Word · Frequency #18857
homesick
想家的；思乡的
longing to return home
- 1.
Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.
离乡时非常想念家乡和家人；思乡的
- 2.
longing to return home
渴望回家
离乡时非常想念家乡和家人；思乡的；渴望回家；思家的；思乡病的
In use
After two weeks at summer camp, I started to feel homesick.
She called her parents every night because she was homesick.
The movie made me homesick for my hometown.
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。
feel homesick
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
get homesick 表示“变得想家”，侧重从不想家到想家的变化。
Connections
Collocations
- feel homesick
- 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。
- get homesick
- 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。
- be homesick
- 想家
- He was homesick during his first semester at college.大学第一个学期他很想家。
- homesick for
- 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。
- terribly homesick
- 非常想家
- After a month abroad, she was terribly homesick.在国外一个月后，她非常想家。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
home（家）+ sick（病）→ 想家想到“病”了，心里难受，就是思乡的。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.