/həʊm ||; hom/noun1 [C,U] the place where you live or where you feel that you belong 家: She left home (= left her parents' house and began an independent life) at the age of 21. 她21岁那年离家，开始过独立生活。Children from broken homes (= whose parents are divorced) sometimes have learning difficulties. 破碎家庭的儿童有时在学习上会遇到困难。That old house would make an ideal family home. 那座老房子不失为一个理想的居所。 ☞ Look at the note at house. 参看house的注释。
Be careful. The preposition to is not used before ‘home ’ It's time to go home. She's usually tired when she gets/arrives home. If you want to talk about somebody else's home you have to say at Jane and Andy's or at Jane and Andy's place/house. 注意：home一词前面不可用介词to：It's time to go home.是该回家的时候了。·She's usually tired when she gets／arrives home.她回到家里的时候，通常很疲倦。谈及别人的家，得说at Jane and Andy's或 at Jane and Andy's place／house，两句均指在珍妮和安迪两人的家里。 2 [C] a place that provides care for a particular type of person or for animals 对某类人或动物提供照顾的地方: a children's home (= for children who have no parents to look after them) 儿童收容所an old people's home 养老院
3 [sing] the home of sth the place where sth began 发源地；发祥地: Greece is said to be the home of democracy. 希腊被誉为民主的发源地。
at home 1 in your house, flat, etc 在家: Is anybody at home? 有人在家吗？Tomorrow we're staying at home all day. 明天我们不出门，整天在家。
In American English home is often used without the preposition at Is anybody home? 美国英语里，home往往不与介词at连用：Is anybody home?有人在家吗？ 2 comfortable, as if you were in your own home 无拘束；自在；就像在自己家里一样: Please make yourself at home. 请别拘束。I felt quite at home on the ship. 我觉得在船上相当自在。
3 (used in sport) played in the town to which the team belongs （体育）在主场: Manchester City are playing at home on Saturday. 曼彻斯特城队星期六将在主场比赛。
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