Word · Frequency #21960
housebound
因病不能外出的；困在家中的
核心释义
unable to leave home, usually because of illness
- 1.
因身体虚弱等被困在家中的；出不了门的。
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity.
因身体虚弱等被困在家中的；出不了门的。；闭门不出的
用法In use
After his surgery, my neighbor was housebound for nearly a month.
用法提示：形容词 housebound 表示因病或术后困在家中、无法外出。
The doctor warned that without regular exercise, she might become housebound again.
用法提示：形容词 housebound 作表语，表示因身体原因不能出门。
Many older people with serious arthritis are housebound and need help with shopping.
用法提示：形容词 housebound 描述因病只能待在家中的状态。
be housebound
常用作表语，表示因疾病或身体状况而无法离家。
My grandmother is housebound after her fall.
我祖母摔倒后只能待在家里。
become housebound
强调从能出门到不能出门的变化过程。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- housebound elderly
- 困在家中的老人
- Volunteers deliver meals to housebound elderly residents.志愿者为无法出门的老年居民送餐。
- housebound patients
- 无法外出的病人
- The community nurse visits housebound patients every week.社区护士每周上门探视无法外出的病人。
- become housebound
- 变得无法出门
- After her fall, she became housebound for several months.摔了一跤之后，她有几个月都无法出门。
- housebound by illness
- 因病无法外出
- He has been housebound by illness for years.他因病多年来一直无法外出。
- virtually housebound
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：house（房）＋bound（束缚）→ 被绑在房子里，因病无法外出。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical care、social services、everyday conversation 该词为中性，多用于医疗、护理及社会服务等场合，指因病或行动不便而无法出门。日常口语中也可使用，但没有‘stuck at home’那么随意。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词的词尾都与 housebound 的 /-baʊnd/ 押韵：bound、found、ground、round、sound、pound 都读 /aʊnd/。注意拼写相似的 -ound 不一定同音：wound 作“伤口”时读 /wuːnd/，作 wind 的过去式读 /waʊnd/；bounty /ˈbaʊnti/ 也不与 bound 押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.