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单词 homesick
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Definition of homesick in English:

homesick

adjective ˈhəʊmsɪkˈhoʊmˌsɪk
  • Experiencing a longing for one's home during a period of absence from it.

    he was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Right now I live in a place where there aren't many Native people and I am homesick.
    • My first night there I, like many campers, missed my parents and became homesick.
    • When I've lived in other countries, it's what I've been most homesick for.
    • She still gets a bit homesick, but she says she couldn't live in the UK again.
    • Next month he is going to Canada to try to drum up a bit of investment among homesick Scottish Canadians.
    • It's all made me dreadfully homesick for Costa Rica, and for all my friends.
    • I guess days like this make me a little homesick, especially for Amber.
    • But one of her children is dreadfully homesick and frequently upset.
    • Mother became homesick for her family and Dad arranged for her to take me and go to England for a visit in 1915.
    • Mike's been fortunate enough to head home about three times a year, but he's never really found himself homesick.
    • But she's enjoying the taste of the big wide world even though she still gets homesick for Alice.
    • For the first two terms there I was very homesick and if anyone said anything cross to me, I'd burst into tears.
    • I felt homesick for a while, but then, after about four or five days, I started to love it.
    • I'm not homesick, exactly, although I do miss our little house and the space and privacy it provided.
    • He worked in Hamilton for a year, but was always homesick.
    • My mother didn't want me to go and of course I was homesick, but I was doing what I always wanted to do - playing football.
    • However, there were one and two who were a bit homesick for their old schools, but after a few weeks no doubt they will feel completely at home.
    • And then all too soon, you come home and get homesick for the other place that suddenly seems more like home.
    • This isn't to say that I'm homesick or anything (though I probably am, let's be honest).
    • Since leaving Delhi almost four years ago, I've grown homesick for the place.
    Synonyms
    wistful, evocative, longing for the past, pining for the past, yearning for the past, romantic, sentimental, emotional about the past, regretful, dewy-eyed, maudlin
 
 

Definition of homesick in US English:

homesick

adjectiveˈhoʊmˌsɪkˈhōmˌsik
  • Experiencing a longing for one's home during a period of absence from it.

    he was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He worked in Hamilton for a year, but was always homesick.
    • Since leaving Delhi almost four years ago, I've grown homesick for the place.
    • But one of her children is dreadfully homesick and frequently upset.
    • This isn't to say that I'm homesick or anything (though I probably am, let's be honest).
    • And then all too soon, you come home and get homesick for the other place that suddenly seems more like home.
    • Mike's been fortunate enough to head home about three times a year, but he's never really found himself homesick.
    • However, there were one and two who were a bit homesick for their old schools, but after a few weeks no doubt they will feel completely at home.
    • My mother didn't want me to go and of course I was homesick, but I was doing what I always wanted to do - playing football.
    • I felt homesick for a while, but then, after about four or five days, I started to love it.
    • I guess days like this make me a little homesick, especially for Amber.
    • Mother became homesick for her family and Dad arranged for her to take me and go to England for a visit in 1915.
    • When I've lived in other countries, it's what I've been most homesick for.
    • I'm not homesick, exactly, although I do miss our little house and the space and privacy it provided.
    • She still gets a bit homesick, but she says she couldn't live in the UK again.
    • Right now I live in a place where there aren't many Native people and I am homesick.
    • My first night there I, like many campers, missed my parents and became homesick.
    • Next month he is going to Canada to try to drum up a bit of investment among homesick Scottish Canadians.
    • It's all made me dreadfully homesick for Costa Rica, and for all my friends.
    • But she's enjoying the taste of the big wide world even though she still gets homesick for Alice.
    • For the first two terms there I was very homesick and if anyone said anything cross to me, I'd burst into tears.
    Synonyms
    wistful, evocative, longing for the past, pining for the past, yearning for the past, romantic, sentimental, emotional about the past, regretful, dewy-eyed, maudlin
 
 
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