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on home improvements•他们花了很多钱装修家居。」◊ home-improvement products 家居装修产品 homeJand /'heumlaend; NAmE 'houm-/ noun 1 [usually sing.] the country where a person, was born 祖国；家 乡：Many re/i/gees have been /orced to _/7ee their homeland. 很多难民被迫逃离了祖国。 2 [usually pi.] (in the Republic of South Africa under the apartheid system in the past) one of the areas with some self-government that were intended for a group of black African people to live in (南非共和国过去在种族隔离制度下 设立的、有一定自治权的）黑人定居地：t/ie Transfcei homdand特兰斯凯黑人定居地 .Homeland Se'curity noun lu] the activities and organizations Whose aim is to prevent terrorist attacks in the US国士安全；(美国防止恐怖袭击的行効 及机构 > :the Department o/Homekmd Security 国土安 全部

home-less /'haumlas; NAmE 'houm-/ adj. 1 having no home 无家的：The scheme has been set Mp to help home〖ess pedpZe.这:个计划的目的是帮助无f可归的人。

2 the homeless noun [p\] people who have no home 无家可归的人们：heipfng the homeless帮助充家可归者 ► home-less-ness noun [U]

.home 'loan noun {informal) = mortgage n. home-ly /'haumli; NAmE 'houm-/ adj. (home-lier, home- li-est) 1 {BrE, approving) (of a place making you

feel comfortable, as if you were in your own home ^ 家一样舒适的；叙如在論家一样：The hote〖 has a〖ovdy homeiy/ed to it.那家旅馆给人—种宾至如归的感觉。

2 (a即rov/ng, simple and good 简单且好

的；秦常的：homeiy coofcing 家常烹调 3 (8rf，approv/ng) (of a woman 女人)warm and friendly and enjoying the pleasures of home and family.热情友好并热衷家庭生 活的；亲切喜家的：His itmdZady was a fcind, homely woman.他的房东夫太心地善良，待人亲切。4 (AMmf, cZ/sapp叫v/'/ig) ■ (of a person’s appearance 人的夕卜義）not attractive 相貌平平如 plain: a homely c/ii〖d 相貌

普通的孩子_

,home-¹ made adj. made at home, rather than produced in a factory and bought in a shop/store:家里 制作的

home-maker /'h9ummeika(r); NAmE 'houm-/ noun (especially NAm^) a person who works at home and takes care of the house and family 料理家务者；操持家 ## ► home-making/T〇u/i [U] the 'Home Office noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] the British government department that deals with the law, the police and prisons, and with decisions about who can enter the country i 英菌）^;内政部 homeo-path [BrE also hom-deo-) /'haumiapaeQ; 'hDmi-; NAmE 'hou-; 'ha:m-/ noun a person who treats illness using homeopathic methods 顺势疗法医生 hom-eop-athy (BrE also hom-oeo-) /.haumi'tjpaBi; ihmni-; NAmE .houmi'aip-; ,ha:m-1 noun [uj a system' of treating diseases or conditions using very small amounts of the substance that causes the disease or condition 顺势疗法► homeo.path.ic (阶E also hom.oeo-) /.haumia'pseGik; .hDm-; NAmE ,houm-; ,ha:m-/ adj.： homeopathic medicines/retnedies/treatments 物；顺势疗法；顺势治疗

homeo-stasis {BrE also hom-oeo-) /.haumie'steisis; .hDm-; NAmE ,houm-/ noun [U] (biology the process by which the body reacts to changes in order to keep conditions inside the body, for example temperature, the same体内稳态，内环境稳定（身体对变化作出^:自我 调整）

home-own-er /'heumauna^); NAmE 'houmou-/ noun a person who owns their house or flat/apartment 房主 'home page noun (computing if) 1 the main page created by a company, an organization, etc. on the Internet from which connections to other pages can be made (网站！主页，首页一picture page R7 2 a page on the Internet that you choose to appear first on your screen whenever you make a connection to the Internet主页,起始页（上网时首先登录的网页）

home plate (also .home base) (NAmE also plate) /7〇w/i (in baseball 棒球）the place where the person hitting the ball stands and where they must return to after running around all the bases 本 1 全板 Homer /'hauma^); NAmE 'houm-/ noun (NAmE, informal) =HOME RUN： He hi’t a homer.他击出 了一记本垒打i home-room /'haumruim; -rum; NAmE 'houm-/ noun [C, U] (NAm£) a room in a school where students go at the beginning of each school day, so that teachers can check who is in school; the time spent in this room 进 行i果前点名的教室；课前点名教室集合时间 .home 'rule noun [U] the right of a country or region to govern itself, especially after another country or region has governed it (尤指受其他国家或地区统治之后的）地 方良治权..

.home 'run (also NAmE informal homer) noun (in baseball a hit that allows the person hitting the ball to run around all the bases without stopping 本全打... .home-'schooling noun [U] the practice of educating children at home, not in schools (儿童的）在家教育 ■ Home 'Secretary noun the British government minister in charge of the Home Office 英国）_.内政大臣 .home 'shopping noun [U] the practice of ordering goods by phone or by email and having them delivered to your home家居购物（通过电话、电子邮件购实）‘ home-sick /'haumsik; NAmE 'houm-/ adj. sad because you are away from home and you miss your family and friends思乡釦；想家的；患怀乡病的：homesick /or ■Scorfand.義思念故乡苏格兰。>home.sick.ness/7〇w/7^J] home-spun /'haumspAn; NAmE 'houm-/ adj. 1 (especially of ideas 尤^: 指■思想)_ simple and ordinary; not coming from an expert 朴素的；平常的 2 (of cloth_ 布) made at home家纺的；余里制作的 home-stead /'heumsted; NAmE'houm-/ noun, verb m noun 1 a house with the land and buildings around it, especially a farm (包括周围土地和附属房屋的）家宅； (尤指.）■农庄 2 (in the US iii the past丨 a piece of land given to sb by the government on condition that they lived on it and grew crops on it宅地（■美国旧时由国篆 分给个人居住并开垦的土地）

mverb [Vj {old-fashioned, NAmE) to live and work on a homestead(2)在分到沾土地上唐住并劳作>>home.stead- er noun

the .home 'straight {especially Br£) (also the .home 'stretch especially in NAm£) noun [sing.] 1 the last part of a race (赛跑的）最启¹阶紐，冲洳阶盛2 the last part of an activity, etc. when it is nearly completed (洁动 等的）最后部分，接峰完成的阶段’

.home 'theater/7〇wrt {NAm£} = home cinema hqme-town /'haumtaun; NAmE 'houm-/ noun the place where you were born or .lived as a child 家乡；故乡. .home 'truth /?ou/i [usually pi.] a true but unpleasant fact about a person, usually told to them by sb else 人不愉快的事实（通常由别人告知）；（关于某人的）大 实话：I&ttime you tg^4 him a jkw home truth&._rM^^ 该给沲讲点实话了。

'home unit noun {AustralE, NZ£) = unit(9) home-ward /'haumwad; NAmE 'houmward/ adj. going towards home 回家的；，回国的：the homeward journey ₅ 归家的旅程► home*w£ird (also home.wards es/?ec/‘fl〃y 6r£) adv. ： Commuters were heading homeward at the end o/the day^Tt塞结束时上下班的人们正赶着回家。◊ We drove homewards in silence■我们默默地开车.回家。.◊ VVe were homeward bound at Zast.義们会于輪回家孓。 home-work Ot* /'haumw3：k; NAmE 'houmw3：rk/ noun [U}

1 work that is given by teachers for students to do at home (学生的）家庭作业：J sriH haven’t done my geography homeworfc. 我还没做完地理科家庭作业呢。 ◊ Hbvv much homework do you .get?你有多少象庭作业？ ◊ J have to write up the notes/or homework.我不得不'详细 地写好家庭作业笔记' 2 work that si) does to

prepare for sth ® ： You could tell that he had

really done his homework {= found out all he needed to know).你能看得出他确实做好了充分准备。 home.work.er /’haumw3:ka(r); NAmE 'houmw3：rk-/ noun a person who works at home, often doing jobs