house

casa

Edificio in cui vive una persona o una famiglia.

In inglese semplice: A building where a person or family lives.

• We live in a small house.
• They bought a house near the school.
• How many bedrooms does your house have?

Sinonimi: home

Espressioni comuni: buy a house, small house, house with a garden

house, musica house

Genere di musica elettronica da ballo con un ritmo forte e regolare.

In inglese semplice: A type of electronic dance music with a strong, regular beat.

• The DJ played house all night.
• She makes house music on her laptop.
• This club is famous for its house nights.

Espressioni comuni: house music, house track, deep house

casa, casa editrice

Azienda, soprattutto una che pubblica libri o crea abiti di moda.

In inglese semplice: A company, especially one that publishes books or creates fashionable clothes.

• She works for a publishing house.
• The fashion house launched a new collection.
• Several publishing houses rejected his first novel.

Sinonimi: company, firm

Espressioni comuni: publishing house, fashion house, design house

casa, locale

Attività che accoglie clienti o offre intrattenimento, oppure le persone che la gestiscono.

In inglese semplice: A business serving guests or providing entertainment, or the people who run it.

• Dessert is on the house.
• The house reserves the right to refuse service.
• We chose the house wine with our meal.

Come si usa: on the house (The manager said our drinks were on the house.)

Sinonimi: establishment, management

Espressioni comuni: on the house, house rules, house wine

ospitare, contenere

Tenere o contenere qualcosa all’interno di un edificio o contenitore.

In inglese semplice: To keep or contain something inside a building or container.

• The museum houses an art collection.
• They housed the equipment in a dry shed.
• The old factory now houses a library.

Come si usa: house something in something (They house the records in a secure building.); be housed in something (The collection is housed in the old library.)

Sinonimi: contain, hold, store

Espressioni comuni: house a collection, house equipment, house something inside

alloggiare, ospitare

Fornire a qualcuno un posto in cui vivere.

In inglese semplice: To provide someone with a place to live.

• The shelter houses twenty people.
• They housed the students in a nearby hostel.
• Where will the displaced families be housed?

Come si usa: house someone in something (The council housed the families in empty apartments.)

Sinonimi: accommodate, shelter

Espressioni comuni: house homeless people, house refugees, house someone temporarily

alloggiare, racchiudere

Racchiudere e proteggere le parti funzionanti di una macchina con un coperchio o un involucro.

In inglese semplice: To surround and protect the working parts of a machine with a cover or case.

• The plastic case houses the motor.
• They housed the gears in a steel box.
• All moving parts are housed inside the machine's protective cover.

Come si usa: be housed in something (The gears are housed in a metal casing.)

Sinonimi: enclose, encase

Espressioni comuni: house the motor, house mechanical parts, house the gears