house

中文： 议院、房屋、家、房子

1. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. (countable, uncountable) · This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
2. An apartment building within a public housing estate. (countable, uncountable)
3. A container; a thing which houses another. (countable, uncountable)
4. Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing. (uncountable)
5. A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these. (countable, uncountable)
6. The people who live in a house; a household. (countable, uncountable)
7. A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). (countable, uncountable) · The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.· On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
8. A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. (countable, uncountable) · A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.

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