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单词 home
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home1/hohm/ noun

the place where one lives permanently, esp with one's family, or as a member of a household

a house, flat, apartment, etc

the social unit constituted by a family living together

one's native region or country

the social or professional environment to which one belongs

the place where a certain object is kept

the place of origin of a major product or industry

an establishment providing residence and care, esp for children, the elderly, or those physically or mentally unfit to look after themselves

the finishing point in a race

in board games, etc, a place where one is safe from attack

(Home) in computing, the beginning of the line or file one is in

a home from home

a place other than one's own home where one is welcome or belongs

at home

relaxed and comfortable

close/near to home

said of a comment, etc: too accurate for comfort

homelike adj
[Old English hām village, home]

home2adv

to or at the place where one lives

I usually get home at six

to one's family or residence from somewhere else

She's writing home

to one's ultimate objective, e.g. a finishing line

Our horse romped home well ahead of the field

into place; into position

Drive the nail home

bring home to somebody

to make somebody aware of (a fact or circumstance)

come home

in golf, to play the last nine holes

come home to roost

said of past misdeeds: to rebound upon the perpetrator

come home to one

said of a fact or circumstance: to enter one's awareness

drive/hammer home

to express (a point) forcibly, so as to convince one's hearers

hit/strike home

said of somebody's words: to have the effect intended by the speaker

said of the point or significance of a situation: to be truly understood

home and dry

chiefly Brit having reached one's objective

[based on the notion of returning home and washing after work; or from horse racing, when the winner is so far ahead that it can be rubbed down before the other runners finish]
home and hosed

Aus, NZ having reached one's objective.

home free

NAmer having reached one's objective

nothing to write home about

informal of no special merit or interest


home3adj

relating to one's home; domestic

home comforts

done, used, etc in the home

a home computer

denoting the headquarters or centre of operations

the home base

said of a team or player: belonging to the ground where a sporting fixture is held

said of a match: played on a team's own ground

relating to or belonging to one's own country; domestic

the home market


home4verb intrans

said of a bird or animal: to return to its base by means of instinct

verb trans

to provide (a domestic pet) with a home

home in on

(also home on to) said of a missile: to find (its target) automatically by electronic programming, automatic navigational aids, etc

to concentrate one's critical attention on (particular weaknesses in an opponent's argument, etc)

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