单词 | homing |
释义 | homing (once / 11109 pages) adj WORD FAMILY home: homed, homeless, homelike, homely, homes, homey, homing, homy+/homeless: homelessly, homelessness, homelesss/homeliness: homelinesses/homely: homelier, homeliest, homelily, homeliness/homey: homeyer, homier, homiest USAGE EXAMPLESThe artist Duke Riley sets two thousand homing pigeons, outfitted with L.E.D. lights, into motion. The New Yorker(Dec 26, 2016) “These people cannot drive,” Papa muttered when we got to the school gates, where cars nosed up to each other, homing. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) It means that “something may be only at its peak for five days, and we’re homing in on that.” New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) adj orienting or directing homeward or to a destination the homing instinct a homing beacon Syn orientating, orienting positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually |
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