Word · Frequency #21898
homecomings
同学会；校友返校聚会
homecomings is the plural of homecoming.
homecoming
- 1.
The act or event of returning home.
回家的行为或事件。
回家的行为或事件。；归国；省亲回家；同学会
In use
Our university organizes a big homecoming every October for alumni to meet old friends.
She flew across the country to attend her high school homecoming.
During homecoming week, the campus is full of former students wearing school colors.
someone's homecoming
此处 homecoming 指离开许久后回到家乡或祖国，常用所有格修饰。
The soldier's homecoming was emotional.
士兵的返乡令人动情。
homecoming + noun
homecoming 作定语时，通常指与校友返校活动相关的事物，如游行、舞会、比赛等。
The homecoming parade will start at noon.
返校节游行将于中午开始。
at homecoming
at homecoming 表示在校友返校活动期间，homecoming 前不加冠词。
We saw each other at homecoming last year.
我们去年在返校节见过面。
Common mistakes
I will homecoming this weekend.I will attend homecoming this weekend.
homecoming 是名词，不能直接作谓语动词；表示参加返校聚会/同学会时，需要用 attend 或 go to 等动词。
I went homecoming last year.I went to homecoming last year.
动词 go 后接表示活动或场所的名词时，需要加介词 to；不能因为 go home 不加 to 就类推到 homecoming。
My homecoming to China is next month.My return to China is next month.
homecoming 通常指学校举办的校友返校活动，或某人长期离别后正式的归乡/回国场合，不用于日常个人回国行程；表示普通回国应直接用 return to + 国家。
Connections
Collocations
- homecoming parade
- 返校节游行
- The homecoming parade featured floats and the school band.返校节游行上有花车和学校乐队。
- homecoming game
- 返校节球赛
- The team won the homecoming game in the final seconds.球队在最后几秒赢得了返校节球赛。
- homecoming queen
- 返校节皇后
- She was crowned homecoming queen at the halftime show.她在中场表演时被加冕为返校节皇后。
- homecoming dance
- 返校节舞会
- They decorated the gym for the homecoming dance.他们为返校节舞会装饰了体育馆。
- homecoming weekend
- 返校节周末
- Thousands of alumni return for homecoming weekend every October.每年十月，成千上万的校友返校参加返校节周末。
- attend homecoming
Learner notes
Memory Tip
homecoming 由 home（家）和 coming（来）组成——校友们一起回家返校聚会。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：school、university、alumni events 此义指学校或大学为校友举办的年度返校聚会，通常用于校园与校友活动语境，语气比较中性，正式与非正式场合均可使用。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为 homecomings。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以 -coming 结尾的词（coming、upcoming、incoming、becoming、shortcoming）末尾读音都是 /kʌmɪŋ/，与 homecoming 中的第二音节 /ˌkʌmɪŋ/ 一致，可用来比较发音。注意 homing /ˈhəumɪŋ/ 拼写上很像 home-，但读音与 -coming 完全不同，不要混淆。
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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