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单词 homebird
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homebird
homebird n. a domestic bird; a native bird as opposed to one on migration; (chiefly figurative) a person who prefers staying at home to going out or travelling; a homebody.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life > person
house dove1579
houseling1598
house bird1601
home-sittera1657
housekeepera1741
Sunday man1769
homester1819
homebird1821
homebody1821
stay-at-home1836
homeboy1847
homegirl1847
stay-putter1927
1703 W. Freke Lingua Tersancta xxix. 186 Home Birds live not out half their time.
1821 A. Moore Sisters II. v. 88 You know we are always home birds, therefore come whenever you can prevail on Lady Wyedale to part with you.
1886 F. W. Robinson Courting Mary Smith II. xx. 101 I was too much of a home-bird to be satisfied with the change.
1902 N. Everitt Broadland Sport xii. 137 The semi-tame home birds should have made their presence known to the migratory fowl.
1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 160 He wasnay a homebird. He wasnay used to it. So he liked going out, he liked the pub, no just for the bevy, he liked the crack as well.
extracted from homen.1adj.
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