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  • Conjugation : past  homed ; ing  homing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

home [həum]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] (house) 家
    His home is in Hampstead.
    他家在汉姆斯塔德。
  2. 2. noun [c/u] (country, area) 家乡
    Jack often dreamed of home from his prison cell.
    杰克在监狱牢房里常常梦见家乡。
  3. 3. noun [c] (institution) 收容院
    a home for handicapped children
    残疾儿童收容院
  4. 4. adjective (made at home) 家庭的
    home cooking
    家庭式烹调
  5. 5. adjective [经济, 政治] (domestic) 国内的
    the expansion of the home market
    国内市场的扩大
  6. 6. adjective [sports] [+team, game] 主场的
    They are Celtic fans, and attend all home games.
    他们是凯特人队的球迷，观看所有的主场比赛。
  7. 7. adverb [be, go, get etc+] 在家
    I want to go home.
    我想回家。
    I'll phone you as soon as I get home.
    我一回家就打电话给你。
    at home
    在家
    She went out to work, while he stayed at home to care for the children.
    她出去工作，而他则在家照顾孩子。
  8. 8. adverb [sports] 在主场
    Our team are at home this weekend.
    这个周末我们的球队是主场。
  9. 9. adverb (comfortable) 自在
    I felt at home at once, because I recognized familiar faces.
    我立即感到自在，因为我见到熟悉的面孔。
    make yourself at home
    请不要拘束
    the home of free enterprise/the blues
    自由企业/蓝调音乐的起源地
    home and dry > {or} home free >
    [BRIT] [US] 大功告成
    a home from {or} > away from home
    [US] 像家一样舒适的地方
    to bring sth home to sb
    使某人认识到某事
    to drive/hammer sth home
    [fig] 强调某事
  10. 10. adverb [lit] 全部砸进去

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

home [hom] [həum]
  1. 1. noun 家；住宅；尤指（常住或临时居住的）房屋，公寓；住处
    When we bought our home, it was on sale!
    当时我们买这所房子时，它正减价出售！
  2. 2. noun 居住地区、城市或州等
  3. 3. noun 出生地，本城、本州、本国
    The basketball team will play the finals at home.
    决赛将在这支篮球队的主场举行。
  4. 4. noun 家乡；尤指爱去的地方；宜人的地方
    I live in China, but my home is in Mexico.
    我住在中国，但我的家乡在墨西哥。
  5. 5. noun 坟墓
  6. 6. noun 家人；家庭；家庭生活；家务
    homes broken up by divorce
    由离婚造成的家庭破裂
    Children from a broken home might have some attitude problems when they grow up.
    单亲家庭的孩子成年以后，在为人处事上可能会存在问题。
  7. 7. noun 养育院；孤儿院；收容所；敬老院
    My grandma refused to spend her early years in a home.
    我奶奶不愿意在自己生活还能自理的时候，就搬去养老院度过余生。
  8. 8. noun （动植物等的）生息地，产地
  9. 9. noun 发源地；根据地，（活动的）中心；基地；大本营；本部
    Paris is the home of fashion.
    巴黎是时装的发源地。
  10. 10. noun [American English] [sports] 完全位置，中心位置；（径赛的）终点；（棒球的）本垒；（射击等的）命中点
  11. 11. adjective 家的；尤指家庭的，家里的
    My home computer is broken, I need to fix it.
    我家电脑坏了，需要修理。
  12. 12. adjective 本国的；国内的[foreign之对]
    home office
    总署(或总部)，总公司
    Bimbo's chocolate bread was a success in its home market, but had to modify its products to find an audience in China.
    宾堡巧克力面包在其国内市场很受欢迎，但若想赢得中国消费者的青睐，则仍需对其产品进行调整。
  13. 13. adjective （在）总部的，（在）活动中心的
  14. 14. adjective 打中目标的，击中要害的；有效的；有力的
  15. 15. adjective 在国内、本地、本校举行的
    a home game
    在本地举行的比赛
  16. 16. adverb 在家，到家，回家；在家乡；回家乡；在本国；回本国
    I will be home at 6 o'clock.
    我六点到家。
  17. 17. adverb 到目的地，到终点；中目标
    to drive a nail home
    把钉子深深敲进去
  18. 18. adverb 中要害；接近；紧密地；直接地；深入地
  19. 19. vi. 回家
  20. 20. vi. 成家，安家
  21. 21. vi. [military] 寻的（“的”指目标）
  22. 22. vt. 把…送回家；把…安置在家中；给…住处

Collins English-English Dictionary

home [həυm]
  1. 1. n the place or a place where one lives
    have you no home to go to?
  2. 2. n a house or other dwelling
  3. 3. n a family or other group living in a house or other place
  4. 4. n a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one
  5. 5. n the environment or habitat of a person or animal
  6. 6. n the place where something is invented, founded, or developed
    the US is the home of baseball
  7. 7. n a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc
  8. 8. n an informal name for a mental home
  9. 9. n [sport] one's own ground
    the match is at home
  10. 10. n the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports
  11. 11. n an area where a player is safe from attack
  12. 12. n [lacrosse] one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal
  13. 13. n a player assigned to such a position
    inside home
  14. 14. n another name for home plate
  15. 15. n [baseball] [NZ] [informal, obsolete] Britain, esp England
  16. 16. adj [usually prenominal] of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic
  17. 17. adj (of an activity) done in one's house
    home taping
  18. 18. adj effective or deadly
    a home thrust
  19. 19. adj [sport] relating to one's own ground
    a home game
  20. 20. adj [US] central; principal
    the company's home office
  21. 21. adv to or at home
    I'll be home tomorrow
  22. 22. adv to or on the point
  23. 23. adv to the fullest extent
    hammer the nail home
  24. 24. adv (of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position
    the boom is home
  25. 25. vi. [intr] (of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance
  26. 26. vi. [often foll by on or onto] to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids
  27. 27. vi. to send or go home
  28. 28. vi. to furnish with or have a home
  29. 29. vi. [intr; often foll by in or in on] to be directed towards a goal, target, etc
  30. 30. vi. [Etymology] Old English ham; related to Old Norse heimr, Gothic haims, Old High German heim, Dutch heem, Greek komi village
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Examples

{or} home free >
[BRIT] [US] 大功告成 → home
away from home
[US] 像家一样舒适的地方 → home
He's just as happy at home.
他同在家一样愉快。 → as
baund for home
回家去；驶回本国的 → bound
a broken home
破裂的家庭 → broken
Stop by on your way home.
在你回家的路上(顺便)来访。 → by
Following dinner he went home.
饭后他回家了。 → following
to leave for home
动身回家 → for
foster home
照顾孤儿的家庭，(养子等)寄养家庭 → foster
far from home
远离家乡 → from
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