home basen.

Brit.

/ˌhəʊm ˈbeɪs/, U.S.

/ˈˌhoʊm ˈbeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adj., base n.¹

Etymology: < home adj. + base n.¹ With sense 1 compare earlier home n.¹ 9b.

1. Baseball. = home plate n. 1. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > slab marking home base

home1845

home base1855

plate1867

home plate1869

rubber1889

pan1891

platter1892

1855 Spirit of Times 12 May 147/2 The striker's stand is at the Home Base.

1867 Chicago Tribune 27 Aug. Jumped into the River... He had been down twice and was about making the home base on the other side of the Styx when he got ‘caught out’ by the bridge tender.

1886 F. H. Burnett Little Ld. Fauntleroy (1888) vi. 122 But Mr. Hobbs took me several times to see base-ball..Here is the first base and that's the second, and that's the third, and that's the home-base.

1917 C. M. Fuess Old New Eng. School xxii. 450 I ran around to the home base before the ball got back to the field.

1950 Boys' Life May 60/4 A bad throw to first could send him winging around third and over your unguarded home base.

2009 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 Sept. (Sport section) 6 As the last batter, Slingshot Steve, approached home base, Harristown led 4-3.

2. A centre of operations; headquarters.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [noun] > from which operations are carried on

headquarters1647

base1809

basis1833

home base1865

sharp end1948

1865 S. Newhouse Trapper's Guide 61 If the line extends directly from a settlement, so that it has what may be called a home-base, none but rude, temporary shanties are built.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. 300 He invariably decided that coming confinement-cases or land-deals would prevent his ‘getting away from home-base for very long this year’.

1961 W. R. Russell & M. L. E. Espir Traumatic Aphasia p. v The Military Hospital for Head Injuries..occupied St. Hugh's College, Oxford, during the war years and acted as a home base for the neurosurgical units.

2002 Guardian 8 Feb. (Friday Review section) 20/2 A mixture of Latin rhythms and urban beats that reflect the energy of their home base in Mexico City.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home base
释义	home basen. Brit. /ˌhəʊm ˈbeɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌhoʊm ˈbeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adj., base n.¹ Etymology: < home adj. + base n.¹ With sense 1 compare earlier home n.¹ 9b. 1. Baseball. = home plate n. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > slab marking home base home1845 home base1855 plate1867 home plate1869 rubber1889 pan1891 platter1892 1855 Spirit of Times 12 May 147/2 The striker's stand is at the Home Base. 1867 Chicago Tribune 27 Aug. Jumped into the River... He had been down twice and was about making the home base on the other side of the Styx when he got ‘caught out’ by the bridge tender. 1886 F. H. Burnett Little Ld. Fauntleroy (1888) vi. 122 But Mr. Hobbs took me several times to see base-ball..Here is the first base and that's the second, and that's the third, and that's the home-base. 1917 C. M. Fuess Old New Eng. School xxii. 450 I ran around to the home base before the ball got back to the field. 1950 Boys' Life May 60/4 A bad throw to first could send him winging around third and over your unguarded home base. 2009 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 Sept. (Sport section) 6 As the last batter, Slingshot Steve, approached home base, Harristown led 4-3. 2. A centre of operations; headquarters. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > from which operations are carried on headquarters1647 base1809 basis1833 home base1865 sharp end1948 1865 S. Newhouse Trapper's Guide 61 If the line extends directly from a settlement, so that it has what may be called a home-base, none but rude, temporary shanties are built. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. 300 He invariably decided that coming confinement-cases or land-deals would prevent his ‘getting away from home-base for very long this year’. 1961 W. R. Russell & M. L. E. Espir Traumatic Aphasia p. v The Military Hospital for Head Injuries..occupied St. Hugh's College, Oxford, during the war years and acted as a home base for the neurosurgical units. 2002 Guardian 8 Feb. (Friday Review section) 20/2 A mixture of Latin rhythms and urban beats that reflect the energy of their home base in Mexico City. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
随便看	steadiliest steadily steadiment steadiness steadinesses steading steadings steadite steadless steadman steads steads bearing steadship steadsman steadstathelfastness steadward steady steady as she goes steady from hare standard kilogram standard lamp standard lens standard mark standard mattress standard model