- 1出不了門的（尤指因病或年邁）；困居家中的
If you are housebound, you cannot reasonably leave your house, most often because you are ill, recovering, or old and not steady on your feet. It is not the same as choosing to stay in.
If you are housebound如果你housebound you cannot reasonably leave your house就是沒辦法正常出門 most often because you are ill, recovering, or old and not steady on your feet通常是因為生病、還在復原，或年紀大了走路不穩 It is not the same as choosing to stay in這跟自己選擇待在家不一樣
A housebound person may still have visitors, and help may come to the door. The word is a little formal: doctors, social workers, and news reports use it.
A housebound person may still have visitorshousebound的人還是可能有訪客 and help may come to the door也可能有人把幫忙送上門 The word is a little formal這個字有點正式 doctors, social workers, and news reports use it醫生、社工和新聞報導會用它
Bound here means held, not free to go.
Bound here means held這裡的bound意思是被困住 not free to go不是自由想走就走
Though actually, a day on the sofa because you cannot be bothered is not being housebound. The word carries a real limit, not a mood, and it is not a rude word — but do not use it lightly about someone who simply prefers to stay home.
Though actually, a day on the sofa because you cannot be bothered is not being housebound不過只是懶得動、在沙發上耗一天，不算housebound The word carries a real limit, not a mood這個字講的是真正的限制，不是一種心情 and it is not a rude word它也不是個帶貶意的字 but do not use it lightly about someone who simply prefers to stay home但別隨便拿來形容一個只是喜歡待在家的人
core核心畫面
組成house + bound（被困住、走不開）
同家族的字
- bed-boundthe same bound: not able to leave that place
原始詞典資料1 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。
houseboundadj
- 1
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity.
- Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.
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