| 单词 | homer |
| 释义 | homer (once / 1571 pages) 1nv 2n 3n In baseball, a homer is what a batter gets after hitting the ball and running all the way around the bases to home plate without being tagged out. If you hit one out of the park, you've hit a homer. Homer is short for home run. If there are players on all the bases when a batter gets a homer, it's called a grand slam and it gives the team four points. You can use this word as a verb too, meaning "hit a home run." There are also nearly twenty towns in the US called Homer, but these are named for the ancient Greek epic poet, Homer. WORD FAMILYhomer: homered, homering, homers USAGE EXAMPLESBartolo Colon, playing first base for Braves, knocks 20th homer of season. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) He played in 57 games for the Chicago White Sox this year, hitting .213 with seven homers and 11 RBIs. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) He finished with 16 steals, 24 doubles, three homers and 29 RBIs. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n a base hit on which the batter scores a run Syn|Hypo|Hyper home run solo blast, solo homer a home run with no runners on base base hit, safety (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely 2v hit a home run 2Hyper hit, rack up, score, tally gain points in a game n pigeon trained to return home 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper homing pigeon carrier pigeon a homing pigeon used to carry messages domestic pigeon domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food n an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs Syn|Hyper kor capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit a unit of measurement of volume or capacity Homer (once / 734 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Homer: Homeric, Homers+/Homeric: Homerically USAGE EXAMPLESBut in a chilling finale scene, French morphs into Homer in his own mirror image. Time(Dec 19, 2016) Homer will be paid $3,300 per month when the Legislature kicks off the session in January, including housing, travel and pre-approved expenses. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) “Homer Thrift is more than a thrift store,” White said. Washington Times(Dec 10, 2016) 1 n ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC) 2Exp poet a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) n United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910) Syn|Exp Winslow Homer painter an artist who paints |
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