Word · Frequency #222
home
归巢；返回主人处
To return to its owner.
常指动物（如信鸽）返回
- 1.
To return to its owner.
返回主人处。
返回主人处。
In use
She homed the lost puppy to its owner yesterday.
The organization homes abandoned pets every month.
We are homing the stray cat to our house right now.
Verb forms
base home · third person homes · -ing homing · past homed · past participle homed
动词home常表示‘回家’或‘归巢’，尤其用于动物、导航或目标定位。
Connections
Collocations
- homing instinct
- 归巢本能
- Pigeons have an amazing homing instinct.鸽子有惊人的归巢本能。
- homing pigeon
- 信鸽
- They trained a homing pigeon to fly back to its owner.他们训练了一只信鸽飞回主人身边。
- homing ability
- 归巢能力
- Some birds possess a remarkable homing ability.有些鸟具备非凡的归巢能力。
Idioms & figurative uses
- home in on
- 瞄准；聚焦于The investigation homed in on the cause of the fire.调查聚焦于火灾的起因。
Pop culture & quotes
- There's no place like home.
- 哪儿也比不上家。Dorothy repeats this magical phrase in 'The Wizard of Oz' to get back home.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一只信鸽飞回主人身边——home作动词就是“返回主人处”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：animal behavior、pet training、written description 该义项指动物（如信鸽、宠物）凭本能返回主人或原处，多用于书面或技术性描述；日常口语中较少单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with home (/hoʊm/) in their stressed syllable: dome, foam, gnome, roam, tome, and comb (with silent b). Beware lookalikes spelled with -ome such as 'some' and 'come', which are pronounced /sʌm/ and /kʌm/ and do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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