| 单词 | homebird |
| 释义 | > as lemmashomebird homebird n. a domestic bird; a native bird as opposed to one on migration; (chiefly figurative) a person who prefers staying at home to going out or travelling; a homebody. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life > person house dove1579 houseling1598 house bird1601 home-sittera1657 housekeepera1741 Sunday man1769 homester1819 homebird1821 homebody1821 stay-at-home1836 homeboy1847 homegirl1847 stay-putter1927 1703 W. Freke Lingua Tersancta xxix. 186 Home Birds live not out half their time. 1821 A. Moore Sisters II. v. 88 You know we are always home birds, therefore come whenever you can prevail on Lady Wyedale to part with you. 1886 F. W. Robinson Courting Mary Smith II. xx. 101 I was too much of a home-bird to be satisfied with the change. 1902 N. Everitt Broadland Sport xii. 137 The semi-tame home birds should have made their presence known to the migratory fowl. 1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 160 He wasnay a homebird. He wasnay used to it. So he liked going out, he liked the pub, no just for the bevy, he liked the crack as well. < as lemmas |
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