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单词 homebound
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homeboundadj.1

Brit. /ˈhəʊmbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌbaʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adv., bound adj.1
Etymology: < home adv. + bound adj.1 Compare slightly later homeward-bound adj. Compare also outbound adj. and slightly later outward-bound adj.
Moving towards or heading for home; homeward-bound. Cf. outbound adj.In early use esp. of a ship or its crew.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [adjective] > home
homebound1598
homeward-bound1602
home-coming1655
home-going1763
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 120 His home bound Indies fleet being safely arriued and his out bound sent away.
1647 Prol. to Fletcher's Mad Lover in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. sig. D4/1 Our home-bound-voyage.
1704 D. Defoe Storm iv. 66 At Bristol about 20 Sail of home-bound West India Men, not yet unladen.
1758 R. Potter Holkham 6 The home-bound Mariner from far descries, Emerging from the Waves the tall Tow'r rise.
1841 Art-union Oct. 175/2 The hum of the home-bound bee.
1888 Nation 1 Mar. 183/2 The first scene is on a home-bound Australian steamer.
1940 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 91/1 At the battle front, military censors read the home-bound mail of soldiers, deleting military information of any kind.
1988 A. Mathews in D. Bolger Picador Bk. Contemp. Irish Fiction (1993) 463 The best time for hitching was in the evening when the homebound traffic was inching along slowly.
2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) vii. 267 A homebound ship, when it arrived, would report the outbound vessel's position.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

homeboundadj.2

Brit. /ˈhəʊmbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌbaʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, bound adj.2
Etymology: < home n.1 + bound adj.2
Not going beyond one's house, neighbourhood, or country; confined to one's house, esp. by illness or infirmity; housebound.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adjective] > confined > to house, office, or town
homebound1794
house-ridden1835
town-bound1835
housefast1855
housebound1878
office-bound1961
1794 J. Adams Euphonologia Linguæ Anglicanæ 2 The home-bound, laborious, honest countryman.
1856 H. K. Hunt Glances & Glimpses x. 135 Many home-bound, chamber-ridden, used for years to medical calls, would make a desperate effort, saying ‘live or die’.
1882 M. Crommelin Brown-eyes (1884) vi. 69 Why should the Marken men be so homebound?
1920 Maternity & Child Welfare Dec. 366/1 What provision for home-bound crippled children is made in Great Britain I know not.
1953 D. Portway Korea vi. 107 The Korean married woman is much too home-bound to be expected to sit down at a public dinner.
2004 Philadelphia June 211/3 Its seventh annual campaign to raise funds for local meals on wheels programs for homebound seniors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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