English主要词典
own
Universal Words
adjective, pronoun, verb
adjective, pronoun
1 used to emphasize that sth belongs to or is connected with sb:
It was her own idea. * I saw it with my own eyes (= I didn't hear about it from somebody else). * Is the car your own? * Your day off is your own (= you can spend it as you wish). * Our children are grown up and have children of their own. * For reasons of his own (= particular reasons that perhaps only he knew about), he refused to join the club. * The accident happened through no fault of her own. * He wants to come into the business on his own terms. * I need a room of my own. * I have my very own room at last.
HELPNOTE Own cannot be used after an article: I need my own room. * _I_ _n_e_e_d_ _a_n_ _o_w_n_ _r_o_o_m_. * It's good to have your own room. * _I_t_'_s_ _g_o_o_d_ _t_o_ _h_a_v_e_ _t_h_e_ _o_w_n_ _r_o_o_m_.
2 done or produced by and for yourself:
She makes all her own clothes. * He has to cook his own meals.
IDIOMS
come into your / its own to have the opportunity to show how good or useful you are or sth is:
When the traffic's this bad, a bicycle really comes into its own.
get your own back (on sb) (informal) to do sth to sb in return for harm they have done to you; to get REVENGE:
I'll get my own back on him one day, I swear!
hold your own (against sb/sth) (in sth) to remain in a strong position when sb is attacking you, competing with you, etc:
Business isn't good but we're managing to hold our own. * She can hold her own against anybody in an argument. * The patient is holding her own although she is still very sick.
(all) on your own
1 alone; without anyone else:
I'm all on my own today. * She lives on her own.
2 without help:
He did it on his own.
moreatMINDn., SAKE, SOUNDn.
verb (not used in the progressive tenses)
1 [VN] to have sth that belongs to you, especially because you have bought it:
Do you own your house or do you rent it? * I don't own anything of any value. * Most of the apartments are privately owned. * an American owned company * Does anyone own this coat? It was left in a classroom. * Don't tell me what to do-you don't own me!
2 ~ to sth / to doing sth (old-fashioned) to admit that sth is true:
[V] He owned to a feeling of guilt. * [V(that)] She owned (that) she had been present.
IDIOMS
behave / act as if you own the place