英语词汇“homeland”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A homeland is the country where a group originally comes from, or where a person was born. If your grandparents and great-grandparents are Greek, you might consider Greece your homeland.

If you were born in Iran and raised in Canada, it might be important to you to think of Iran as your homeland, or the place you and your ancestors come from. In addition to being your birthplace, your homeland holds a lot of your cultural identity. Sometimes homeland is used in a nationalistic or even racist way, emphasizing that only certain ethnic groups are "native" to a certain country. The Old English root, hamland simply meant "enclosed pasture."

WORD FAMILY

homeland: homelands

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The newcomers shared their adopted homeland's optimism about the journey ahead.

BBC(Dec 31, 2016)

The company said U.S. utilities were alerted by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of the code.

Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016)

He believes one of the best long-term strategies is to help address the conditions that are driving people to flee their homelands.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016)

n the country where you were born

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country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land

old country

the country of origin of an immigrant

country, land, state

the territory occupied by a nation

单词	homeland
释义	homeland (once / 1768 pages) n A homeland is the country where a group originally comes from, or where a person was born. If your grandparents and great-grandparents are Greek, you might consider Greece your homeland. If you were born in Iran and raised in Canada, it might be important to you to think of Iran as your homeland, or the place you and your ancestors come from. In addition to being your birthplace, your homeland holds a lot of your cultural identity. Sometimes homeland is used in a nationalistic or even racist way, emphasizing that only certain ethnic groups are "native" to a certain country. The Old English root, hamland simply meant "enclosed pasture." WORD FAMILY homeland: homelands USAGE EXAMPLES The newcomers shared their adopted homeland's optimism about the journey ahead. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) The company said U.S. utilities were alerted by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of the code. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) He believes one of the best long-term strategies is to help address the conditions that are driving people to flee their homelands. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) n the country where you were born Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land old country the country of origin of an immigrant country, land, state the territory occupied by a nation
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