| 释义 |
homewards, adv.|ˈhəʊmwədz|
Forms: see home n.
[OE. hámweardes, f. hámweard, with adverbial genitive: = OHG. heimwartes, Ger. heimwärts: see -wards.]
= homeward adv.
898O.E. Chron. an. 894 ⁋1 Sio oþeru fierd wæs ham weardes. 1375Barbour Bruce vii. 492 Than hamvardis buskit he to fair. 1481Churchw. Acc. Yatton (Som. Rec. Soc.) 114 For custom of y⊇ bell att Redclyff hyll, utwardys and whomwardys. 1586Warner Alb. Eng. iii. xiii. (R.), The Grecians homewards drewe. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 341 Tis high time to look homewards. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xv. 102 We..turned our faces homewards. |