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a house
house 是可数名词，表示‘房子’时前面需加冠词。
They bought a new house.
他们买了一栋新房子。
房子；住宅；房屋
houses — plural of house
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
房子；住宅；房屋
a building in which people live; a dwelling
They bought a new house.
他们买了一栋新房子。
尤指独栋住宅
为人类居住而建造或作为住所的结构
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
浩室音乐。
House music.
供一个或多个家庭居住的住所
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
容器；容纳其他物品的东西
A container; a thing which houses another.
My house is at the end of the street.
我的房子在街道的尽头。
AI contextual example
They bought a large house with a garden.
他们买了一栋带花园的大房子。
AI contextual example
I need to clean the house before the guests arrive.
在客人到达之前，我需要打扫房子。
AI contextual example
he has a house on Cape Cod
他在科德角有一栋房子。
WordNet
house 是可数名词，表示‘房子’时前面需加冠词。
They bought a new house.
他们买了一栋新房子。
表示在建筑物内部。
She is in the house.
她在房子里。
sb's 表示名词所有格，如 my friend's, Tom's。
We had dinner at my grandmother's house.
我们在奶奶家吃晚饭。
固定搭配，意为‘搬家’。
They are moving house next week.
他们下周搬家。
Not this
I go to house now.
Use this
I go home now.
中文里“家”常被翻译为house，但英语中home指居住的地方，而house仅指建筑物。表示“回家”用go home，不用go to house。
Not this
There are many house in this area.
Use this
There are many houses in this area.
house是可数名词，复数形式为houses。在many、several等词后必须用复数，不能保留单数形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
买房
They are planning to buy a house in the suburbs.
他们计划在郊区买一所房子。
租房
We decided to rent a house for the summer.
我们决定夏天租一所房子。
搬家
They will move house next week.
他们下周搬家。
房价
House prices have risen sharply this year.
今年房价大幅上涨。
下议院
The bill was debated in the House of Commons.
该法案在下议院进行了辩论。
教堂；寺庙
The town has several houses of worship from different religions.
这个镇有几座不同宗教的教堂（寺庙）。
博得满堂喝彩
The comedian's performance brought down the house.
那位喜剧演员的表演博得了满堂喝彩。
免费招待
The drinks are on the house tonight.
今晚的酒水由店家免费提供。
纸牌屋（比喻脆弱的计划或局面）
His financial empire turned out to be a house of cards.
他的金融帝国结果只是一个纸牌屋。
我们的房子，在街道中间
The song describes a happy house in the middle of the street.
这首歌描述了街道中间一栋幸福的房子。
在新奥尔良有一栋房子
The house in New Orleans is famous from the song.
新奥尔良的那栋房子因这首歌而闻名。
Use houses naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住“house”中含有“use”，房子是用来使用的。
中性，多用于日常居住或房地产语境。
可数名词，通常指建筑物内的居住空间。
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