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单词 homer
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homern.1

Brit. /ˈhəʊmə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmər/
Forms: 1500s– homer, 1600s–1700s chomer.
Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew ḥōmer.
Etymology: < Hebrew ḥōmer dry measure equal to 10 ephahs or 10 baths, perhaps a specific use of ḥōmer heap. Compare post-classical Latin chomer (1542 or earlier). Compare later omer n. and see discussion at that entry.
In ancient Israel: a dry or liquid measure equal to 10 ephahs or 10 baths (about 400 litres, 100 gallons); = cor n.1The homer is often confused with a smaller Hebrew measure, the omer (see omer n. 1).
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > Hebrew units
gomerc1000
cora1425
homer1530
omer1560
1530 Bible (Tyndale) iii. xxvii. f. liv Yf it bere an homer of barlye it shall be set at fyftie sicles of syluer.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xlv. 14 Ten Battes make one Homer.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. v. 10 The seed of an Homer shall yeeld an Ephah. View more context for this quotation
1636 G. Primrose tr. D. Primrose Treat. Sabbath 316 On the rest of the dayes of the weeke there fell one Homer [of manna] for every person, and on the sixth day there fell a double proportion.
1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins ix. 100 The Cor or Chomer..was most commonly a Measure for things dry, and the greatest that was us'd among the Jews.
1778 R. Lowth Isaiah v. 10 A chomer of seed shall produce an ephah.
1876 Helps Study Bible 241 10 ephahs = 1 kor, or homer.
1906 W. Hallock & H. T. Wade Outl. Evol. of Weights & Meas. i. 21 The next smaller unit, used for both dry and liquid measure, was the kab, which was 1/ 180 of the homer or kor.
1988 A. J. Avery-Peck in tr. Yerushalmi Terumot iv. 199 They require the person to separate one-third ephah per homer, which is one-thirtieth of the produce.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

homern.2

Brit. /ˈhəʊmə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: home n.1, -er suffix1; home v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < home n.1 + -er suffix1, and partly < home v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. A homing pigeon. Cf. home v. 4.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > homing
homer1838
racing pigeon1877
1838 D. F. Ames Cottage Comforts 315/2 They [sc. Arabian Carriers] are said to be very rapid in flight, and good ‘homers’.
1892 Cassell's Sat. Jrnl. 13 Aug. 1124/1 During Mr. Gladstone's Midlothian campaign..by means of homers, the reporters despatched messages from mining villages to Edinburgh.
1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals xiv. 326 There was a slight negative correlation, the good homers being rather bad at such learned tasks.
1983 Times 28 May 10/2 All manner of pigeons—homers, racers, and fancy.
2006 A. D. Blechman Pigeons i. 27 It wasn't until Orlando was in his twenties that he could actually afford his first loft of racing homers.
b. Any of several breeds of homing pigeon. Chiefly with capital initial and distinguishing word or words.
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1881 Poultry Monthly (Albany, N.Y.) Aug. 119/1 We find the distinctive qualities of all these birds occasionally cropping out in the Antwerp Homer.
1922 F. A. Hazard Profitable Pigeon Breeding 158 (caption) Racing homer on eggs.
1958 Brownwood (Texas) Bull. 18 July 13/4 For sale: 10 or 20 pair American Giant Homer squabbing pigeons.
1973 E. Robinson & C. Robinson ‘Have-more’ Plan 41/1 There are many breeds of pigeons, but the following are best suited to squab production:..Swiss Mondaine, Homer, Runt.
2009 Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (Nexis) 18 Apr. k1 Giant Homers..are also used as squab—edible poultry—and can weigh 38 to 46 ounces.
2. Baseball. A home run.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > base-playing or running > types of run
home run1856
tally1856
steal1867
homer1868
round trip1895
double steal1897
round-tripper1908
stroll1908
grand slam1920
dinger1968
1868 New Eng. Base Ballist 6 Aug. 3/1 The second inning saw a change as the Champions went out for two runs, one of these a ‘homer’.
1894 Spalding's Base Ball Guide 58 To try for a homer over the heads of the out-fielders, is only admissible when the bases are full and a desperate chance has to be made.
1911 R. W. Chambers Common Law xiii. 385 I'm ashamed to be a broker with all you highbrows lining out homers for the girls while I have to sit on the bleachers and score 'em up.
1961 Listener 19 Oct. 594/2 Babe Ruth hit his sixty homers in a season of 154 games.
1995 Hongkong Standard 26 Aug. 21/2 Jose Valentin hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs.
3. Sport (originally U.S.). An umpire, referee, etc., who favours the team which is playing at home. Later also: a commentator, presenter, etc., on television or radio who shows bias in favour of the home or local team.
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1888 Press (N.Y.) 3 June 3/3 Manager Wright is reported as saying: ‘I don't like Valentine's umpiring..I think he is a home umpire.’.. Valentine is not only a ‘homer’, but he is lazy and utterly no good.
1943 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 15 Aug. 6/6 Umpire Dellaney..was never accused of being a ‘homer’. He ejected home team players and skippers just as quickly as those of the visiting club.
1977 Chicago Tribune 1 Jan. ii. 3/4 Probably most rabid fans prefer a ‘homer’, an announcer who ‘lives and dies’ with the local heroes, but really, now, shouldn't there be limits?
2001 National Post (Canada) 11 Apr. b15/1 They felt the Hockey Night in Canada announcers were biased toward the Toronto team and its players..that the HNIC crew was composed of ‘homers’.
2007 J. Wooden & S. Jamison Essent. Wooden iv. 163 Don't be a homer!.. Call 'em the same at both ends.
4. Australian and New Zealand Military slang. A wound which causes one to be invalided home.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > serious or mortal wound
death's woundc1300
death woundc1330
grievous bodily harm1861
homer1942
1942 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force Times 5 Oct. 5 He wagged his stumps at me. ‘Look at me..I've got a homer.’
1949 E. de Mauny Huntsman in Career 180 ‘Don't say you've got a “homer” already, mate.’ He pointed to Peter's bandaged hand.
1950 G. Wilson Brave Company xi. 173 I nearly did get a homer that time.
1977 R. Beilby Gunner 87 She's apples. Now you just lie back an' take it easy. Ya got a homer, mate, you arsey bastard.
2002 Redcliffe & Bayside (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 1 May I looked down at the shirt and gore and everything and thought to myself ‘you bloody beauty I got a homer!’
5. An automatic device for guiding aircraft, missiles, etc.; a missile guided by such a device. Cf. home v. 5a.
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > homing device
homing device1923
homer1945
1945 Air Force Sept. 27/2 In addition to a battery of point-to-point transmitters, a homing transmitter and an emergency homer, there are several air-to-ground sending units.
1959 Daily Tel. 1 June 9/3 Thunderbird is what is known as ‘a semi-active homer’. It receives the echoes of the illuminating radar's beam in a set in its own nose and homes on to the target accordingly.
1983 D. Francis Danger i. 11 It was working properly as a homer, sending messages back to the radar.
2005 E. Grove in R. Harding Royal Navy viii. 205 The missile chosen for surface launch was the MM38 Exocet sea-skimming radar homer being developed by Aérospatiale in France.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

homerv.

Brit. /ˈhəʊmə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmər/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: homer n.2
Etymology: < homer n.2
Baseball.
intransitive. To hit a home run.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > types of hit
bunt1889
fungo1889
fly1893
sacrifice1905
triple1908
pinch-hit1911
homer1912
single1916
squeeze bunt1952
1912 San Francisco Chron. 21 Apr. 59 In the fifth Swain homered over the left-field fence.
1950 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 18 Aug. 9 (headline) Biangardi homers again but Browns lose.
1966 M. Richler in M. Waddington Canad. Jewish Short Stories (1990) 157 Which brought up big Al Herman, who homered, bringing in Manny Gordon ahead of him.
1981 N.Y. Times 17 Sept. b16/1 The entire St. Louis bench rose and smothered the player who had scored with highfives and head slaps usually reserved for someone who had homered.
1996 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) 28 Apr. 18/6 Kiyoshi Hatsushiba was 2-for-3 with a home run for the Marines. Hiroshi Watanabe homered for the losers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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