n. 房子, 住宅, 机构, 议院, 家族, 家庭vt. 给...房子住, 收藏vi. 住, 躲藏【经】 商店相关词组: give sb a lot of house keep a good house keep house keep open house keep the house on the house play house from house to house manage the house as safe as a house bring down the house carry the house clean house count the house eat sb out of house and home get on like a house on fire
小偷和看门狗
The Thief and the Housedog
A thief came in the night to break into a house. He brought with him several slices of meat in order to pacify the housedog, so that he would not alarm his master by barking. As the thief threw him the pieces of meat, the dog said, “If you want to stop my mouth, you will be greatly mistaken. This sudden kindness at your hands will only make me more watchful, lest under these unexpected favors to myself
单词：house的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
family/house/home
There are four people in my family.我家有四口人。
There are four rooms in my house.我家有四个房间。
My home is in Shanghai.我爱在上海。
<辨析> 这三个词都可以作“家”解。family 指由父母子女所组成的家庭，是集体名词，既可把它看成单数，也可把它看成复数，需根据具体情况而定，如：
My family is a large one.我家是个大家庭。
My family are all watching TV,我们家的人都在看电视。
house 指供一家人住的房子，侧重于具体的建筑物。如：
There are many new houses in our village.我们村里有许多新房子。
home 指一个人出生和居住的地方。如：
His home is near the school.他的家就在学校附近。
注意：home 可作副词用。“咱们回家吧”这句话需说“Let's go home.”不可说“ Let's go to home. ”
与单词：house 相关的例句或者名人名言
My house was damaged in the flood.
我的屋子在洪水中被摧毁了。
This little house is even smaller than my thumb.
这座小房子还没有我的拇指大。
The house went up in flames; we lost everything.
房子烧毁了，我们失去了所有。
The house that we rented came fully furnished.
我们租的房子里有全套的家具。
This house is ours.
这房子是我们的。
※The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress.——E.Coke, British jutist 每个人的家对他自己都像是城堡和要塞。英国法学家 科克.E.
※A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 一个蠢材在他自己家里所知的事比一个聪明人在别人家里所知的事要多。
※To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint. 由于面貌美丽而娶妻，犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。
