homes的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT家;住宅;住所

Someone's home is the house or flat where they live.

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

  昨晚他們呆在了家裡看電視。

• ...his home in Hampstead.

  他位於漢普斯特德的住所

N-UNCOUNT（強調歸屬感的）家，家鄉，祖國

You can use home 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.

• She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad...

  她經常在國內外演出自己的作品。

• His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years...

  父親在吉姆5歲前的大部分時間裡都在外地工作。

ADV向家;在家

Home means to or at the place where you live.

• 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。

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

  我一到家就給你打電話。

ADJ在家裡做（或進行）的

Home means made or done in the place where you live.

• ...cheap but healthy home cooking...

  便宜而健康的家常菜

• All you have to do is make a home video.

  你要做的就是拍一段家庭錄影片。

ADJ本國的;國內的

Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.

• Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.

  歐洲軟體公司的國內市場仍在增長中。

• ...the Guardian's home news pages.

  《衛報》的國內新聞版

N-COUNT養老院;療養院;養育院

A home 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.

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

  這將是一家殘疾兒童福利院。

• ...an old people's home.

  養老院

N-COUNT家庭

You can refer to a family unit as a home .

• She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet...

  她至少為哈麗雅特提供了一個安寧關愛的家。

• Single-parent homes are commonplace.

  單親家庭很普遍。

N-SING發源地;發祥地;產地;生息地

If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.

• This south-west region of France is the home of claret.

  法國西南部的這個地區是乾紅葡萄酒的產地。

N-COUNT適於存放…的地方

If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept.

• The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.

  該裝置本身正變得越來越小，越來越輕巧，也越來越便於存放。

ADV擊中要害地;徹底地;深切地;切實地

If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible.

• It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.

  現在要靠我們大家對此問題進行辯論，並儘可能將論點闡述清楚。

N-UNCOUNT（比賽的）主場

When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground.

• I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away.

  我在兩場對陣巴塞羅那隊的比賽中都進了球;我們在主場戰平，在客場贏了他們。

PHRASE像在家一樣舒適自在;無拘束

If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.

• He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home...

  他英語說得非常好，見到我們顯得很高興，我們很快就不拘束了。

• I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church.

  我在任何一個新教教會都不是特別自在。

PHRASE使清楚地領會;使深切地感到

To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.

• Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.

  他們發人深省的對話使在座的每個人都清楚地認識到紅十字會所從事的嚴肅而有價值的工作。

PHRASE大功告成;穩操勝券

If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.

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

  首相和溫和派還未大功告成。

PHRASE切中要害;使人接受（或認清）事實

If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize.

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

  人們終於認清戰爭的現實了嗎？

• Israeli officials say that message struck home.

  以色列官員說這一資訊切中了要害。

PHRASE像家裡一樣舒適的地方

You can say a home from home in British English or a home away from home in American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home.

• Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.

  很多度假屋都像自家一樣，裡面有微波爐、洗碗機、電視機和錄影機。

CONVENTION請別拘束;請隨便

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.

PHRASE平平常常;沒有什麼特別有趣的地方

If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting.

• So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?

  這麼說，在沃爾瑟姆斯托度過的一個沉悶的週一下午沒什麼值得大書特書的，是嗎？

PHRASE擊中目標

If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.

• Only two torpedoes struck home.

  只有兩枚魚雷擊中了目標。