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单词 homey
释义 hom·ey
I. adjective
also homy \ˈhōmē, -mi\
(-er/-est)
Etymology: home (I) + -y
1. : having an air of comfortable intimacy or domesticity : cozy, familiar
 < took a chair by the fire and looked round the homey room with a sigh of relief — Strand Magazine >
 < just the right size teapot … in the regular old brownware, very homeyNew Yorker >
2.
 a. : having an air of simple informality or hospitality usually associated with home : friendly, unpretentious
  < lends a homey touch — Vanity Fair >
  < private power companies traveling under the homey alias of “local interests” — Leland Olds >
 b. : of a family nature : intimate
  < like the candidate to answer a few homey questions designed to elicit the lowdown on his wife and relatives — Claud Cockburn >
 c. : folksy
  < written in the excruciatingly homey prose that is so often confused with the American vulgate — W.H.Whyte >
hom·ey·ness or hom·i·ness \-mēnə̇s, -min-\ noun -es
II. noun
or homie \ˈhōmē\
(plural homies or homeys)
Etymology: homeboy (herein) + -ie
1. : one who is from one's neighborhood, hometown, or region — often used as a familiar form of address especially among inner-city youths
2. : a fellow member of a youth gang
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