| 单词 | home territory |
| 释义 | > as lemmashome territory home territory n. territory belonging to one's home, country, etc.; (figurative) a subject or area with which one is familiar or comfortable; cf. home ground n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > other types of land almslandOE frank-chase1587 acre-dale1592 free-bound1639 freeboard1640 home territory1703 1703 Voy. to Antipodes 35 They have no Gold or Silver growing in the Bowels of their home Territories. 1833 G. P. Scrope Princ. Polit. Econ. xv. 390 Treating the most fertile and accessible of our colonies as an extension of our home territory. 1957 Analysts Jrnl. 13 142/2 Automation..is home territory for Clark Controller. 1993 Guardian 4 Feb. ii. 11/4 Johnson was on home territory, Schubert, Mahler and Strauss, and working with an artist with radiant equipment, a big operatic colourful voice. 2010 J. C. A. Boeyens Chem. Cosmol. ix. 310 Space exploration has confirmed the theoretical picture of the solar system, which we now consider as home territory. < as lemmas |
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