| 单词 | home is homely |
| 释义 | > as lemmashome is homely ΚΠ 1546 [see sense A. 2b]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Pouvoir When all is done home's homelie. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) 204 We are ready to say, Home is homely, and our heart is there, though our bodies be away. 1840 M. Moffat Let. 25 Nov. in J. S. Moffat Lives R. & M. Moffat (1888) xxiii. 230 I long for my own home, for though loaded with the kindness of friends, and welcome everywhere, still home is homely! 1856 Pop. Lecturer New Ser. 1 314 Those two classes adopt two different forms of a very old proverb, which sets forth that home is home, be it ever so homely. One class adopts that, but the other is rather disposed to say, that home is homely, be it ever so homely. < as lemmas |
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