| 单词 | homely |
| 释义 | home·ly I. 1. 2. a. < asked them to … dinner at our house and they came and were homely with us — Times Literary Supplement > b. < translates the issue into homely terms and makes the point beyond all doubt — Robert Bendiner > < an English garden full of the old homely plants — David Ewen > 3. < nature, the homely nurse … has her own ways of comforting — G.G.Coulton > 4. a. < homely courtesy > < a pastorale written in homely muted prose about life on a farm — New Yorker > b. < homely food > < shrines that are simple, quaint, homely and common — J.C.Powys > < so many bizarre forms of dinosaur that these are almost homely by comparison — W.E.Swinton > c. < homely vigor of expression > d. < a homely audience drawn from the surrounding farms > 5. < an awkward, lanky giant whose homely countenance was surmounted by a shock of rough black hair — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager > < make possible retirement of at least two or three of the buildings … downright homely to behold B.F.Wright > Synonyms: see plain II. obsolete |
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