英语词汇“homeward-bound”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	homeward-bound
释义	homeward-bound, a. [See bound ppl. a.¹] Bound homeward; preparing to go home; directing one's course homeward. Said esp. of a ship returning home from a foreign port. 1602Carew Cornwall (1811) 9 When either outward or homeward bound they are checked by an east..wind.1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3826/3 With 6 homeward-bound Merchant Ships.1832Marryat N. Forster xxiii, The crew..were picked up by a homeward-bound vessel. absol.1887Pall Mall G. 6 July 5/1 There is no precaution taken against outward-bounds meeting homeward-bounds? Hence ˈhomeward-ˈbounder colloq., a homeward-bound vessel. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Homeward-Bounder, a ship on her course home.1897Daily News 2 June 8/6 What time the homeward bounders were heading..for the white cliffs of opposite Albion.
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