homecoming

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or event of returning home.
    — His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before.
  2. In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen. Canada,US,also,attributive
    — Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee.
  3. In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen.; Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms. Canada,US,abbreviation,also,alt-of

词形变化

homecomings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hoco

词源

From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”).
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