核心詞義
n. 家(home的名詞復(fù)數(shù));家庭;家庭生活;終點(diǎn)
知識(shí)擴(kuò)展
詞語(yǔ)辨析
home,dwelling,family,house,residence
【解說(shuō)】
這五個(gè)詞都有“家,家庭,家宅”的意思。它們的區(qū)別在于home指某人出生以及成長(zhǎng)的環(huán)境或與某人一起居住的地方;dwelling為文學(xué)用語(yǔ),用以同商店、辦公室及其他建筑物相區(qū)別的住宅;family指的是家庭成員,與居住地?zé)o關(guān);house強(qiáng)調(diào)人們居住的建筑物本身;residence常指周?chē)笃恋氐恼。部芍钙胀ǖ姆课荩绕涫亲约旱淖≌@鏣here's nothing like home.哪兒也沒(méi)有家里好。Their clothes were in rags and their dwellings were small and poorly furnished.他們衣衫襤褸,住房狹小,家具簡(jiǎn)陋。Because our family is happy and healthy we reckon ourselves fortunate.因?yàn)槲覀円患胰诵腋=】担覀冋J(rèn)為我們是幸運(yùn)的。She offered to help Rose in house keeping when I was not here.我不在時(shí),她主動(dòng)幫助露絲料理家務(wù)。Buy a house,build a home.買(mǎi)一所房子,安一個(gè)家。The President's residence is the White House in Washington,D.C.總統(tǒng)的官邸是華盛頓特區(qū)的白宮。come home to,go home to
【解說(shuō)】?jī)烧咭饬x比較接近,但意境色彩不盡一樣come home to作“觸及”解,而go home to則是“感受到”的意思。試比較No truth comes home to the feeling of a writer without living experience.沒(méi)有生活體驗(yàn),真情實(shí)感是不能觸動(dòng)作家的靈感的。Such an earnestness will go home to any heart.這樣的誠(chéng)懇真是感人肺腑。下面兩個(gè)短語(yǔ)的意思不同
【解說(shuō)】her letters home她寫(xiě)給家里的信her home letters她的家人寫(xiě)給她的信下面三個(gè)句子的意思不同
【解說(shuō)】She's not got home.她還沒(méi)到家。Is she home yet?她回家了嗎?Is she at home?她在家嗎?