house

Word family nounhousefulhousinghouse arresthouseboathouseboyhousebreakerhousebreakinghouse callhousecoathousecrafthouseflyhouse guesthouseholdhouseholderhousekeeperhousekeepinghousemaidhousemanhouse martinhousemasterhouse musichouseparenthouse partyhouseroomhousetophouse-warminghousewifehousewiferyhousewifeshiphouseworkhousing estatehouseadjectivehouselesshouseyhouseboundhouse-to-househouse-trainedhousewifelyverbhouse-sit

Related topics: Parliaments, Theatre, School, House

ldoce_164_ghouse1 /haʊs/ S1 W1 noun (plural houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/)

1 where someone lives 某人的住处 [countableC]

a) a building that someone lives in, especially one that has more than one level and is intended to be used by one family 房屋，房子；住宅

a four-bedroom house

一幢有四间卧室的房子

in a house

every room in the house

那幢房子的每个房间

at somebody’s house

We met at Alison’s house.

我们是在艾利森家相识的。

Why don’t you all come over to our house for coffee?

你们全都上我们家来喝咖啡如何？

move house British EnglishBrE (=leave your house and go to live in another one) 搬家，迁居

b) PERSON/PEOPLE the house all the people who live in a house 〔住在一幢房子里的〕一家人 SYN household

He gets up at six and disturbs the whole house.

他6点钟起床，把全家人都吵醒。

► see thesaurus at home →5 See picture of motor home/RV AmE【美】房车, bungalow BrE【英】/ranch house AmE【美】平房, terraced house BrE【英】/row house AmE【美】排屋 ... →4 See picture of 见图 house

2 building 建筑物

a) opera/court/movie etc houseBUILD a large public building used for a particular purpose 歌剧院/法院/电影院等

b) House British EnglishBrENAME OF A THING used in the names of large buildings, especially offices 大楼，大厦〔用于大型建筑名称，尤其是办公楼〕

the BBC television studios at Broadcasting House

位于广播大厦的英国广播公司电视演播室

c) hen house/coach house/storehouse etc a building used for a particular purpose 鸡舍/马车房/仓库等

3 government 政府PGPGOVERENMENT [countableC] a group of people who make the laws of a country 议院

The president will address both houses of Congress.

总统将向参众两院发表讲话。

the House of Commons/Lords/Representatives/Assembly 下议院/上议院/众议院/议会

the Speaker of the House

议会议长

→ Lower House, Upper House

4 company 公司COMPANY [countableC] a company, especially one involved in a particular area of business 公司，商号，商行

America’s oldest publishing house

美国历史最悠久的出版社

a small independent software house

一家小型的独立软件公司

an auction house

一家拍卖行

a famous Italian fashion house

一家著名的意大利时装公司

5 theatre 剧院 [countableC]

a) APTthe part of a theatre, cinema etc where people sit 观众席 OPP backstage

The show has been playing to full houses.

该演出一直场场爆满。

The house was half empty.

剧院的座位有一半空着。

The house lights went down and the music started.

剧院观众席的灯光暗了下去，音乐响起。

b) APTthe people who have come to watch a performance 观众 SYN audience

full/packed/empty house (=a large or small audience) 满座/座无虚席/观众寥寥无几

The show has been playing to packed houses since it opened.

该剧目自开演以来一直座无虚席。

6. in house BECif you work in house, you work at the offices of a company or organization, not at home 在办公室里〔工作〕 → in-house

7. put/set/get your (own) house in order BEHAVEused to say that someone should improve the way they behave before criticizing other people 〔在批评别人之前〕把自己的事管好

Examples from the Corpus

put/set/get your (own) house in order• Henry had set his house in order but had no thoughts about setting off on crusade.• The Law Society no longer can support equally those who have put their house in order and those who have not.• But Apple first must get its house in order.• Others have called on the council to step in and tell the firm to put its house in order.• Commissioners are satisfied with the progress it is making to put its house in order.• Following numerous complaints the Vicar of Woodford has been told to put his house in order.

8. bring the house down to make a lot of people laugh, especially when you are acting in a theatre 〔尤指在戏院表演时〕博得满堂大笑

Examples from the Corpus

bring the house down• The Great One almost brought the house down in his return to Southern California.• This comeback brought the house down.• She nearly brought the house down when I scrounged another biscuit and put her through her repertoire of tricks.• Sinatra brought the house down when he sang "New York, New York."• Topping the bill was Dangerous Dan the fire eater, but it was the finish that brought the house down.

9. be on the house FREE/COST NOTHINGif drinks or meals are on the house, you do not have to pay for them because they are provided free by the owner of the bar, restaurant etc 由店家赠送，免费招待

Examples from the Corpus

be on the house• On New Year's Eve, he offered a glass of champagne to everyone, on the house.• The owner let us have the first bottle of wine on the house.• First drink is on the house.

10 house wine (also house red/white)DFD ordinary wine that is provided by a restaurant to be drunk with meals 店酒〔顾客没有特殊要求时餐馆供应的普通葡萄酒〕

A glass of house red, please.

请来一杯你们店的红葡萄酒。

Examples from the Corpus

house wine• A house wine is on offer, or you can bring your own.• Dinner, cocktails and house wine came to £81 for four.• Expected demand in terms of our current Cheshire Restaurants menu is as follows: Currently house wine costs £1.88 and sells at £3.50.• For five nights the hotel also offer a bottle of house wine per couple.• Extensive range of house wines and champagne, whiskies and draught beers.• The university also has a good wine list to complement its food, from a reasonable house wine to more quality vintages.• As the economy boomed, champagne boomed with it, becoming the house wine of the upwardly mobile.

11. get on/along like a house on fire British EnglishBrE informalFRIENDLY to quickly have a very friendly relationship 〔和某人〕很快成为好朋友，一见如故

12 set up house to start to live in a house, especially with another person 〔在某处〕定居，〔尤指和另外一个人一起〕建立家庭

The two of them set up house in Brighton.

他们俩在布赖顿建立了家庭。

Examples from the Corpus

set up house• They first set up house together in Atlanta and moved to Miami three years later.• He rarely left the Brooklyn apartment where he had set up house.• He had even established a system for sending money home to their families once they had set up house in this country.• And he set up house for her in a bungalow further along the river, in a nice secluded part.• Her parents were very upset when she set up house with her boyfriend.• The two new Mr and Mrs Kim-Soons set up house next door.• They set up house in No. 93, which was now to let.• I have to save enough money to set up house.• Diana and I were soon to set up house in Shepherd's Bush and our fortunes were inextricable for the next decade.

13 keep house to regularly do all the cleaning, cooking etc in a house 做家务，料理家务

His daughter keeps house for him.

他女儿为他料理家务。

Examples from the Corpus

keep house• For many years thereafter he stayed at home and kept house while she supported them financially.• It must have seemed strange to have found herself keeping house for my grandfather and his daughters.• Owen's wife, Lauren, keeps house and looks after the children.• She enjoyed doing things like that far more than keeping house.• Low inflation that keeps house prices from appreciating and high interest rates were blamed.• She couldn't bear things like Anna refusing to keep house or giving any pleasure to herself.• There had been no mention of Alice going out there to keep house for him.• Where keeping house and cooking were not female chores but simple tasks of pleasure and survival.• It was hard work keeping house.

14. school 学校SES [countableC] British EnglishBrE in some schools, one of the groups that children of different ages are divided into to compete against each other, for example in sports competitions 〔学校里为进行体育比赛等而分的〕组

15 royal family 王室HIGH POSITION OR RANK [countableC] an important family, especially a royal family 名门望族；〔尤指〕王室

the House of Windsor

温莎王室

16. COMPLICATEDmusic 音乐 [uncountableU] house music 豪斯音乐，货仓音乐

17. house of God/worship literary a church 神的殿/礼拜堂〔指教堂〕

Examples from the Corpus

house of God/worship• The Civil War almost devastated these little Baptist houses of worship.• If man is made of clay, why not his houses of worship?• It is not a lack of money that keeps parishioners from expanding the historic house of worship.• The area also has many historical houses of worship, which can be toured.• But there are legitimate houses of worship here that welcome any serious couple who want to exchange vows before family and friends.• No house of worship nor community center should be bereft of personnel or equipment for such education.• They had no temples or houses of worship.

18. this house formalVOTE/ELECT used to mean the people who are voting in a formal debate when you are stating the proposal that is being discussed 在正式辩论中参加投票的人 → doll's house, → eat somebody out of house and home at eat(10), → open house, public house, → (as) safe as houses at safe1(1)

Examples from the Corpus

this house• Even places, especially this house whose air is thick with the past.• If this house were a score it would sing of all that is best in modern music.• He was born in this house, third room on the end, 75 years ago this July.• Leave this house on the instant!• Most of this house was here when my father came in 1911.• The gallery on this house on Church Hill was probably part of larger farm buildings facing the meadows.• You see, this house is mine now.• Mostly, I am to tend to this house.

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

live in a house

They live in a really big house in Hampstead.

buy a house

We bought this house when Liam was just a baby.

rent a house

While he was working in London, Ken rented a house in Fulham.

sell a house

We decided to sell the house and move back to Seattle.

put your house on the market (=make it available for people to buy)

They put the house on the market and began looking for an apartment.

move into/out of a house

We’re moving into our new house next week.

build a house

They’re building a house on land overlooking Galway Bay.

put up a house (=build a house, especially when it seems very quick)

I think they’ve ruined the village by putting up these new houses.

renovate a house (=repair a house so that it is in good condition again)

He makes money by renovating old houses and selling them on.

decorate a house (=put paint or wallpaper on the inside walls of a house)

If we’re going to decorate the house, let’s get professionals in.

do up a house informal (=decorate it)

We’ve been doing up the house bit by bit since we first moved in.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + house

a private house (=one owned by someone)

It was a residential neighborhood of private houses.

a rented house (=one owned by someone who rents it to people)

She shares a rented house with three other students.

a council house British EnglishBrE (=one owned by a local council that people can rent cheaply)

The rent rise is a blow to council house tenants.

a Georgian/Victorian/Edwardian etc house (=a house in Britain that was built during the reign of a particular king or queen )

They live in a lovely old Edwardian house with high ceilings.

house + NOUN

house prices

House prices have tripled over the last ten years.

a house owner

All house owners must pay council tax.

a house purchase

A solicitor can help you with the legal aspects of a house purchase.

house hunting (=the activity of looking at houses that you might buy)

Have you had any success with your house hunting?

n THESAURUS

house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in

Annie and Rick have just bought their first house.

The price of houses is going up all the time.

detached house British EnglishBrE a house that is not joined to another house

a detached four-bedroomed house

semi-detached house British EnglishBrE a house that is joined to another house on one side

terraced house British EnglishBrE, row house American EnglishAmE one of a row of houses that are joined together

townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city

an 18th-century townhouse in Bath

cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK

a little cottage in the country

a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)

bungalow a small house that is all on one level

Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.

country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest

The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.

mansion a very large house

the family’s Beverly Hills mansion

mobile home (also trailer American EnglishAmE) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place

ranch house American EnglishAmE a long narrow house that is all on one level

a California ranch house

duplex American EnglishAmE a house that is divided into two separate homes

an apartment

apartment especially American EnglishAmE , flat British EnglishBrE a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements

His apartment is on the eighth floor.

In London, I shared a flat with some other students.

condominium (also condo informal) American EnglishAmE one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them

a 10-unit condominium complex

a group of houses

development a group of new houses or other buildings that are all planned and built together on the same piece of land

The site is to be used for a new housing development.

estate British EnglishBrE an area where a large group of houses have all been built together at the same time

She grew up on a council estate in Leeds.

Examples from the Corpus

house• My parents have a five-bedroom house.• The bill has the backing of both houses of Congress.• The street was lined with identical red-brick houses.• Dilapidated public schools-their windows covered by protective grilles coexist with crack houses.• a detached house in Surrey• a three-bedroom semi-detached house• Which gives my house the unique decor of a kitsch museum crossed with a landfill.• Our house is the one with the red door.• Now they had a smart restaurant in Blackheath, another in Knightsbridge, and a chain of pizza houses.• America's oldest publishing house• I went over to Barbara's house after school.• I'm going to Bethany's house after school.• The street ran between rows of dingy terraced houses.• Immediately these men destroyed the houses that had been built on the land.• Mrs Kim-Soon exclaimed that she would not put up with another Mrs Kim-Soon in the house.• She left the house for the farmers' market.• I was dressed and out of the house in ten long minutes with gas-fuelled hair tongs in my hand.• the House of Dior• Women orbited about surfers on the beach; they clung to them in cars; they occupied their houses in loose liaisons.• Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!

the House of Commons/Lords/Representatives/Assembly• They propose to abolish the House of Lords.• There is no such thing as redundancy in the House of Lords.• He sits in the House of Lords as a cross-bencher and is active in debates, particularly on environmental issues.• Members of the House of Lords sat by virtue of birth, holding hereditary peerages.• The objection to the House of Lords is that it is not a democratic institution.

publishing house• As part of the exhibition, the celebrated publishing house will be showing six films it has produced on the Catalan artist.• His next moves were to acquire a major London publishing house and the prestigious London Times newspaper.• The national news agency and the major publishing houses struck.• Everything l needed was right here libraries, newspapers, publishing houses, lectures, even a Writers' Club.• In the colonies there were no publishing houses or distribution systems.• Just in the past year, the party has banned dozens of books and closed numerous publishing houses.• Other publishing houses in other countries will naturally prefer artists who are already internationally well known.• Lessing, from the publishing house.

full houses• No critics, not too many nerves, no reviews and full houses for three months.• But enough to make it a success and full houses to the end.• The show went from strength to strength and played to full houses throughout.• Cecil resigned from the Cabinet and ever since has been playing to full houses when he addresses the Tory faithful.• All human life was strutting its stuff, to full houses in three auditoria.• The theatre welcomed me back with full houses.

house2 /haʊz/ verb [transitiveT]

1 HOMEto provide someone with a place to live 让…居住，给…提供住房

house in

The refugees are being housed in temporary accommodation.

难民被安置在临时住处。

2 KEEP/STOREif a building, place, or container houses something, it is kept there 收藏；存放

house in

The collection is currently housed in the British Museum.

该藏品目前由大英博物馆收藏。

the plastic case that houses the batteries

存放电池的塑料盒

Examples from the Corpus

house• Last year, the Tri-City Homeless Coalition housed 800 people.• The plush hotel once housed a casino and several restaurants.• The High Synagogue now houses a textile museum and you may buy tickets here for all the museums in the ghetto.• The refugees have been fed, clothed and housed by welfare organizations around the world.

From Longman Business Dictionary

househouse /haʊs/ noun [countableC]

1COMMERCEa company, especially one that produces books, lends money, or designs clothes

America’s oldest publishing house

the French fashion house, Yves Saint Laurent

→ accepting house → brokerage house → clearing house → discount house → fashion house → finance house → fulfillment house → issuing house → securities house

2House used in the names of some office buildings

the BBC television studios at Broadcasting House

3HUMAN RESOURCES in house/out of house if work is done in house, it is done in a company’s offices by the company’s own staff. If work is done out of house, it is done outside the offices by people who are not directly employed by the company

We used to handle our advertising in house.

a team of out-of-house lawyers

4COMMERCE clean/clear house American EnglishAmE to try to make your business more PROFITABLE by getting rid of parts of the business or staff that are making you lose money

They have been clearing house before the relaunch of the company.

5on the house provided free to a customer by a restaurant, bar etc

Origin house1

Old English hus

→n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1house2 verb

词汇	house
释义	house Word family nounhousefulhousinghouse arresthouseboathouseboyhousebreakerhousebreakinghouse callhousecoathousecrafthouseflyhouse guesthouseholdhouseholderhousekeeperhousekeepinghousemaidhousemanhouse martinhousemasterhouse musichouseparenthouse partyhouseroomhousetophouse-warminghousewifehousewiferyhousewifeshiphouseworkhousing estatehouseadjectivehouselesshouseyhouseboundhouse-to-househouse-trainedhousewifelyverbhouse-sit Related topics: Parliaments, Theatre, School, House ldoce_164_ghouse1 /haʊs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/) 1 where someone lives 某人的住处 [countableC] a) a building that someone lives in, especially one that has more than one level and is intended to be used by one family 房屋，房子；住宅 a four-bedroom house 一幢有四间卧室的房子 in a house every room in the house 那幢房子的每个房间 at somebody’s house We met at Alison’s house. 我们是在艾利森家相识的。 Why don’t you all come over to our house for coffee? 你们全都上我们家来喝咖啡如何？ move house British EnglishBrE (=leave your house and go to live in another one) 搬家，迁居 b) PERSON/PEOPLE the house all the people who live in a house 〔住在一幢房子里的〕一家人 SYN household He gets up at six and disturbs the whole house. 他6点钟起床，把全家人都吵醒。 ► see thesaurus at home →5 See picture of motor home/RV AmE【美】房车, bungalow BrE【英】/ranch house AmE【美】平房, terraced house BrE【英】/row house AmE【美】排屋 ... →4 See picture of 见图 house 2 building 建筑物 a) opera/court/movie etc houseBUILD a large public building used for a particular purpose 歌剧院/法院/电影院等 b) House British EnglishBrENAME OF A THING used in the names of large buildings, especially offices 大楼，大厦〔用于大型建筑名称，尤其是办公楼〕 the BBC television studios at Broadcasting House 位于广播大厦的英国广播公司电视演播室 c) hen house/coach house/storehouse etc a building used for a particular purpose 鸡舍/马车房/仓库等 3 government 政府PGPGOVERENMENT [countableC] a group of people who make the laws of a country 议院 The president will address both houses of Congress. 总统将向参众两院发表讲话。 the House of Commons/Lords/Representatives/Assembly 下议院/上议院/众议院/议会 the Speaker of the House 议会议长 → Lower House, Upper House 4 company 公司COMPANY [countableC] a company, especially one involved in a particular area of business 公司，商号，商行 America’s oldest publishing house 美国历史最悠久的出版社 a small independent software house 一家小型的独立软件公司 an auction house 一家拍卖行 a famous Italian fashion house 一家著名的意大利时装公司 5 theatre 剧院 [countableC] a) APTthe part of a theatre, cinema etc where people sit 观众席 OPP backstage The show has been playing to full houses. 该演出一直场场爆满。 The house was half empty. 剧院的座位有一半空着。 The house lights went down and the music started. 剧院观众席的灯光暗了下去，音乐响起。 b) APTthe people who have come to watch a performance 观众 SYN audience full/packed/empty house (=a large or small audience) 满座/座无虚席/观众寥寥无几 The show has been playing to packed houses since it opened. 该剧目自开演以来一直座无虚席。 6. in house BECif you work in house, you work at the offices of a company or organization, not at home 在办公室里〔工作〕 → in-house 7. put/set/get your (own) house in order BEHAVEused to say that someone should improve the way they behave before criticizing other people 〔在批评别人之前〕把自己的事管好 Examples from the Corpus put/set/get your (own) house in order• Henry had set his house in order but had no thoughts about setting off on crusade.• The Law Society no longer can support equally those who have put their house in order and those who have not.• But Apple first must get its house in order.• Others have called on the council to step in and tell the firm to put its house in order.• Commissioners are satisfied with the progress it is making to put its house in order.• Following numerous complaints the Vicar of Woodford has been told to put his house in order. 8. bring the house down to make a lot of people laugh, especially when you are acting in a theatre 〔尤指在戏院表演时〕博得满堂大笑 Examples from the Corpus bring the house down• The Great One almost brought the house down in his return to Southern California.• This comeback brought the house down.• She nearly brought the house down when I scrounged another biscuit and put her through her repertoire of tricks.• Sinatra brought the house down when he sang "New York, New York."• Topping the bill was Dangerous Dan the fire eater, but it was the finish that brought the house down. 9. be on the house FREE/COST NOTHINGif drinks or meals are on the house, you do not have to pay for them because they are provided free by the owner of the bar, restaurant etc 由店家赠送，免费招待 Examples from the Corpus be on the house• On New Year's Eve, he offered a glass of champagne to everyone, on the house.• The owner let us have the first bottle of wine on the house.• First drink is on the house. 10 house wine (also house red/white)DFD ordinary wine that is provided by a restaurant to be drunk with meals 店酒〔顾客没有特殊要求时餐馆供应的普通葡萄酒〕 A glass of house red, please. 请来一杯你们店的红葡萄酒。 Examples from the Corpus house wine• A house wine is on offer, or you can bring your own.• Dinner, cocktails and house wine came to £81 for four.• Expected demand in terms of our current Cheshire Restaurants menu is as follows: Currently house wine costs £1.88 and sells at £3.50.• For five nights the hotel also offer a bottle of house wine per couple.• Extensive range of house wines and champagne, whiskies and draught beers.• The university also has a good wine list to complement its food, from a reasonable house wine to more quality vintages.• As the economy boomed, champagne boomed with it, becoming the house wine of the upwardly mobile. 11. get on/along like a house on fire British EnglishBrE informalFRIENDLY to quickly have a very friendly relationship 〔和某人〕很快成为好朋友，一见如故 12 set up house to start to live in a house, especially with another person 〔在某处〕定居，〔尤指和另外一个人一起〕建立家庭 The two of them set up house in Brighton. 他们俩在布赖顿建立了家庭。 Examples from the Corpus set up house• They first set up house together in Atlanta and moved to Miami three years later.• He rarely left the Brooklyn apartment where he had set up house.• He had even established a system for sending money home to their families once they had set up house in this country.• And he set up house for her in a bungalow further along the river, in a nice secluded part.• Her parents were very upset when she set up house with her boyfriend.• The two new Mr and Mrs Kim-Soons set up house next door.• They set up house in No. 93, which was now to let.• I have to save enough money to set up house.• Diana and I were soon to set up house in Shepherd's Bush and our fortunes were inextricable for the next decade. 13 keep house to regularly do all the cleaning, cooking etc in a house 做家务，料理家务 His daughter keeps house for him. 他女儿为他料理家务。 Examples from the Corpus keep house• For many years thereafter he stayed at home and kept house while she supported them financially.• It must have seemed strange to have found herself keeping house for my grandfather and his daughters.• Owen's wife, Lauren, keeps house and looks after the children.• She enjoyed doing things like that far more than keeping house.• Low inflation that keeps house prices from appreciating and high interest rates were blamed.• She couldn't bear things like Anna refusing to keep house or giving any pleasure to herself.• There had been no mention of Alice going out there to keep house for him.• Where keeping house and cooking were not female chores but simple tasks of pleasure and survival.• It was hard work keeping house. 14. school 学校SES [countableC] British EnglishBrE in some schools, one of the groups that children of different ages are divided into to compete against each other, for example in sports competitions 〔学校里为进行体育比赛等而分的〕组 15 royal family 王室HIGH POSITION OR RANK [countableC] an important family, especially a royal family 名门望族；〔尤指〕王室 the House of Windsor 温莎王室 16. COMPLICATEDmusic 音乐 [uncountableU] house music 豪斯音乐，货仓音乐 17. house of God/worship literary a church 神的殿/礼拜堂〔指教堂〕 Examples from the Corpus house of God/worship• The Civil War almost devastated these little Baptist houses of worship.• If man is made of clay, why not his houses of worship?• It is not a lack of money that keeps parishioners from expanding the historic house of worship.• The area also has many historical houses of worship, which can be toured.• But there are legitimate houses of worship here that welcome any serious couple who want to exchange vows before family and friends.• No house of worship nor community center should be bereft of personnel or equipment for such education.• They had no temples or houses of worship. 18. this house formalVOTE/ELECT used to mean the people who are voting in a formal debate when you are stating the proposal that is being discussed 在正式辩论中参加投票的人 → doll's house, → eat somebody out of house and home at eat(10), → open house, public house, → (as) safe as houses at safe1(1) Examples from the Corpus this house• Even places, especially this house whose air is thick with the past.• If this house were a score it would sing of all that is best in modern music.• He was born in this house, third room on the end, 75 years ago this July.• Leave this house on the instant!• Most of this house was here when my father came in 1911.• The gallery on this house on Church Hill was probably part of larger farm buildings facing the meadows.• You see, this house is mine now.• Mostly, I am to tend to this house. n COLLOCATIONS verbs live in a house They live in a really big house in Hampstead. buy a house We bought this house when Liam was just a baby. rent a house While he was working in London, Ken rented a house in Fulham. sell a house We decided to sell the house and move back to Seattle. put your house on the market (=make it available for people to buy) They put the house on the market and began looking for an apartment. move into/out of a house We’re moving into our new house next week. build a house They’re building a house on land overlooking Galway Bay. put up a house (=build a house, especially when it seems very quick) I think they’ve ruined the village by putting up these new houses. renovate a house (=repair a house so that it is in good condition again) He makes money by renovating old houses and selling them on. decorate a house (=put paint or wallpaper on the inside walls of a house) If we’re going to decorate the house, let’s get professionals in. do up a house informal (=decorate it) We’ve been doing up the house bit by bit since we first moved in. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + house a private house (=one owned by someone) It was a residential neighborhood of private houses. a rented house (=one owned by someone who rents it to people) She shares a rented house with three other students. a council house British EnglishBrE (=one owned by a local council that people can rent cheaply) The rent rise is a blow to council house tenants. a Georgian/Victorian/Edwardian etc house (=a house in Britain that was built during the reign of a particular king or queen ) They live in a lovely old Edwardian house with high ceilings. house + NOUN house prices House prices have tripled over the last ten years. a house owner All house owners must pay council tax. a house purchase A solicitor can help you with the legal aspects of a house purchase. house hunting (=the activity of looking at houses that you might buy) Have you had any success with your house hunting? n THESAURUS house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in Annie and Rick have just bought their first house. The price of houses is going up all the time. detached house British EnglishBrE a house that is not joined to another house a detached four-bedroomed house semi-detached house British EnglishBrE a house that is joined to another house on one side terraced house British EnglishBrE, row house American EnglishAmE one of a row of houses that are joined together townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city an 18th-century townhouse in Bath cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK a little cottage in the country a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw) bungalow a small house that is all on one level Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people. country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house. mansion a very large house the family’s Beverly Hills mansion mobile home (also trailer American EnglishAmE) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place ranch house American EnglishAmE a long narrow house that is all on one level a California ranch house duplex American EnglishAmE a house that is divided into two separate homes an apartment apartment especially American EnglishAmE , flat British EnglishBrE a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements His apartment is on the eighth floor. In London, I shared a flat with some other students. condominium (also condo informal) American EnglishAmE one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them a 10-unit condominium complex a group of houses development a group of new houses or other buildings that are all planned and built together on the same piece of land The site is to be used for a new housing development. estate British EnglishBrE an area where a large group of houses have all been built together at the same time She grew up on a council estate in Leeds. Examples from the Corpus house• My parents have a five-bedroom house.• The bill has the backing of both houses of Congress.• The street was lined with identical red-brick houses.• Dilapidated public schools-their windows covered by protective grilles coexist with crack houses.• a detached house in Surrey• a three-bedroom semi-detached house• Which gives my house the unique decor of a kitsch museum crossed with a landfill.• Our house is the one with the red door.• Now they had a smart restaurant in Blackheath, another in Knightsbridge, and a chain of pizza houses.• America's oldest publishing house• I went over to Barbara's house after school.• I'm going to Bethany's house after school.• The street ran between rows of dingy terraced houses.• Immediately these men destroyed the houses that had been built on the land.• Mrs Kim-Soon exclaimed that she would not put up with another Mrs Kim-Soon in the house.• She left the house for the farmers' market.• I was dressed and out of the house in ten long minutes with gas-fuelled hair tongs in my hand.• the House of Dior• Women orbited about surfers on the beach; they clung to them in cars; they occupied their houses in loose liaisons.• Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house! the House of Commons/Lords/Representatives/Assembly• They propose to abolish the House of Lords.• There is no such thing as redundancy in the House of Lords.• He sits in the House of Lords as a cross-bencher and is active in debates, particularly on environmental issues.• Members of the House of Lords sat by virtue of birth, holding hereditary peerages.• The objection to the House of Lords is that it is not a democratic institution. publishing house• As part of the exhibition, the celebrated publishing house will be showing six films it has produced on the Catalan artist.• His next moves were to acquire a major London publishing house and the prestigious London Times newspaper.• The national news agency and the major publishing houses struck.• Everything l needed was right here libraries, newspapers, publishing houses, lectures, even a Writers' Club.• In the colonies there were no publishing houses or distribution systems.• Just in the past year, the party has banned dozens of books and closed numerous publishing houses.• Other publishing houses in other countries will naturally prefer artists who are already internationally well known.• Lessing, from the publishing house. full houses• No critics, not too many nerves, no reviews and full houses for three months.• But enough to make it a success and full houses to the end.• The show went from strength to strength and played to full houses throughout.• Cecil resigned from the Cabinet and ever since has been playing to full houses when he addresses the Tory faithful.• All human life was strutting its stuff, to full houses in three auditoria.• The theatre welcomed me back with full houses. house2 /haʊz/ verb [transitiveT] 1 HOMEto provide someone with a place to live 让…居住，给…提供住房 house in The refugees are being housed in temporary accommodation. 难民被安置在临时住处。 2 KEEP/STOREif a building, place, or container houses something, it is kept there 收藏；存放 house in The collection is currently housed in the British Museum. 该藏品目前由大英博物馆收藏。 the plastic case that houses the batteries 存放电池的塑料盒 Examples from the Corpus house• Last year, the Tri-City Homeless Coalition housed 800 people.• The plush hotel once housed a casino and several restaurants.• The High Synagogue now houses a textile museum and you may buy tickets here for all the museums in the ghetto.• The refugees have been fed, clothed and housed by welfare organizations around the world. From Longman Business Dictionary househouse /haʊs/ noun [countableC] 1COMMERCEa company, especially one that produces books, lends money, or designs clothes America’s oldest publishing house the French fashion house, Yves Saint Laurent → accepting house → brokerage house → clearing house → discount house → fashion house → finance house → fulfillment house → issuing house → securities house 2House used in the names of some office buildings the BBC television studios at Broadcasting House 3HUMAN RESOURCES in house/out of house if work is done in house, it is done in a company’s offices by the company’s own staff. If work is done out of house, it is done outside the offices by people who are not directly employed by the company We used to handle our advertising in house. a team of out-of-house lawyers 4COMMERCE clean/clear house American EnglishAmE to try to make your business more PROFITABLE by getting rid of parts of the business or staff that are making you lose money They have been clearing house before the relaunch of the company. 5on the house provided free to a customer by a restaurant, bar etc Origin house1 Old English hus →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1house2 verb
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