.household
'name (also less frequent household 'word) noun a name that has
become very well known 家喻户晓的名字：She
became a househoW name m the 2960s.她在20世纪60年代成为家喻户晓的人物。
'house-hunting
noun [U] the activity
of looking for a 1101^1：〇1)1^找房子，看房子:（以摄购买厂^1101156- hunter noun
'house
husband noun a man who stays at
home to cook, clean, take care of the children, etc. while his wife or partner
goes out to work 操持家务的丈夫；“家
庭主夫” 一 compare housewife house-keep-er /'hauski:pa(r)/
noun 1 a person, usually a woman, whose job is to manage
the shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc. in a house or an institution 管 家，杂‘主管（通常为女性〉2 a
person whose job is to manage the cleaning of rooms in a hotel .(旅tl■的）房
间清洁工
house-keep-ing
/'hauskiipiri/ noun [u] 1 the work involved in taking care of a house,
especially shopping and managing money家务(尤指采购和管理开支）
2 the department in a hotel, a hospital, an office building, etc. that is
responsible for cleaning the rooms, etc.(旅馆、医院、写字楼等的 > 总务处，后勤部：OiZZ housekeeping and ask them to bring
us some clean tmvek.给总务处打电话，让他们给我们送些千净的毛巾
来。3 (also ‘housekeeping money especially
in 8广£) the
money used to buy food, cleaning materials and other things needed for taking
care of a house 家务开支
4 jobs
that are done to enable an organization or computer system to work well 内务处理：Most
large companies now use computers for accounting and house- fceeping
operations.多数大公司现在用计算机进行会计运
算和内务操作。
house-maid
/'hausmeid/ noun {old-fashioned) a female servant
in a large house who cleans the rooms, etc. and often lives there (家庭的）女仆，女佣
.housemaid^s
'knee noun [u] a condition in
which the space around the kneecap
becomes swollen and painful女仆膝（病 >;髌前囊炎 house-man /'hausman/ noun
(pi. -men /-men/)
1 {old-
fashioned, Br^) = house officer 2 [NAm£) a man employed to do general jobs
in a house, hotel, etc.(家 庭或旅馆等的）男勤杂工，男仆
'house
martin noun a small black and
white European bird like a swallow毛脚燕，家马丁鸟（欧洲燕子）
house-mas-ter
/'hausmaista(r); NAmE -maes-/, house- mis.tress /'hausmistras/
notm 8r£) a teacher
in charge of a group
of children (called a house) in a
school, especially a'private school (尤指私立学技的） 舍聛
house-mate /'hausmeit/ noun (especially Br£) a person that you
share a house with, but who is not one of your family同屋（指同住一所房子但非家庭成员的人)
'house music (also house) noun [U] a type of
popular dance music with a fast beat, played on electronic instruments货仓音乐..（快节奏流行i曲，用电子乐器
演奏）
.house
of 'cards noun [sing.] 1 a plan,
an organization, etc. that is so badly arranged that it could easily fail ^ 可靠的计划；摇摇欲坠的组织2 a
structure built out of PLAYING CARDS用纸牌搭成的房子
the .House
of Commons (also the Commons) noun 1 [sing.+sing./pl.
v.] (in
'house officer noun (in
,house of 'God noun [usually sing.] (p/. houses of God) _ra〇/) a church or other religious building 教堂；：宗
教建筑
the .House of 'Lords (also the Lords) noun 1
[sing.+sing./pl. v.] (in
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whose members are not elected by the people of the
country (英国 > 上议院，贵族院 2 [singj the building where members of the House of Lords meet 上议院大_ —compare House
of Commons the .House of Repre'sentatives noun [sing] the largest part of Congress in the US, or
of the Parliament in Australia, whose members are elected by the people of the
country (美国国会或澳大利亚议会的）&议院
—compare senate(I)
'house party noun a party held at a
large house in the country where guests stay for a few days; the guests at this
party乡村府邸聚会，乡村府邸聚会的全体宾客（常
留宿几天）
丨 house plant (价£ also _ pot
plant) /10W/1 a plant that you grow in a pot and keep
indoors 室内盆栽植物
'house-proud
adj. spending a lot of time making your house look clean and
attractive, and thinking that this is important热衷于收拾家的
house-room /'hausruim; -rum/ noun [u] space in a house for
sb/sth家里的容纳空间；家里放东西的地方
IT»TW1 not give sth 'houseroom (JBr£) to not like sth and not want
it in your house不喜欢把某物放在家里
'house-sit verb [V] (-tt-)
to live in sb^ house while they are away in order to take care of it for
them (主人夕卜
出时）代为照看房子
the
.Houses of 'Parliament noun [pi ] (in Britain
^ 国）the
Parliament that consists of both the House
of Commons and the House of
Lords; the buildings in London where the British Parliament meets (’每括上’、
下议院的(伦敦）议会大厦
'house
sparrow noun a common small grey and brown bird that
lives in the roofs of houses 家麻雀
.house
'style noun [U, C] the way a company such as a publisher prefers its written materials
to be expressed and arranged (出版社等书面材料的）特有版式，特有
风格
,house-to-'house
adj. [only
before noun] visiting every house in a particular area 挨家挨户的：a
house-to- house coHection/searc/i 挨家收集 / 搜查◊
The poHce are mafcing house-to-house inquiries.警察正在逐户命查。
'house-trained (8nE) (AMmf ’house-broken)
(of pet cats or dogs 作宠物的猫或狗）trained
to defecate and urinate outside the house or in a
special box 经训练在
户外（或专用盒子里丨便溺的；养成良好卫生习惯的
house-wares
/'hausweez; NAmE -werz/ noun [pi.] [
'house-warming noun a party
given by sb who has just moved into a new house 乔迁聚会 house-wife /'hauswaif/ noun (pi. -wives
/-warvz/) a woman who stays at home to cook, clean, take care of the
children, etc. while her husband or partner goes out to work .圭妇；家庭妇女 一 compare house husband ► house-wife-ly adj. house-work /'hausw3：k; NAmE -W3：rk/ noun [U] the
work involved in taking care of a home and family, for example cleaning and
cooking、家务劳动；家务■事：to do'the houseworM故家务 h〇US-ing 〇-w /'hauzirj/ noun 1 [U] houses,
flats/apartments, etc. that people live in, especially when referring to their
type, price or condi- tion (统称，尤指住房类型、价格、条件）住房，住宅： pubHc/private housing 公共 / 私人住房◊
poor housing conditions 恶劣的居住条件◊
the housing shortage 住房
〇 the housing market (= the
activity of buying and selling houses, etc.)住▲市场 2 [U] the jo^> of providing
houses, flats/apartments, etc. for people to live in住房供给：the housing
department住房建设部门
◊ the councirs housing 市政住房政策 3 [C] a hard cover that protects part of a
machine (机器的）外壳，
套：a car’s rear curfe /lousing 汽车的后轴套 'housing association noun (in
Britain) an organization that owns houses, flats/apartments, etc. and helps