English Dictionary

open house

名詞

オーストラリア英語 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語

A house habitually kept open to callers. / An event, often in one's home, at which there are few restrictions regarding who and how many may attend.

日本語の意味

人々が自由に訪れることができるよう常に開放されている家。 / 自宅などで開催される、参加者数や参加者に特に制限がない公開イベント。

Ever since she inherited the old manor, Maria kept an open house where neighbors dropped in for tea.

彼女が古い邸宅を相続して以来、マリアは来客に常に開かれている家を維持し、近所の人々がよくお茶に立ち寄った。

意味（1）

A house habitually kept open to callers.

He keeps a kind of open house for all the respectable young men of the town who are staying in lodgings.

意味（2）

An event, often in one's home, at which there are few restrictions regarding who and how many may attend.

Over the year, we had been invited to many people′s homes, enjoying good food and warm hospitality. It had not been possible for us to reciprocate in every case, so we decided to invite everyone to an open house ‘barbie’-cum-buffet in order to say a mass farewell.

意味（3）

An event during which a facility or institution is open to the public for inspection or tour.

意味（4）

(chiefly US, Canada and Australia) A period of time, usually several hours in a day, during which a house which is for sale is open for inspection or tour by interested parties.

We′re holding an open house this weekend at 77 Parkway Road.

意味（5）

(US, education) A casual school event where the school invites parents or guardians to tour their child's school and meet the teachers.

open houses （ plural ）