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be homesick
homesick 是表语形容词，常接在 be 后表示“想家”的状态。
She was homesick during her first week at university.
她上大学头一个星期想家了。
想家的；思乡的
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想家的；思乡的
longing to return home
She was homesick during her first week at university.
她上大学头一个星期想家了。
离乡时非常想念家乡和家人；思乡的
Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.
渴望回家
longing to return home
After two weeks at summer camp, I started to feel homesick.
在夏令营待了两周后，我开始想家了。
She called her parents every night because she was homesick.
她因为想家，每天晚上都给父母打电话。
The movie made me homesick for my hometown.
那部电影让我思念起家乡。
homesick 是表语形容词，常接在 be 后表示“想家”的状态。
She was homesick during her first week at university.
她上大学头一个星期想家了。
feel homesick 强调主观感受，常用于描述当下的情绪。
I feel homesick whenever I see photos of my hometown.
每当我看到家乡的照片就会想家。
get homesick 表示“变得想家”，侧重从不想家到想家的变化。
Many exchange students get homesick after a few months.
许多交换生几个月后就开始想家。
用 for 引出想念的具体对象，如家人、地方或食物。
He is homesick for his family and the food in his hometown.
他想念家人和家乡的食物。
Not this
I very homesick.
Use this
I am very homesick.
“homesick”是形容词，不能单独作谓语，前面必须有系动词be；同时“very”应放在be动词之后、形容词之前。中文“我很想家”不能直接译成“I very homesick”。
Not this
I am homesick of my hometown.
Use this
I am homesick for my hometown.
表达“思念某地”时，homesick后接介词for，而不是of。这是受中文“想念”或“对……思乡”直译影响产生的介词误用。
Not this
I have homesick.
Use this
I am homesick.
“homesick”是形容词，不是名词，不能说“have homesick”。英语中“想家”用be动词加homesick，而不是像“have a cold”那样用have加名词。
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感到想家
I feel homesick every time I look at photos of my family.
每次看到家人的照片，我都感到想家。
开始想家
She got homesick after moving to a new city.
搬到新城市后，她开始想家了。
想家
He was homesick during his first semester at college.
大学第一个学期他很想家。
想念（某人或某地）
I'm homesick for the food my mom cooks.
我想念妈妈做的饭菜。
非常想家
After a month abroad, she was terribly homesick.
在国外一个月后，她非常想家。
我想家了，我想家了，为了一个我甚至不知道的地方。
From Dua Lipa's 2017 song 'Homesick', co-written with Chris Martin of Coldplay. The lyric expresses a longing for an unknown place, a poetic take on homesickness for somewhere you've never been.
出自杜阿·利帕2017年与酷玩乐队主唱克里斯·马汀共同创作的歌曲《Homesick》。这句歌词表达了对未知之地的渴望，把乡愁诗意地理解为对从未去过的地方的想念。
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home（家）+ sick（病）→ 想家想到“病”了，心里难受，就是思乡的。
语域：neutral 常见场景：与亲友谈论在外地或异国生活的感受、描述离家求学或旅居时的情绪 该词为中性表达，通常用于口语和一般书面语，多形容离开家乡或亲人后想念家的心情。
homesick 结尾的 -sick 读 /sɪk/。sick、seasick、lovesick 都有同样的拼写和读音 -sick；kick、pick、thick 也以 /ɪk/ 押韵。注意不要混淆 seek /siːk/：它的元音是长音 /iː/，与 sick 读音不同。
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