1.house用作名词时的意思是“房子”,转化为动词意思是“给…提供住房”,这种提供大多是免费的或义务的。house还有“收藏”的意思,指将某物放在一个固定的地方。
2.house在句中多用作及物动词,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

house in(v.+prep.)
把(某物)放在…; 让(某人)居住在… put sth in or on sth; make sb live in some place
▲house sb/sth in sth
After work they housed farm tools in a shed.下班后,他们把农具存放在一间小屋里。
The mill houses its entire staff in apartment buildings.工厂让全体职工住在公寓大楼里。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
All the books were housed in the library.所有的书都收藏在这个图书馆里。
The library is housed in a fine building.图书馆设在一座漂亮的大楼里。
Each fountain pen is housed in an elegant casing.每支自来水笔装在一只精美的盒子里。
The vintage car was housed in a garage.那辆老式的汽车停放在车房里。
The radar transreceiver is housed in a room adjacent to the display consoles.雷达发射接收机安置在显示器控制台附近的一间屋内。

house up(v.+adv.)
呆在屋里 make sb stay at house
▲house sb ⇔ up
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
I have been housed up for a week with a bad cold.我因为重感冒在屋里呆了一周。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He tried to feed and house his family.他设法为一家人解决吃和住的问题。
Many villagers volunteered to house the flood victims.许多村民自愿为水灾难民提供住处。
Each apartment could house a family of six.每套房能住下一个六口之家。
New flats were built to house the oil workers' families.新的公寓已建好,是供石油工人的家属居住的。
Such a small cottage will never house us all.这么一间小屋绝对住不下我们大伙。
He uses the house to house the cows.他用这房子来圈牛。
Those caves may house snakes.那些洞里也许有蛇。
I must find some place where I can house my books.我得找个地方收藏我的书。
The library houses thousands of volumes.这个图书馆藏书数万卷。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Many married couples are waiting to be housed.许多结了婚的夫妇在等待提供房子。
The athletes were housed two to a room.运动员们被安排两个人住一个房间。

house, board, harbour, lodge, room, shelter
参见room条。

house偶尔也可用作不及物动词,此时常与together搭配,表示“住在一起”。例如:
You and I as well house together.我和你也可以住在一起。
We have to house together, because there is no other room.我们不得不住在一起,因为再没有别的屋子了。

［同义词］ n. room v. accommodate, lodge, shelter
［词源］  ＜古英语hus(房)

1.house的基本意思是“住宅,房子”,指用来供人居住的建筑物,强调的是整体建筑,里面可以有人,也可以没人。house有时还可以表示某些具有特殊用途的建筑物,如“运输大楼”“经纪行”等。
2.House可指“议院”。house偶尔也可指住在同一栋房子里的人,即“家人”。引申可指“家族,家系”“观众”。
3.house作“观众”解时是集合名词,其前可加不定冠词a,用作主语时,其谓语动词多用单数形式。house作“全家人”解时,一般用单数形式,其前多有the whole修饰; 用作主语时,谓语动词多用单数形式。

bring the house down
赢得观众的掌声 make an audience laugh or applaud loudly
The soloist brought the house down with encore for his impressive voice.这位独唱家以他那感人的歌声博得全场喝彩。
The President made a fine speech which brought down the house.这位总统作了一次不错的演讲,赢得了观众的掌声。

keep house
管理家务 manage the affairs of a household
It was quite a new experience for Mary to keep house.料理家务对玛丽来说是一种崭新的体验。
My aunt will keep house for me during my illness.在我生病期间,姑妈代我管家。

on the house
由店家〔公司〕负担费用,免费 paid for by the pub., firm, etc.; free
He used his car for business purposes, and many of the minor repairs were done on the house.他用他的小汽车办公事,许多小修理就由公司付钱了。
After four drinks, the bar gives you one on the house.喝过4杯饮料以后,店家会奉送你一杯。

round the houses
到处找人或打听消息 from one person or place to another (especially when trying to get information)
He was sent round the houses when he tried to find out about her insurance claim.当他设法了解关于她保险的索赔情况时,他被派去到处打听消息。

My house is within walking distance of the school.我的房子和学校在步行可及的距离内。
New houses are going up everywhere.到处在建造新的住宅。
The fire spread quickly from house to house.火势由一栋房子向另一栋房子迅速蔓延。
The grounds around his house are beautiful.他房子周围的庭园很美。
Their occupation of the house will expire next week.他们在这所房子的居住期下周结束。
Everything in this house is in good order.这房子里每件东西都井然有序。
The house had gone to ruin.那所房子荒废了。
It took all our savings to buy the house.买这所房子用去了我们所有的存款。
The house adjacent to the church is the vicarage.毗邻教堂的房子是牧师住宅。
Our house is adjacent to theirs.我们的房子与他们的房子是相连的。
All the houses in this project are alike.规划中的这批房子都是一样的。
The house stood alone on the hill.那座房子孤零零地坐落在山顶上。
We were surprised at finding the house clean, bright and spacious.我们发现房子又干净又亮堂感到惊奇。
The teacher was busy correcting our exercise books when we called at his house.我们去老师家拜访时,他正忙着批改我们的作业。
The house was in a state of complete disorder because of the young children.屋里因为有小孩子而凌乱不堪。
He was content to die here in the midst of his lands, in the old houses of his fathers.他愿意死在这块故土上,死在父辈居住过的房子里。
The union's headquarter is in the Transport House.工会总部在运输大楼内。
These shops belong to the House of Fraser.这些商店都属于弗雷泽商号。
John works for a brokerage house now.约翰现在一家经纪行工作。
We had a quick meal at a cheap eating house.我们在一家便宜的小餐馆里吃了一顿快餐。
We visited the monkey house at the zoo.我们参观了动物园的猴馆。
She was collecting eggs from the chicken house.她正在收集鸡棚里的蛋。
Reading is the key to the treasure house of ideas.读书是打开知识宝库的钥匙。
The Senate approved the bill, but the House voted against it.参议院通过了这项议案,但众议院投票反对。
The House of Commons is the lower House of the British parliament.众议院是英国议会的下院。
Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!安静点吧!别把全家人都吵醒了。
The whole house was woken up.整个房子的人都被唤醒了。
The whole house was ill with the mumps.家里人都得流行性腮腺炎了。
I stayed awake until the whole house was sleeping.直到全家进入了梦乡我才睡。
Meals are always late in our house.我们家吃饭总是很晚的。
The House of Windsor is an ancient house.英国温莎王室是一个古老的家族。
She is related to a European royal house.她与欧洲的一家王室有亲戚关系。
The play was taken off after playing to almost empty houses for two weeks.这出戏因为两周来几乎没有观众而停演了。
Is there a doctor in the house?观众中有医生吗?
We had a good house.观看我们演出的人很多。

house, dwelling, family, home, residence
参见home条。
下面各组中短语的意思不同:
keep house
料理家务
keep one's house
(在某地)居住
keep the house
呆在家里
keep open house
好客
keep the house open
没有闩门
House Full
(戏院等的告示)客满
full houses
场场爆满

他在5点之前到的家。
［误］  He arrived his house a little before five.
［正］  He arrived home a little before five.
［析］  在表示“回家,到家”时不应用house,而要用home。