| 单词 | home circle |
| 释义 | > as lemmashome circle home circle n. (a) a person's close family or friends; (b) Spiritualism a private seance conducted by a group of friends or family members (now historical).In quot. 1760: a domestic (as opposed to foreign) sphere of activity. ΚΠ 1760 Observ. State Bankrupts 7 How much to be lamented, that in our home-circle of business..the like division of good and bad was not as equally made! 1791 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks V. 228 What may be called the home circle of his particular friends. 1841 C. Dickens Let. 16 Mar. (1969) II. 238 With love to all your home circle, and from all mine. 1853 New Amer. Mag. Sept. 89/2 They [sc. unexplained sounds] occur in the privacy of home circles, and where an earnest desire exists not to encounter publicity, but to ascertain..the cause of a phenomena to them inexplicable. 1875 Spiritual Mag. Apr. 163 We would suggest to those who wish to know the truth of these manifestations, for a few friends to form ‘a home circle’, according to directions on the cover of the Magazine. 1917 C. S. Cooper Brazilians & their Country (1919) ix. 121 Many of their happiest hours are spent within the home-circles. 2000 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 13 May d5/3 Each and every family member needs to maintain a bond with all the other persons in their home circle. 2004 S. McMullin Anat. of Seance ix. 163 The spirits visiting the Lacey home circle reflected a sympathy for socialism. < as lemmas |
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