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

单词	home
释义	home I. \ˈhōm, dial with vowel ˈə or a vowel approaching it\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, from Old English hām village, country, dwelling, home; akin to Old High German heim homeland, dwelling, house, Old Norse heimr homeland, world, Gothic haims village, Greek kōmē, Lithuanian kaimas village, Old English hīwan members of a household, Latin civis citizen, Greek koiman to put to sleep — more at cemetery 1. a. : the house and grounds with their appurtenances habitually occupied by a family : one's principal place of residence : domicile b. : a private dwelling : house < interpret … history through the architecture of its stores and homes — R.W.Howard > c. : the refuge or usual haunt of an animal < the pool at the foot of the rapids is … the home of big trout — Alexander MacDonald > 2. : one's abode after death < I'm but a stranger here, heaven is my home — T.R.Taylor > 3. a. : the social unit formed by a family living together in one dwelling < a man establishes a home and makes use of a specific piece of land — P.E.James > b. : the family environment to which one is emotionally attached : focus of domestic affections < home is where the heart is > 4. a. : a familiar or suitable setting : congenial environment < finds no spiritual home in the gang — John Brooks > < the theater would have been the proper home for his characters and plots — L.O.Coxe > b. : normal environment : habitat < California is the home of the redwood > < the home of petroleum is in sedimentary rocks — A.M.Bateman > c. : center of cultivation : focal point < concept of a university as the home of learning — J.B.Conant > 5. a. : the country or place of origin < Britain is the home of railroads — Richard Joseph > < in the home of the direct primary — F.L.Paxson > specifically : mother country < people … from the old homes moved into the same pursuits because they had brought across similar skills — Oscar Handlin > b. : center or base of operations : location, headquarters < the amphitheater … will be the home of one of two festival companies — E.B.Radcliffe > < the four largest national broadcasting networks … have their home in the city — American Guide Series: New York > < the pilot … heads for home — Newsweek > 6. : an establishment taking the place of a home — see nursing home, tourist home; compare funeral home 7. a. : the objective toward which a player progresses in certain active sports (as baseball) or toward which he moves his pieces in various board games (as backgammon) b. : an area in which a player is safe from attack c. : one's original position in a square-dance set d. (1) : either of two lacrosse positions nearest the opponent's goal (2) : a player assigned to either of these positions — compare inside home, outside home • - at home II. adverb Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, home, from Old English hām, accusative of hām, n. 1. a. : to or at one's principal place of residence < go home on the bus > < stay home and practice the piano > b. : to one's family < writes home once a week > c. : to or at the focus of one's sympathies < has deserted the speculative heights … and is back home among the sweet and profound bums — Paul Pickrel > 2. : to or at the country or place of origin < ordering diplomats home from various parts of the world > < customs differ from those back home > specifically : to the mother country < ordinances passed in the colonies are periodically transmitted home > 3. a. : to the final or closed position : to the full or ultimate limit < drive a nail home > < shove home a bolt > specifically : into position for loosing from a bow < draw an arrow home > b. (1) : to or toward a ship or its interior < haul an anchor home > (2) : from the sea onto the shore < the wind is blowing home > c. : to an ultimate objective (as the finish line) in a game or sport : to the end of a course < he had 33 on the outward nine and 35 coming home — New York Times > d. : to a successful, rewarding, or winning end < if the long shot comes home — Richard Scammon > < when my ship comes home > 4. a. : to the center of consciousness or sensitivity < insights … whose truth strikes home to any candid and reflective mind — J.H.Randall > < the full significance of this discovery was brought home to him — J.B.Conant > b. : to the point of uncovering underlying facts or truths < questions are asked, parried, pressed home — R.W.Speaight > III. adjective Etymology: home (I) 1. : of, relating to, or adjacent to a home < the recent decline in home building > < yearned for some home cooking > < tramped with him over his home acres — Witmer Stone > 2. a. : of or relating to the country or place of origin : domestic, native < home industry > < home city > < home language > specifically : of or relating to the mother country < gap between the home and the Kenya points of view — Lionel Fleming > b. : of or relating to the vicinity of the home : local < after finishing a preparatory course in the home academy … attended Yale College — F.L.Riley > c. : of or relating to a headquarters or base of operations < home territory > especially of an athletic team < will close their home season today — New York Times > 3. a. : reaching the mark physically or emotionally : well-aimed and effective < dispatched the bull with a dexterous home thrust > < this was a very home question — A.R.Smith > b. : being in proximity to or constituting the objective in a game or sport < in Saturday's race he was forced … wide at the home turn — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > < the counter is moved around the board and up the path to the home space > 4. : original, normal — used of the position of a machine or its parts < the cylinder travels past the home position, and is then pushed back … against a catch — John Southward > IV. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: home (I) *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to go or return home < a plane homes to its carrier > < when school is out a boy homes to his dog and his marbles > specifically of an animal : to return accurately to its home or natal area from a distance < a pigeon homes to its loft > < a salmon homes to the stream in which it was spawned > b. : to move toward an objective by following a beam or landmark — usually used with on or in < picked up a radio beam and homed on it toward the fiord — Sloan Wilson > < mariners … sought the dark spires of Oakland's redwoods to home on — J.W.Noble > < with one engine out of action, the aircraft turned back and homed in on the … radio beacon — U.N. Bulletin > c. : to become guided to a target by an emanation from it — usually used with on or in < the new long-range electric torpedo … homes on the noise of the target ship's propellers — New York Times > < keep the missile homing in on the source of heat — Newsweek > 2. : to have a home or headquarters < several fine publishers have homed in that marvelous city — H.G.Merriam > *transitive verb* 1. : to send to or provide with a home < radar installations … homed friendly aircraft to land bases — Crowsnest > < hidden pools and much wider creeks each of which homed its cranes — I.L.Idriess > 2. : to teach (a pigeon) to return to a loft
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