flat/apartment，etc.离开家：He works away from home during the weefc•他&了周末都在外工作。◊ J don’t want to be
away介om home/or too Zong.我不想离家时间太
长。2 (6r£) if a sports team p.lays away from home，it plays in the town, etc. that its opponent comes from (比赛队}在客*
a .home
from 'home (firf) a
.home away from home) a place where you feel relaxed and comfortable as if
you were in your own home像家一样舒适自在的地方，hoitie is where the 'heart is {saying) a home is where the people
you love are 家乃心之所系 home sweet _’hom会(often /Vom'c):used to say how pleasant
your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)可爱的家；家
总是家 set up ’home (8r£).(used especially
about a couple) to start living in a new place (:尤指吳妇.）建立 家庭，成家：They got married and set up
home together hHuH.他们结婚了，一同在赫尔建立了新家。when he’s,, it’s, etc. at home {BrE, humorous) used to emphasize a
question about sb/sth (加强疑问语气}到 底，究竟：Who’s she when she’s at
home? {= I don’t know her)她到底是谁.？ — more at charity, close2 adj.,
eat, Englishman, spiritual
madj. [only before noun]
►
WHERE YOU LIVE 家 1 connected with the place where you live 家的；家庭的：home H/e (= with your
family) 家庭生.活◊ a person’s home
address/towri 家■庭地址；
家乡.◊ We ojSfer customers a /ree home
delivery service. 我们为客户提供免费送货上门的服务。
►
MADE/USED AT HOME 家里做
/用
2 made or used at home 在家里做的；家用的：home movies家庭电影◊ home cooking 家常饭a home computer 家用电脑
►:.OWN COUNTRY...本国
3 (<?5pec/fl//y
connected with your own.country rather than foreign countries 本国 的；囪内的 domestic
： products for the home
market为国内市场生产的产品◊ home news/aj〇Tairs国 内新闻 / 事件 E33 foreign，. OVERSEAS
►
IN SPORT _ 育运动 4
connected
with a team’s own sports ground 主场.的：a home matcfi/wiri 主场比赛
/
^ij o the
home team ± iX 〇 Rangers were playing in
介〇fit 〇/ their home crowd巡游者队在主场观众面前比
赛。一compare away(6)
• adv. 蠢
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WHERE YOU LIVE 居住地 1 to or at the place where you
live 到家；向家；在家：Come on, it’s time to go
home. 快点，该:回家了,。◊ What time di'd you get /tome tot
nigiit?作昨焱存么时间到家的？—
◊.
I7ie. trip has been exhausting and HZ be gZad to be
home.送个
程令人疲
惫不堪，要蛊能回家就好了。◊ A/ter a month, they
went back home to
aHow her home tomorrow.明'矢医'生可M会允许她回家。
◊
Hffce to stay home in the evenings.我喜欢晚上
待在家里。
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INTO CORRECT POSITION 正确位腎
2 into the correct position 到正确的位置：She letined on the dopr and
pushed
the boZt home•她倚在门
J：，上好了 门闩。◊ He drove the baH
home (= scored a goal) _/h>m J 5 metres•他 从15米远处劲射破门得分。◊ The
torpedo struck home on the /u/H 〇/the ship.鱼雷正击中船身。
ITiTWl
be home and 'dry (6r£) {NAmE be
home 'free) to have done sth successfully, especially when it was diffi- cult做成某事（尤指难事）：J cou〖d see the finish Hne and
thought J was home and dry.我能看见终点线了，我
想我终于成功了。■ 'bring home the 'bacon (/n/orwa/) to be successful
at sth; to earn money for your family to live on成功；挣到养家糊口的钱bring sth _home to sb to make sb realize how
important, difficult or serious sth is使某人了解某事的重要性（或艰难、严重程度> : The television pictures
brought home to us the full horror 〇/the attack.电视画面使我们充分地了解这次袭击有多么
急怖。come 'home to sb to become completely clear
'to sb, often in a way that is painful 使人（'逢苦地）完全 明白：ft suddenly came home to
/lim that he was never going to see JuHe agafn•他突然明白他再也见不到朱莉
了。 sth comes home to 'roost (also, the chickens come home to
'roost) used
to say that if sb says or does sth bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in
the
979 home improvement
future自食恶果；报应到自己身上h丨t/strike
‘home if a
remark, etc. hits/strikes
home,
it has a strong effect on sb, in a way that makes them realize what the true
facts of a situation are (言语等〉正中要害，说到点子
上:：.Her/ace went pafe as his words hit home.他的话切 中要害，她的脸变白了^
—more at cow n.,
drive v.,
LIGHT
n., PRESS V., RAM V., ROMP V., WRITE
9 verb. QSE19 .home 'in on sth 1 to aim at sth and move straight towards it
朝向，移向，导向（目标）：I7ie missive homed in on the target.导弹正向目标飞去。2
to
direct your thoughts or attention towards sth 把（.思 想、注意力）集中于：/ began to/ed J was reaHy
homing in on the answer.我开始觉得我快找到答案了。
,home 'base noun [sing., u] 1 = home plate 2 the place where sb/sth usually lives,
works or operates from基地；大本营
home-body /'haumbDdi;
NAmE 'houmbaidi/ noun {pi. -ies) (informal, especially NAm£) a person who enjoys
spending time at home喜欢情诠家里的入；恋家的人
home-boy /'haumboi; NAmE 'houm-/ - noun [NAmE, informal) a male friend from the
same town as you; a member of your gang (=
a group of young people who go around together)' ( ^ > 老乡，伙伴，同伙
.home 'brew
noun [u] 1 beer that sb makes at home M 酿啤酒 2 something that sb makes at
home rather than buying it 自己制作的东西：77ie security sq/bvare he
uses is home brew.他用的安全软件是自己编^)。1»1〇1116-
'brew
(also .home- brewed) adj. home.buy.er /_haumbaia(r); NAmE 'houm-/ noun a person wlio buys a house,
flat/apartment，etc.购房者 .home 'cinema (6r£) [NAmE .home 'theater) noun [U] television and video equipment
designed to give a similar experience to being in a cinema/movie theater, with
high-quality pictures and sound and a large screen 家庭影院
home-com*ing
/'haumkAmig;
NAmE 'houm-/ noun 1 [C, U] the act of returning to your home
after being away for a long time (长时间离家后的）回家，返家，
回国 2 [C] (/V>4aw£). a social event that takes
place every year at a high school,
college or university for people who used to be students there (—年一度的）校友返校
活动
the .Home 'Counties noun [pi.] the counties around London伦敦周围#郡
.home
eco'nomics noun [U] cooking and other
skills needed at home, taught as a subject in school 家政学 ,home 'front noun [sing] the people who do not go to fight
in a war but who stay in a country to work (战时 的）后方民众，大后方EH 〇n the 'home front happening at home, or in
your own country 发生在家乡
(或本,）
home-girl
/'haumg3：l; NAmE 'houmg3：rl/ noun [NAmE,
informal) a
female friend from the same town as you; a member of your gang (- a group of young people who go
around together)女同乡；（女）玩伴
.home
'ground noun [sing., U] 1 (Sr£) a sports ground that a team
regularly plays on in their own area or town 主场场地；主队运动_ 2 a place where sb lives
or works and where they feel confident, rather than a place that is not
familiar to them 自己的家；熟悉的工作
地方；.自己的地盘：J’d rather meet him here orrmy own home
ground•我宁愿在我.己的地盘上见他。
.home-1
grown 1 (of
plants, fruit and vegetables 植
物、水果和蔬菜）grown in a person’s garden自家园子里 产的：home-grown tomatoes自家种的西红柿2 made, trained or educated
in your own country, town, etc.本 国（或本地）制造的（或培养的、教育的）:：r/ie team has a weaith 〇/home-grown taZent•该队有很多自.S 培养 的人才
.home
'help noun (Br£) a person whose job is to
help old or sick people with cooking, cleaning, etc.(乡合老又
或病人f理家务的）用人
.home
im'provement noun [c, u] changes that are made to a house, that
increase its value (:■为增值进行
的）房屋修缮，i居装修：Ve spent a Zot 〇/ money