House

(noun.) play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; 'the children were playing house'.

(noun.) a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; 'he has a house on Cape Cod'; 'she felt she had to get out of the house'.

(noun.) a building in which something is sheltered or located; 'they had a large carriage house'.

(noun.) aristocratic family line; 'the House of York'.

(noun.) an official assembly having legislative powers; 'a bicameral legislature has two houses'.

(noun.) the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; 'the house applauded'; 'he counted the house'.

(noun.) the members of a religious community living together.

(noun.) the management of a gambling house or casino; 'the house gets a percentage of every bet'.

(verb.) provide housing for; 'The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town'.

(verb.) contain or cover; 'This box houses the gears'.

录入:西德尼

• When to-morrow comes, and he knows that I am in the house, do you think---- She stopped again, and looked at me very earnestly. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Bleak House; true. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The girl had a little parlour to sit in, away from the noise of the taproom, and a clean bedchamber at the top of the house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• It was over Sir Pitt Crawley's house; but it did not indicate the worthy baronet's demise. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• They were admitted by a confederate inside the house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The day was cold and dark and wintry and the stone of the houses looked cold. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The streets are wisely made narrow and the houses heavy and thick and stony, in order that the people may be cool in this roasting climate. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• By degrees the anarchy finds a way into private houses, and ends by getting among the animals and infecting them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• We have opened all the public-houses in the place, and left our adversary nothing but the beer-shops--masterly stroke of policy that, my dear Sir, eh? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We have an acre of hot-houses, and pines as common as pays in the sayson. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The preservation of food is also dependent on ammonia, which produces the refrigerating effect in the numerous cold storage houses and artificial ice plants in this country. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Private enterprise, therefore, so far from bothering about the public need of housing, did nothing but corner and speculate in rents and sub-letting. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• So even if the Commission had drawn splendid plans for housing, work conditions, education, and play it would have done only part of the task of statesmanship. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Men would refuse to work except for food, clothing, housing, and payment in kind. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In the housing of the people the telephone is a pioneering agent for better conditions. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Where are the detailed proposals by specialists, for decent housing and working conditions, for educational reform, for play facilities? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• They wanted little clothing or housing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• You read glowing articles in magazines about preachers who devote their time to housing reforms, milk supplies, the purging of the civil service. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And when they are housed, they will work, in summer, commonly, stripped and barefoot, but in winter substantially clothed and shod. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Six engines of a combination gas-steam type, housed in this building, develop 36,000 combined horse-power. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There was housed in his memory a vivid picture of the face of a little boy as he entered the hovel where Clym's mother lay. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• But so much the better for all who are warmly housed at home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A glimpse of the river through a dull gateway, where some waggons were housed for the night, seemed to arrest my feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Men were put to work getting out timber to build huts, and in a very short time all were comfortably housed--privates as well as officers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Oh, I hope I should be able to get the people well housed in Lowick! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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