单词 | homemade |
释义 | homemadeadj.n. A. adj. 1. Made or produced in one's home country or region; homegrown. ΚΠ 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe sig. Biii* Brethyn cartref, homemade clothe. 1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel Apol. Churche Eng. sig. P.iv We haue hadde ere nowe in Englande prouinciall Synods, and gouerned oure Churches by home made lawes. 1633 G. Wither Ivvenilia 149 Our home-made cloth, is now too course a ware, For Chyna and for Indian stuffs we are. 1682 W. Gough Londinum Triumphans 346 To tell how this City flourish'd..by forreign Merchandizes and home-made Manufactures. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) iii. 193 None but the very peasants wear home-made cloth; and if in some places they make cloth of a finer kind, it is made of foreign wool imported from different countries. 1797 J. Black Let. 11 Nov. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 282 Our home-made Rhubarb agrees with me better than what is termed Indian Rhubarb. 1886 J. R. Lowell in Critic (N.Y.) 20 Nov. 255/2 The tendency of a prosperous democracy..is toward an overweening confidence in itself and its home-made methods. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 17 Nov. 7/1 There are two fogs familiar to the Londoner—the ‘home-made fog’, still, cold, anticyclonic, [etc.]. 1946 A. Huxley Let. 19 June (1969) 547 Whether there are powers of evil other than our own home-made devils is an open question. 1959 Brno Stud. in Eng. 1 24 The most important of such home-made digraphs is obviously gh, which replaced the old grapheme h in medial and word-final positions. 2004 C. S. Paez & G. Callaghan in S. Bromley et al. Making Internat. viii. 222 The aim is to stimulate manufacturing growth by replacing imported goods with home-made products. 2. Made in a person's own home; handmade, not industrially produced; having qualities associated with being made in this way. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > types of goods homemade1565 consumable1692 in nature1719 inconsumable1785 soft1833 tenderable1868 orderable1872 self-serve1918 offshore1947 house-made1972 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > of or belonging to home > made, grown, etc., at home home1552 homemade1565 homegrown1645 home-cooked1811 homebuilt1819 house-made1836 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [adjective] > manufactured or produced > manufactured in specific place homemade1565 town-made1700 made1747 Canton1860 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iii. 162 His distinction of al in General, and al in Particular, that he hath here diuised to shifte of S. Hierome, seemeth very homely, and home made. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ix. sig. Gg3v A faire damzell..Yclad in home-made greene that her owne hands had dyde. View more context for this quotation 1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. 5 Thinking himself more safe with knowne and homemade medicines, then in the hands of Chirurgians. a1658 J. Cleveland Upon Sheriff Sanbourn in Wks. (1687) 377 Loaves of Home-made Bread. 1707 Boston News-let. 29 Sept. 2/2 Gabriel Jackson, aged about 18 years..has on..an old pair of Shoes, home made Stockings, and an old Hat. 1798 I. Allen Nat. & Polit. Hist. Vermont 280 Our Vermontese house-wives are not a little vain of their knowledge in making home-made wines. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 453 Store clothes, store goods, clothing or other articles purchased at a store, as opposed to those which are home made. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 384/2 Some of their ploughs are home-made with straps of iron on the wooden mould-boards. 1955 Times 10 May 12/3 Farmhouse cheese probably represents in the popular mind the difference between ‘home made’ and mass-produced cheese. 1976 D. H. Bayley Forces of Violence viii. 175 Several homemade bombs were used against riot-police formations. 2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales vii. 251 Along the winding road..is a roadside stand filled with delicious homemade jams, marmalades, jellies, curds, boozy fruits, fruit cheeses and chutneys. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [adjective] > well-aimed well-seta1425 homemade1663 well-planted1755 well-aimed1868 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 227 Seconding With home-made thrust the heavy swing, She laid him flat upon his side. B. n. A homemade item, esp. of clothing or food. Also (occasionally): homemade things considered collectively. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > home-produced goods domestic1622 homemade1817 1817 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 277 The supply of both foreign and home made is likely to exceed considerably that of last year. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. xi. 157 The thick coat of brown ‘home-made’. 1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 176/1 Have you marked how tidy she keeps her handsome brood—all clad in home-made of her own weaving? 1932 E. Blunden Face of Eng. 110 A box or two of popcorn and ‘home-mades’ in the front window of a cottage. 1991 N. Gordimer Jump & other Stories (1992) 75 She set him to cut the gingerbread:—Go on, try it, it's my mother's homemade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1547 |
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