词组 | house |
释义 | house /haʊs/ noun a building that someone lives inadjectives/nouns + housea small/big/huge etc house They live in a huge house in London. | There was a row of small houses.a beautiful/nice/lovely house Her family has a beautiful house overlooking the bay.a three-bedroom/four-bedroom etc house A four-bedroom house in this area costs around £350,000.a semi-detached house BrE (=one that is joined to another house on one side) It was a semi-detached house with a very small garden.a detached house BrE (=that is not joined to other houses) Fontaine lives in a large detached house.a terraced house BrE a row house AmE (=joined to other houses on two sides) They lived with their four children in an old row house.a country house (=a very large house in the countryside) After the war, many big country houses had to be sold because the owners could not afford to maintain them.a council house BrE (=one owned by a local council that people can rent cheaply) There are not enough council houses available for people to live in.a derelict house (=that no one lives in and is in very bad condition) Some derelict houses in our street are being knocked down.a private house (=one that is owned by someone) It was a residential neighborhood of private houses.a rented house (=one owned by someone who rents it to people) She shares a rented house with three other students.a Georgian/Victorian/Edwardian etc house (=built during the reign of a particular king or queen) They live in a lovely old Edwardian house with high ceilings.verbslive in a house The star lives in a big house in Hollywood.buy a house We bought this house when Liam was just a baby.rent a house (=pay rent to live in it) They decided to rent a house in the suburbs.sell a house We decided to sell the house and move back to Seattle.move into/out of a house We’re moving into our new house next week.build a house The family is building a house on land overlooking Galway Bay.put up houses (=build houses, especially quickly) I think they’ve ruined the village by putting up these new houses.decorate a house (=put paint or wallpaper on the inside walls of a house) The couple are busy decorating their new house.do up a house informal (=decorate it) We’ve been doing up the house bit by bit since we first moved in.renovate a house (=repair a house so that it is in good condition again) He makes money by renovating old houses and selling them.house + nounshouse prices House prices have tripled over the last ten years.house hunting (=the activity of looking at houses that you might buy) Have you had any success with your house hunting?a house purchase A solicitor can help you with the legal aspects of a house purchase.phrasesput a house on the market (=make it available for people to buy) They got divorced and put their house on the market.THESAURUS: house cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK: They have a cottage in the country which they use mainly at weekends. | a beautiful old thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw) townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city: She lives in an 18th-century townhouse in Bath. bungalow a small house that is all on one level: Bungalows are good for old people because you do not have any stairs. country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest: The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house. mansion a very large house: The star has a mansion in Beverly Hills. ranch house AmE a long narrow house that is all on one level: a California ranch house duplex AmE a house that is divided into two separate homesan apartment apartment especially AmE flat BrE a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements: His apartment is on the eighth floor. | In London, I shared a flat with some other students. condominium also condo informal AmE one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them: a 10-unit condominium complexa group of houses development a group of new houses or other buildings that are all planned and built together on the same piece of land: They are planning to build another development just up the road. | The site is to be used for a housing development. estate BrE an area where a large group of houses have all been built together at the same time: They want to dig up the countryside outside the town and turn it into a big new housing estate. | She grew up on a council estate in Leeds (=an area of houses built by the local authorities for people to live in, usually at a low rent). |
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