homecoming

英 [ˈhəʊmkʌmɪŋ]

美 [ˈhoʊmkʌmɪŋ]

n.  (长时间离家后的)回家，返家，回国; (一年一度的)校友返校活动

复数：homecomings　

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Collins.1 / BNC.21898 / COCA.11144

牛津词典

noun

• （长时间离家后的）回家，返家，回国
  the act of returning to your home after being away for a long time
• （一年一度的）校友返校活动
  a social event that takes place every year at a high school , college or university for people who used to be students there

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （长期在外之后的）回家，归乡，归国
  Yourhomecomingis your return to your home or your country after being away for a long time.
  1. Her homecoming was tinged with sadness.
     她这趟回家带有一丝伤感。
• （一年一度的）校友返校日
  Homecomingis a day or weekend each year when former students of a particular school, college, or university go back to it to meet each other again and go to dances and sports matches.

英英释义

noun

• a coming to or returning home
  1. on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
  Synonym:return
• an annual school or university reunion for graduates

双语例句

• I can't wait until Homecoming when we get to party after the game!
  我等不及去参加返校日球赛后的派对了！
• This would probably be the time that I'd ask you to homecoming dance.
  也许我会邀请你跟我去参见校友舞会。
• So you're going to the homecoming dance.
  那你要去参加校友舞会了。
• A homecoming welcome in Dublin tonight for a black American president embracing his distant Irish ancestry.
  都柏林在今晚为有着爱尔兰血统的黑人美国总统举行了省亲欢迎会。
• I learn 《 Homecoming Queen 》 sentence by sentence tonight.
  今天晚上，我一句一句地学习了《返校节王后》。
• Lily: I am going to the Homecoming.
  我正要去同学会呢。
• We can't wait to see you at the homecoming dance.
  我们等不急在返校舞会上见你了。
• I can't wait for homecoming games and especially the harvest festivals.
  我迫不及待地想参加返乡会，尤其是丰收节。
• For many, their long-awaited homecoming was a bitter disappointment.
  对许多人来说，他们期盼已久的还乡之行却令他们大失所望。
• Her homecoming was tinged with sadness.
  她这趟回家带有一丝伤感。