house

1. N-COUNT A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family. 房屋

She has moved to a small house and is living off her meagre savings. 她搬进了一幢小房子，靠自己微薄的积蓄过日子。

2. N-SING You can refer to all the people who live together in a house as the house. 一家人; 同住一幢房子的人

If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole house. 如果他把闹钟设定在午夜，铃声会把全家人都吵醒。

3. N-COUNT House is used in the names of types of places where people go to eat and drink. …馆 (用于某些类型的餐馆名称中)

...a steak house. …一家牛排馆。

4. N-COUNT House is used in the names of types of companies, especially ones which publish books, lend money, or design clothes. …公司 (用于某些类型的公司名称中，尤其是出版、贷款或服装设计等公司)

Many of the clothes come from the world's top fashion houses. 这些服装中有很多来自世界顶级时装设计公司。

5. N-COUNT You can refer to one of the two bodies of the U.S. Congress as a House. The House of Representatives is sometimes referred to as the House. (美国) 众议院

Some members of the House and Senate worked all day yesterday. 昨天众议院和参议院的一些议员工作了一整天。

6. ADJ A restaurant's house wine is the cheapest wine it sells, which is not listed by name on the wine list. 店酒 (某餐馆没有列在酒水单上的最便宜的葡萄酒)[ADJ n]

Tweed ordered a carafe of the house wine. 特威德点了一瓶店酒。

7. V-T To house someone means to provide a house or apartment for them to live in. 为…提供住房

...homes that house up to nine people. …最多可容纳9人的住处。

8. V-T A building or container that houses something is the place where it is located or from where it operates. 给…提供场地[no cont]

The building is open to the public and houses a museum of motorcycles and cars. 这座大楼对公众开放，并设有一个摩托车和汽车博物馆。

9. V-T If you say that a building houses a number of people, you mean that is the place where they live or where they are staying. 供…居住[no cont]

The building will house twelve boys and eight girls. 这栋房子要住12个男孩和8个女孩。

10. →see alsoclearinghouse , White House

11. PHRASE If a person or their performance or speech brings the house down, the audience claps, laughs, or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing. 博得全场喝彩[非正式]

It's really an amazing dance. It just always brings the house down. 这个舞蹈简直太精彩了。它总是博得全场喝彩。

12. PHRASE If two people get on like a house on fire, they quickly become close friends, for example because they have many interests in common. 一见如故[非正式]

I went over and struck up a conversation, and we got on like a house on fire. 我走过去搭讪聊天，我们一见如故。

13. PHRASE If you are given something in a restaurant or bar on the house, you do not have to pay for it. 由店家免费提供的

The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the house. 店主知道了他们订婚的事，便免费请他们喝了几杯香槟酒。

14. PHRASE If someone gets their house in order, puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems. 把自己的事情处理妥当

He's got his house in order and made some tremendous decisions. 他已把自己的事情处理好，并做出了一些重大决定。