| 单词 | home station |
| 释义 | > as lemmashome station home station n. (a) Australian and New Zealand the principal residence or establishment of a sheep or cattle farm; cf. outstation n. 1, homestead n. 3; (b) a base (esp. a military one) on the territory of one's own country. ΚΠ 1826 Sydney Gaz. 26 July (advt.) Some valuable hills for Sheep, making it an invaluable station for large Stockholders, as a home station. 1865 M. A. Barker Station Life N.Z. (1870) v. 31 By the time we reached the Home Station we were ready for luncheon. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 353 They were fairly on the sandy home-station track. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 30 Mar. 2/2 What military stations abroad are now reckoned as Home stations. 1941 Aeroplane Spotter 9 Oct. 174 The Havocs fly out over enemy aerodromes when the night bombers are returning and shoot them down over their home stations. 2002 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 May 83 He runs 40,000 Merinos on the home station. < as lemmas |
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