Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #148
housing
给…提供住处;收容
housing is the present participle of house.
To provide a place to live for someone or an animal.
- 1.
To keep within a structure or container.
将某物置于结构或容器内。
- 2.
To admit to residence; to harbor.
接纳居住;庇护。
- 3.
To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
寻找栖身之所;居住;寄宿。
- 4.
To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
居于十二星座之一。
- 5.
To contain or cover mechanical parts.
容纳或覆盖机械部件。
- 6.
To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
容纳物体的一部分以定位整体。
- 7.
To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
安全存放;取下并确保安全。
容纳;装有;投宿;寄居;暂住;收起;收藏;安放;位于某星宫;处于某宫位;将某物置于结构或容器内。
In use
The new dormitory can house up to 200 students.
The local charity houses abandoned animals until they find new homes.
This library houses a rare collection of medieval manuscripts.
Verb forms
base house · third person houses · -ing housing · past housed · past participle housed
规则动词,加-ed构成过去式和过去分词。
Connections
Collocations
- house refugees
- 收容难民
- The hotel housed refugees for several months.这家旅馆收容了难民几个月。
- house a collection
- 收藏藏品
- The museum houses a vast collection of ancient coins.这座博物馆收藏了大量古钱币。
- house the engine
- 容纳发动机
- The metal hood houses the engine and protects it.金属引擎盖容纳并保护发动机。
- house the homeless
- 为无家可归者提供住所
- The shelter houses the homeless every night.这个收容所每晚为无家可归者提供住所。
- house supplies
- 存放物资
- This cabinet houses all our office supplies.这个柜子存放着我们所有的办公用品。
- house students
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把东西装进“房子”就是house:给某人提供住处,或把零件容纳进外壳。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:formal writing、technical descriptions、news reporting 作动词时多用于正式的书面或客观描述中,表示“容纳”或“为…提供住处”,口语中较少单独使用,常出现在新闻报道、官方文件、技术说明等场合。
Grammar Note
当动词时,可及物或不及物;及物义为'给...房子住'或'收藏',不及物义为'住'或'躲藏'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都包含 -ouse 拼写,且在所列的 house 发音 /haʊs/ 下与之押韵:mouse、louse、douse、spouse、grouse、blouse(美式)。注意:house 作动词时常读作 /haʊz/,此时 rouse /raʊz/ 和 arouse /əˈraʊz/ 与 /haʊz/ 押韵,而与上面这些词的 /haʊs/ 不押韵。blouse 在英式英语中也可读作 /blaʊz/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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