994
hourly and
after swimming. § 7 ft 17 ^ ^ )!j S $r
fti/fWflo 0 Dressings
are changed four hourly (= every four hours) to help prevent infection. 0 /J\ ft ]g ]&
-ft
mm, ywi,
house Ott noun, verb m noun /haus/
{pi. houses /'hauziz/)
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BUILDING ft j>l 1 [C] a building
for people to live in, usually for one family ft M; ftT; ft %: He went into
the house, ftjl£7^To o a two-bedroom house MEjIl 1$ ft 7: 0 Let’s have the
party at my house.
M T BE o 0 house prices
ft ffr o What time do you leave the house in the morning (= to go to
work)? ft 7-It ZIP! ftf]
AJtft? 0 {BrE) We’re moving house (=
leaving our house and going to live in a different one).
To —pictures and vocabulary notes on pages R23, R24 —
see also penthouse, safe house, show house
2
[sing.] all the people living in a house ,ftft— TfJS^Tl! WA; TM A FSTl household : Be quiet or you’ll wake the
whole house! &, #] JE T M. A IP SI!
3
[C] (in compounds f£j % if is]) a
building used for a particular purpose, for example for holding meetings in or
keeping animals or goods in
an opera house ftHiJ
0 a hen house —see also doghouse,
dosshouse, halfway house, hothouse,
LIGHTHOUSE, MADHOUSE, OUTHOUSE, STOREHOUSE, warehouse 4 House [sing.]
{BrE) used in the names of office buildings (. jp 73frT$£ft ) AJS, Afe: Their offices are on the second floor of
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COMPANY/INSTITUTION
A "j; fJlft 5 [C] (in compounds
i^I) a company
involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind
(
) TiT fllffcj: afashion/banking/publishing, etc.
house ft^T-i], KlfT tbUStfi# 0 a religious house (= a convent or a monastery) o I
work in
house (= in
the offices of the company that I work for, not at home). M ±l£o —see also clearing
HOUSE, IN-HOUSE
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RESTAURANT fit 6 [C]
(in compounds a
restaurant §| tt; IS jf
: a steakhouse 7 I# # ft 0 a coffee house iftfl ^ fit o a bottle of house wine
(= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, sometimes not listed
by name) ~ 7#'frTM —see
also FREE HOUSE,
PUBLIC HOUSE, ROADHOUSE, TIED HOUSE
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PARLIAMENT [C] (often House) a group of people
who meet to discuss
and make the laws of a country $ (ft; ij£7; Legislation
requires approval by both
houses of
parliament.
—
see also lower
house, upper house 8 the House [sing.] the House
of Commons or the House of Lords in
m ) TOIS, ±«; ( US )
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IN DEBATE 9 the house [sing.]
a group of people discussing sth in a formal debate (
A: I urge the house to vote against the motion,
ffc Wf fff
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IN THEATRE |}ij 10 [C]
the part of a theatre where the audience sits; the audience at a particular
performance
ft ) W-fa : playing
to a full/packed/ empty house (= to a large/small audience) M
7® A® / it M fa% % ft Jl 0 The
spotlight faded and the
house lights
came up. St A ZT ifnf )S A,
7 4 — see also front-of-house, full house
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IN SCHOOL 7 11 [C] (in some British schools) an
organized group of students of different ages who
compete against other groups in sports competitions, etc. and who may, in boarding schools, live together in one
building (
) *±, t
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FAMILY MM 12 [C]
(usually the House of ... ) an
old and famous family £ fj tit % ; M M : the House of Windsor (=
the British royal family)
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MUSIC #7 13 [u]
= HOUSE MUSIC
see also acid house, art-house, open house, powerhouse iSldW^i There
are many other compounds ending in house. You will find them at their place in
the alphabet. 17
house vffE#7
Zfft
AftSStfiJo fTiTTl bring the ‘house down to make
everyone laugh or cheer,
especially at a performance in the theatre ( Ajf J0J ) If
) get on like
a house on fire {BrE)
[NAmE get along like a house on fire) (informal) (of
people A) to become friends quickly and have a very friendly relationship flt
ft gfc if A &; JtL #P ; - itI
BP 7 go all round the ‘houses (BrE, informal) to do
sth or ask a question in a very complicated way instead of in a simple, direct
way 7; 71:117*
keep
‘house to cook, clean and do all the other jobs around the house on the ‘house drinks or
meals that are on the
house are provided free by the pub/bar or restaurant and you do not have to pay
( jg put/set
your (own) ‘house in order to organize your own business or improve
your own behaviour before you try to criticize sb else AUTf § ftAA#B set up ‘house to make a place
your home ( ft M
) M 7 M E : They set up house together in a small flat in
n., safe adj.
■ verb /hauz/
[VN]
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PROVIDE HOME M7ft fff 1 to
provide a place for sb to live M A )
Slftft&h: The government is committed to housing the refugees.
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KEEP STH # 2 to be the place
where sth is kept or where sth operates from Ji (
$]i ) ; iBc M;
3ES -. The gallery houses 2 000 works of modem art. H*.tt<Bt*7 2 000 ❖ The
museum is
housed in the
'house arrest noun [U] the
state of being a prisoner in your own house rather than in a prison ft ^ : to be under house
arrest i! fij ft ^ O She was
placed under house arrest. Miif'J 7ft^o
house-boat
/'hausbaut; NAmE -bout/ noun a boat
that people can live in, usually kept at a particular place on a river or canal ;k±ftT
house-bound /'hausbaund/ adj. 1 unable to leave
your house because you cannot walk very far as a result of being ill/sick or
old ( *77
H (tfJ 2 the housebound noun [pi.]
people who are housebound * 7 7 fl A
house-boy /'hausboi/ noun a young
male servant in a house \h
house
break ing /'hausbreikirj/ noun [u] (especially BrE) the
crime of entering a house illegally by using force, in order to steal things
from it ASff Si Em burglary ► house-break-er /'hausbreika*)/ noun 'house-broken adj. (NAmE) = house-trained house-coat /'hauskaut;
NAmE -kout/ noun a long
loose piece of clothing, worn in the house by women ( ft ^
house dust mite noun = dust mite house-fly /’hausflai/
noun {pi. -ies)
a common fly that lives in houses 'MM
houseful /'hausful/ noun [sing.] a large number
of people in a house — A^A; $HI!TA: He grew up in a houseful of women. TliJiAAW^EMTAo <>
They had a houseful so we didn’t stay. jlfeCI M7#1$H
a, mmp&mnTKo
'house guest noun a person who is
staying in your house for a short time fEM7ft A
house-hpld On
/'haoshauld; NAmE-hould/ noun all the people living together in
a house —MX] M E;
IWllfe^^r^TtHlA: Most households now own at least one car. A ^ M E M fe.S A 7 — H 7 „ <> low-income/one-parent,
etc. households IS6cA,
0 the head of the household 7 ± ►
house hold adj. [only
before noun]: household bills/chores/goods (=
connected with looking after a house and the people living in it) ^EiM£ / ^
house hold er /'haushaulda(r); NAmE -hould-/
noun {formal) a
person who owns or rents the house that they live in ftp