| 单词 | on home ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmason home ground 1. The ground belonging to one's home, neighbourhood, or country; a team's own sports ground; (figurative) a subject or area with which one is familiar or comfortable. Frequently in on home ground. Cf. home territory n., home turf n. at home n.1 and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 5 Sept. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) i. cxcvi. 380 He shall put them safe off his hand on the shore, in his father's known bounds, our native home-ground. 1860 Once a Week 28 Apr. 395/2 We have since thought that if our battles are as likely as theirs to be fought upon home ground, the sooner such a sight becomes familiar among us the better. 1867 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 16 Aug. The Akron boys are not discouraged, for they intend to give the Forest City another trial, on home ground. 1900 G. Patten Rockspur Nine xxv. 207 Dick drew the long straw and obtained for his club the advantage of two games on the home grounds. 1948 G. Frost Flying Squad xv. 173 A gang invaded the Sussex course to the annoyance of a Brighton gang..who regarded Lewes as their home ground. 1988 P. Aykroyd Puffin Bk. Gymnastics viii. 62 Not often did a Western gymnast shatter the monopoly of the Russians or Japanese, especially on their home ground. 1997 Times Educ. Suppl. 18 July 21/5 In Ilkley market, back on home ground, she is breathtakingly brilliant on what's going on under her nose that most other writers might never notice. < as lemmas |
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