home aloneadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhəʊm əˈləʊn/, U.S.

/ˌhoʊm əˈloʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adv., alone adj.

Etymology: < home adv. + alone adj.

Originally North American.

A. adv.

At home alone; esp. (of a child) left at home unsupervised during parental absence.In later use popularized by the title of the U.S. film Home Alone (1990), in which a young boy is accidentally left at home when the rest of his family go on holiday.

ΚΠ

1885 N.-Y. Times 13 Feb. 2/7 Did you tell Capt. Bailey that you were afraid you would not be able to prove an alibi because you were home alone that morning..?

1934 Los Angeles Times 16 Oct. i. 9/2 The boy was home alone, sleeping in his bed, when flames broke out in the kitchen.

1960 Windsor (Ontario) Star 18 May 42 (headline) Child shouldn't be home alone... Usually, however, the school child must fend for himself alone for an hour or more before school and for a like period after school.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 4 July 5 c/3 A television repossessor, knowing that an 11-year-old girl was home alone, demanded angrily that she unlock the door.

1990 River News-Herald (Rio Vista, California) 21 Nov. 4/3 He stressed trying to eat yogurt or safer foods when you are home alone without adults.

1994 Inside Soap Aug. 94 Only the other day Sam—a tot of just 9 years old—was left on his own. If this is the example Home and Away sets for young mothers it's no wonder kids are left home alone.

2000 P. Agbabi Transformatrix 49 You can't leave a child home alone. Pervs. Like my stepdad. I was still a child when he did it.

B. adj. (attributive).

Designating a person (esp. a child) who is at home by himself or herself; relating to a situation in which a person is at home alone.

ΚΠ

1989 B. E. Robinson et al. Home-alone Kids p. xii No one said being a working parent was going to be easy and being a home-alone child is not always easy, either.

1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 5 Feb. 1/2 The home-alone question is one that every parent has to deal with.

1995 Muzik July 68/1 The promise of the weekend escape is far greater than its home-alone actuality.

2007 B. K. Eakman Walking Targets 98 Most home-alone kids, circa pre-1960s, had something to do called ‘chores’.

2010 J. L. Salome Violence, Veils & Bloodlines xii. 265 The simplicity of a home-alone man and his essential tools.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home alone
释义	home aloneadv.adj. Brit. /ˌhəʊm əˈləʊn/, U.S. /ˌhoʊm əˈloʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adv., alone adj. Etymology: < home adv. + alone adj. Originally North American. A. adv. At home alone; esp. (of a child) left at home unsupervised during parental absence.In later use popularized by the title of the U.S. film Home Alone (1990), in which a young boy is accidentally left at home when the rest of his family go on holiday. ΚΠ 1885 N.-Y. Times 13 Feb. 2/7 Did you tell Capt. Bailey that you were afraid you would not be able to prove an alibi because you were home alone that morning..? 1934 Los Angeles Times 16 Oct. i. 9/2 The boy was home alone, sleeping in his bed, when flames broke out in the kitchen. 1960 Windsor (Ontario) Star 18 May 42 (headline) Child shouldn't be home alone... Usually, however, the school child must fend for himself alone for an hour or more before school and for a like period after school. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 4 July 5 c/3 A television repossessor, knowing that an 11-year-old girl was home alone, demanded angrily that she unlock the door. 1990 River News-Herald (Rio Vista, California) 21 Nov. 4/3 He stressed trying to eat yogurt or safer foods when you are home alone without adults. 1994 Inside Soap Aug. 94 Only the other day Sam—a tot of just 9 years old—was left on his own. If this is the example Home and Away sets for young mothers it's no wonder kids are left home alone. 2000 P. Agbabi Transformatrix 49 You can't leave a child home alone. Pervs. Like my stepdad. I was still a child when he did it. B. adj. (attributive). Designating a person (esp. a child) who is at home by himself or herself; relating to a situation in which a person is at home alone. ΚΠ 1989 B. E. Robinson et al. Home-alone Kids p. xii No one said being a working parent was going to be easy and being a home-alone child is not always easy, either. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 5 Feb. 1/2 The home-alone question is one that every parent has to deal with. 1995 Muzik July 68/1 The promise of the weekend escape is far greater than its home-alone actuality. 2007 B. K. Eakman Walking Targets 98 Most home-alone kids, circa pre-1960s, had something to do called ‘chores’. 2010 J. L. Salome Violence, Veils & Bloodlines xii. 265 The simplicity of a home-alone man and his essential tools. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1885
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