( houses/ˈhaʊzɪz/) [] (with other nouns 构成复合词) a company involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind（从事某种业务的）公司；机构◆a fashion/banking/publishing house时装店；银行；出版社◆a house magazine/journal (= for the people who work in that company or business)企业杂志／期刊➡ see note at business House [] () ( Ho.) used in the names of office buildings大厦，大楼（用于办公楼名称）◆Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House.他们的办公室在贾斯特大厦三楼。 [] (with other nouns 构成复合词) a restaurant餐馆；餐厅◆a coffee house咖啡馆➡ idiom at clean adj.clearing house Companies house discount house finance house front of house fulfilment house in-house issuing house out-of-house