喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈhoʊmˌoʊnər/ · /ˈhəʊmˌəʊnə/屋主

    someone who owns the house or flat they live in.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei’s parents became homeowners last year when they bought their first flat.

    逐字美的父母在去年當他們買了第一間公寓時成為屋主。

    「homeowner」是「擁有自己住的家的人」，中文最自然常說屋主（也會說房主）。核心畫面可以想成「自己房子的主人」——家是屬於這個人的。homeowner 跟 landlord 容易搞混：homeowner 是擁有並通常自己住的屋主；landlord 是把房子租給別人、收房租的房東。常見搭配：first-time homeowner（第一次當屋主）、homeowners insurance（屋主保險）。

    常見搭配

    • become a homeowner

      成為屋主

      start to own the home you live in

      They became homeowners after saving for many years.

    • first-time homeowner

      首次購屋的屋主

      someone who owns a home for the first time

      The bank has a special plan for first-time homeowners.

    • homeowners insurance

      屋主保險

      insurance that protects a house that someone owns

      Homeowners insurance helped pay to fix the broken window.

    • homeowner policy

      屋主保單

      an insurance plan for someone who owns a home

      Mum checked her homeowner policy before the typhoon season.

    • local homeowners

      當地屋主

      people who own homes in a neighborhood or town

      Local homeowners met to plan a safer crossing near the school.

    意思相反

    rentertenant

core核心畫面

Picture two people living in identical flats on the same floor. One pays rent every month and has to ask before painting a wall; the other holds the deed, pays the mortgage, and can knock the wall down. The word names only that difference — the person living in a place that is legally theirs.

可以想成同一層樓、兩戶一模一樣的公寓。一戶每個月付房租，想漆牆壁還得先問過；另一戶手上有權狀，繳的是房貸，想把牆敲掉就敲掉。homeowner 指的就是後面那一種人——住在一個法律上屬於自己的地方。

複數 homeowners

意思相反

rentertenant

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

homeownernoun

  • 1

    Someone who owns a house.

    • He advised homeowners to get insurance before then so they can be grandfathered in as discretionary buyers of flood insurance in a nonflood zone.
    • The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager.
  • 2

    Someone who does not have the title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it in installments.

    • The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure.

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