/haʊs ||; haυs/noun [C] (
plural houses /ˈhaʊzɪz
||; ˈhaυzɪz/)
1 a building that is made for people to live in 房屋；住宅: Is yours a four-bedroomed or a three-bedroomed house? 你们的房子是四间卧室的还是三间卧室的？ ☞ Look at bungalow, cottage and flat. 参看bungalow、cottage及flat。
Your home is the place where you live, even if it is not a house Let's go home to my flat. Your home is also the place where you feel that you belong. A house is just a building We've only just moved into our new house and it doesn't feel like home yet. 居所即使不是房子都叫home：Let's go home to my flat.我们回我的公寓去吧。home也指给人归属感的地方。house只是一座建筑物：We've only just moved into our house and it doesn't feel like home yet.我们刚刚搬到新房子去，感觉还不像一个家。 You can build, do up, redecorate or extend a house. You may rent a house from somebody or let it out to somebody else. If you want to move house you go to an estate agent. 房子可以盖(build)、装修(do up)、重新装潢(redecorate)或扩建(extend)，也可以租用(rent)或租出(let)。要是想搬家(move house)，可以去找房地产经纪(estate agent)。2 [usu.sing] all the people who live in one house 住在同一房子里的所有人: Don't shout. You'll wake the whole house up. 别喊，要不然准把全家吵醒。
3 a building that is used for a particular purpose （作特定用途的）建筑物: a warehouse 仓库
4 a large firm involved in a particular kind of business 商业机构；公司: a fashion/publishing house 时装公司；出版社
5 a restaurant, usually that sells one particular type of food 饭店（尤指出售某类食品的）: a curry/spaghetti house 咖喱菜饭店；意大利面条店house wine (= the cheapest wine on a restaurant's menu) 饭店里最便宜的酒
6 House a group of people who meet to make a country's laws 议院: the House of Commons 下议院the Houses of Parliament 国会两院 ☞Look at the note at Parliament. 参看Parliament的注释。
7 [usu.sing] the audience at a theatre or cinema, or the area where they sit （剧院或电影院里的）观众，观众席: There was a full house for the play this evening. 今天晚上这场戏客满。
move house→
MOVE¹
on the house paid for by the pub, restaurant, etc that you are visiting; free 由酒馆或餐馆等支付费用；免费:
Your first drink is on the house. 头一杯饮品是免费的。 get on/along like a house on fire to immediately become good friends with sb （跟某人）很快成为好友