单词 | home from home |
释义 | > as lemmashome (away) from home P9. home (away) from home: a place where one is as happy, relaxed, or comfortable as in one's own home; esp. one providing homelike accommodation or amenities. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > place like or as good as home home (away) from home1866 second home1883 spiritual home1915 1866 Anglo-Amer. Times 19 May 7/3 He cannot too strongly recommend as ‘a home from home’ the Waverley Temperance Hotels. 1873 All Year Round 27 Sept. 520/1 Peaceable and quiet. A home away from home. 1907 Daily Chron. 30 Nov. 3/3 The British man is a clubbable animal, and doesn't mind paying handsomely for his ‘home from home’. c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 21 It's like a home-away-from-home. 1962 Guardian 6 Oct. 12/4 The idea is to provide a ‘home from home’ atmosphere for boys between 16 and 19. 1997 Baltimore Mag. Aug. 42/1 A good café is a home away from home. 2010 Coarse Fisherman Apr. 57/2 The Emperor 8-leg bedchair really is home from home for the carp angler. < as lemmas |
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