们经营一家养老院。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- care
- children’s
- convalescent
- …
- run
- [countable]
a place where pets with no owner are taken care of 收养所 a dogs’/cats’ home 狗／猫之家
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- care
- children’s
- convalescent
- …
- run
- [singular, uncountable]
the place where a plant or animal usually lives; the place where somebody/something can be found 生息地；栖息地；产地 This region is the home of many species of wild flower. 这个地区有很多种类的野花。 The tiger's home is in the jungle. 老虎栖息在丛林里。 Beverly Hills is the home of the stars. 比佛利山上住着很多明星。 - home to somebody/something
The Rockies are home to bears and mountain lions. 落基山脉中有熊和美洲狮栖息。 Arizona is home to the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. 亚利桑那州是大峡谷和石化森林的所在地。
Extra ExamplesThe hill is the legendary home of King Arthur. 这座小山就是传说中亚瑟王的家园。 These birds are in danger of becoming extinct as their forest home disappears. 失去森林栖息地的鸟儿面临灭绝。 The mudflats offer a winter home to thousands of migrating swans. 泥滩成了成千上万迁徙的天鹅越冬的场所。 I arranged to meet her in her office, as she seemed more relaxed on her home territory. 既然她在自己的地盘里显得更加放松，我就把见面地点安排在她的办公室了。
- [countable] (informal)
a place where an object is kept 存放物品的地方 - [singular] the home of something
the place where something was first discovered, made or invented 发源地；发祥地 New Orleans, the home of jazz 新奥尔良，爵士乐的发源地 Greece, the home of democracy 希腊，民主的发祥地 Andalusia, the home of flamenco 安达卢西亚，弗拉门柯舞的发源地
house, etc.房子等
town/country城镇；国家
family家庭
for old people/children老年人；孩子
for pets宠物
of plant/animal动植物
where something is kept
where something first done发祥地
Word OriginOld English hām, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heem and German Heim.
Idioms
at home
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in a person’s own house, flat, etc. 在家里 -
comfortable and relaxed 舒适自在；无拘无束 (used especially in journalism 尤用于报刊新闻 in somebody’s own country, not in a foreign country 在本国；在国内 if a sports team plays at home, it plays in the town, etc. that it comes from （比赛队）在主场 Leeds are playing at home this weekend. 本周末利兹队将在主场进行比赛。 Is the match on Saturday at home or away? 星期六的比赛是在主场还是在客场？
away from home
away from a person’s own house, flat, etc. 离开家 if a sports team plays away from home, it plays in the town, etc. that its opponent comes from （比赛队）在客场 The side has scored 24 goals away from home this season. 这支球队本赛季在客场进了24个球。 The team are playing away from home. 该队在客场比赛。
charity begins at home
- (saying)
you should help and care for your own family, etc. before you start helping other people 博爱始于自家
close to home
if a remark or topic of discussion is close to home, it is accurate or connected with you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed （话语或讨论的话题）因点中要害而使人局促不安（或尴尬） that involves somebody directly 家： 直接涉及某人The next year tragedy struck much closer to home. 第二年，悲剧发生在离家更近的地方。
eat somebody out of house and home
- (informal, often humorous)
to eat a lot of somebody else’s food 把某人吃穷 How much longer is he staying? He’s eating us out of house and home. 他还要呆多久？他把我们吃得落花流水。
More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
a home from home (British English)
(North American English a home away from home)
a place where you feel relaxed and comfortable as if you were in your own home 像家一样舒适自在的地方 The guests are made to feel that the hotel is a home from home. 客人们被弄得像在自己家一样。 The hotel's friendly atmosphere makes it a real home (away) from home. 这家旅馆温馨的氛围令人有宾至如归的感觉。
home is where the heart is
- (saying)
a home is where the people you love are 家乃心之所系
home sweet home
- (often ironic)
used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all) 可爱的家；家总是家（有时有反讽意思，指并不愉快）
a man’s home is his castle (US English)
(British English an Englishman’s home is his castle)
- (saying)
a person’s home is a place where they can be private and safe and do as they like 人之住宅即其城堡；人在家中，自成一统
set up home
your spiritual home
the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there 在精神上认同的某个地方；精神家园 When she moved to Italy, she knew she'd found her true spiritual home. 当她搬到意大利时，她知道她找到了真正的精神家园。 The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual home. 第一次踏上新奥尔良的土地，他就意识到自己找到了精神家园。 I had always thought of India as my spiritual home. 我一直认为印度是我的精神家园。
when he’s, it’s, etc. at home