homer

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhəʊmə/    美 /ˈhoʊmɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels. historical
    — The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
  2. A home run. US
    — The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.
  3. Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure. historical
    — The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
  4. Synonym of home run (“sexual intercourse”). US,colloquial
    — Fast forward to Chase's base. Where Chase hit a homer, first at bat. Becca thrived off being sexy, having sex, watching sex.
  5. A homing pigeon. US
    — Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.
  6. A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team. US
    — Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.
  7. A homing beacon.
    — Two general types of homer systems are in use, active homers and passive homers. Active homers contain a transmitting device which emits energy that is directed towards the target.
  8. homework UK
    — 'What's the good of talking?' said Cyril. 'What I want is for something to happen. It's awfully stuffy for a chap not to be allowed out in the evenings. There's simply nothing to do when you've got through your homers.' Jane finished the last of her home-lessons and shut the book with a bang.
动词 v.
  1. To hit a homer; to hit a home run. US
    — The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.

词形变化

homers plural chomer alternative homers plural homers present,singular,third-person homering participle,present homered participle,past homered past

词汇关系

近义词
cor kor
衍生词
Chinese homer homerless homer man homer pigeon inside-the-park homer multihomer outhomer stay-at-homer

词源

词源 1
From Hebrew חומר / חֹמֶר (khómer, “clay, heap, large unit of volume”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English home
English -er
English homer
From home + -er.
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