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单词 home fire
释义

home firen.

Brit. /ˈhəʊm fʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊm ˌfaɪ(ə)r/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, fire n.
Etymology: < home n.1 + fire n.
A fire burning in the hearth of a home. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts, with allusion to the home or to family life in general.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > hearth or fire symbolic of
fireeOE
astre?a1500
hearthsteada1500
reek1542
reek house1542
hearth1585
smoke1605
home fire1611
fireside1613
ingle-side?a1750
foyer1908
1611 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 450 Mist's drouzy vapours Quench their home-Fires [Fr. tisons au foyer], and Temple-sacred Tapers.
1831 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 22 Oct. My little brothers round the warm hearth crowd, Our home-fire blazes broad, and bright, and high.
1844 Q. Rev. Dec. 124 The wife must be ever importing fresh treasures to make her home-fire burn brightly.
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. i. xiii. 288 Happy fathers of happy children, men who warmed their hands at the home-fire of life.
1902 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 17 Feb. 3/4 The home-fires burn the brightest in Kentucky.
1920 P. MacGill Maureen v. 162 The two sat by the home fire, Kathleen knitting a stocking while the daughter read a book.
1983 S. Donaldson Gilden-Fire 26 The preservation of the home-fires, and the tending of the goats..took all the strength and fortitude which any people could ask of themselves.
2010 C. Billings Last Stand at Megiddo 256 Houses will have to be built before the home fires are kindled.

Phrases

to keep the home fires burning: to run a household as normal while a family member, esp. one's spouse, is away (originally at war).
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1914 L. G. Ford 'Till Boys come Home (MS lead sheet) Keep the home-fires burning, While your hearts are yearning, Though your lads are far away.
1920 Texas State Jrnl. Med. Apr. 435/2 The modern woman works... She has kept the factory, as well as the home fires burning.
1981 P. Russianoff Why do I think I'm Nothing without Man? (1991) i. 20 Lloyd kept the home fires burning, doing numerous househusband tasks.
2006 C. Kelly Past Secrets 424 My fabulous partner and second-in-command is on leave,..so somebody has to keep the home fires burning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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