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gb/hˈoʊm/ us/hˈoʊm/
A1
Anh
~ 600
Các nghĩa
0 nghĩa
Danh từ
A1
entity
1
A person's usual place of living
The place where you live most of the time.
Mẫu sử dụng:
[someone]'s home
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners sometimes confuse 'home' with 'house'. 'Home' can mean the feeling or place of living, not just the building.
Từ đồng nghĩa
residence (More formal; often used in official contexts.)
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house (Refers to the physical building, not always the emotional sense.)
Từ trái nghĩa
workplace (A place where someone works, opposite of a living place.)
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away (Being in a different place from home.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
go home
|leave home
|return home
|at home
|home address
Chủ đề
daily life
|family
|housing
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- I can't wait to get home after work.
- They moved to a new home last year.
- Her home is in the countryside.
- Please make yourself at home while I prepare dinner.
Ví dụ cho người học
- I go home after school.
- My home is near the park.
- We have a small home.
- She likes to be at home.
adverb
A1
relation
2
To or at one's residence
To or at the place you live.
Mẫu sử dụng:
go/come/return home
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners sometimes add 'to' after 'home' (e.g., 'go to home') which is incorrect in standard English.
Từ đồng nghĩa
back (Can mean returning somewhere, but not specific to residence.)
Từ trái nghĩa
away (In a different place from one's residence.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
come home
|go home early
|drive home
Chủ đề
daily life
|travel
|daily_life
|housing
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- I went home after the meeting.
- She came home late last night.
- He is already home from school.
Ví dụ cho người học
- I go home at 5 p.m.
- She comes home after work.
- We walk home together.
Danh từ
B1
entity
3
Institution for care or housing
A place where people who need help or cannot live alone stay and are looked after.
Từ đồng nghĩa
facility (Neutral and general term for a building providing services.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
nursing home
|children's home
|care home
Chủ đề
healthcare
|social issues
|health
|housing
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- She works in a nursing home for the elderly.
- He grew up in a children's home.
- The city opened a new care home last year.
Ví dụ cho người học
- My grandmother lives in a nursing home.
- The boy lives in a children's home.
- They visit people in the care home.
Danh từ
B1
entity
4
Place of origin or belonging
The country or place you come from and feel is yours.
Từ đồng nghĩa
homeland (Formal and emotional; often used in patriotic contexts.)
Từ trái nghĩa
foreign land (A country that is not your own.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
home country
|home town
|far from home
Chủ đề
identity
|culture
|relationships
|travel
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- After years abroad, he returned to his home country.
- She is far from home and misses her family.
- New York has always been my home.
Ví dụ cho người học
- I live far from my home country.
- He goes back to his hometown every year.
- This city feels like home to me.
Động từ
B2
action
5
Move toward target accurately
To move or aim directly at something.
Mẫu sử dụng:
home in on [something]
Từ đồng nghĩa
zero in on (Informal equivalent, especially for focusing attention.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
home in on target
|home in on problem
Chủ đề
movement
|focus
|communication
|science
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- The missile homed in on its target.
- Reporters homed in on the scandal.
- She quickly homed in on the main issue.
Ví dụ cho người học
- The bird homed in on the food.
- He homed in on the answer.
- They homed in on the goal.
Ngữ pháp
Dạng từ điển
home
IPA
GB/hˈoʊm/
US/hˈoʊm/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
home (1 âm tiết)
Stress on 1st syllable (home)
Các dạng từ
Noun
- Base: home
- Plural: home, homes
Verb
- Base: home
- 3rd Person Singular: homes
- Present Participle: homing
- Past: homed
Họ từ
Cách diễn đạt
bring something home to someone
1/bɹˈɪŋ sˈʌmθɪŋ hˈoʊm tə sˈʌmwˌʌn/
idiom
Make person realize something important
To help someone understand something clearly, especially how serious it is.
Ví dụ
- The accident brought home to me how dangerous driving can be.
- Her speech brought the issue home to the audience.
close to home
1/klˈoʊs tə hˈoʊm/
idiom
Personally relevant and emotional
If something is close to home, it affects you personally because it is similar to your own life or feelings.
Ví dụ
- His comments about poverty hit close to home for many listeners.
- That movie was close to home for her after losing her father.
make yourself at home
1/mˈeɪk jʊɹsˈɛlf ˈæt hˈoʊm/
idiom
Act comfortably in another's place
To relax and act like you are in your own house when visiting someone else's place.
Ví dụ
- Please come in and make yourself at home.
- She told me to make myself at home while she prepared dinner.
hit home
4/hˈɪt hˈoʊm/
idiom
Affect deeply because it's true/relevant
To make you feel something strongly because it is true about your own life.
Ví dụ
- His words hit home when I saw the damage for myself.
- His words about hard work really hit home for me.
- The reality of losing her job hit home last night.
- The news report about climate change hit home when I saw the flooding in my town.
home sweet home
1/hˈoʊm swˈit hˈoʊm/
fixed phrase
Feeling happy to be at home
Used when you feel happy and comfortable to be back at your own house.
Ví dụ
- After two weeks away, it was finally home sweet home.
- After two weeks abroad, it was nice to say, 'Home sweet home.'
- Home sweet home, she sighed as she sat on her sofa.
- We finally arrived—home sweet home!