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bring home to

/hohm/US // hoʊm //UK // (həʊm) //

带回家给,带回给,带到家里来,带回家

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
    • : the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.
    • : an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home.
    • : the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.
    • : the place or region where something is native or most common.
    • : any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home.
    • : a person's native place or own country.
    • : the destination or goal.
    • : a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.
    • : Baseball. home plate.
    • : Lacrosse. one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products.
    • : principal or main: the corporation's home office.
    • : reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust.
    • : Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season.Compare away.
adv.副词 adverb
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    • : to, toward, or at home: to go home.
    • : deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home.
    • : to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home.
    • : Nautical. into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails sheeted home.in the proper, stowed position: The anchor is home.toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.
v.无主动词 verb
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    homed, hom·ing.

    • : to go or return home.
    • : to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes.
    • : to have a home where specified; reside.
v.有主动词 verb
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    homed, hom·ing.

    • : to bring or send home.
    • : to provide with a home.
    • : to direct, especially under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.
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    • : home in on, to proceed, especially under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location: The bomb homed in on the bridge.to direct one’s attention or energies toward: The committee quickly homed in on the relevant details.

Phrases

  • home free
  • home in on
  • home run
  • home truth
  • at home
  • bring home
  • bring home the bacon
  • chickens come home to roost
  • close to home

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • She was greeted by dozens of onlookers on the street outside the home.

  • Moreno on Wednesday night told the Washington Blade that he is at his home and safe.

  • We’re able to build the script in our own home by ourselves.

  • Streaming watch parties have outlasted states’ shelter-at-home orders.

  • Harris did best in vote-rich New Castle County, winning 37 percent of the vote there, and ran strongest near Newark, home to the University of Delaware.

  • That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.

  • So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.

  • Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.

  • The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.

  • Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.

  • It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.

  • In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.

  • I've never had time to write home about it, for I felt that it required a dissertation in itself to do it justice.

  • Now and then the boy who had bought Squinty, and who was taking him home, would look around at his pet in the slatted box.

  • "I suppose the man Alessandro has something he calls a home," said the Senora, regaining herself a little.