Word · Frequency #25553
homesickness
乡愁
a longing to return home
- 1.
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
思乡的特征；身处异地时对家乡(及留下的亲友)的强烈悲伤思念
- 2.
a longing to return home
想回家的渴望
思乡的特征；身处异地时对家乡(及留下的亲友)的强烈悲伤思念；想回家的渴望
In use
Her homesickness faded after she made some new friends at school.
He tried to relieve his homesickness by calling his family every evening.
The homesickness he felt during his first year abroad eventually disappeared.
homesickness for sth
homesickness 通常作不可数名词，后接 for 表示思念的对象。
She understood his homesickness for his family.
她理解他对家人的乡愁。
a wave of homesickness
a wave of 表示“一阵（情绪）”，与 homesickness 搭配时强调突然而强烈的感觉。
A wave of homesickness washed over him as he boarded the plane.
他登机时，一阵乡愁涌上心头。
be overcome with homesickness
be overcome with 表示“被（情绪）压倒”，也可写作 be overcome by。
Connections
Collocations
- suffer from homesickness
- 饱受思乡之苦
- Many international students suffer from homesickness in their first semester.许多国际学生在第一个学期饱受思乡之苦。
- overcome homesickness
- 克服想家情绪
- She joined a club to help overcome her homesickness.她加入了一个社团来帮助自己克服想家情绪。
- a wave of homesickness
- 一阵乡愁
- A wave of homesickness swept over him at the sight of the moon.看到月亮时，一阵乡愁向他袭来。
- severe homesickness
- 严重的想家情绪
- Severe homesickness can affect a student's academic performance.严重的想家情绪会影响学生的学业表现。
- deal with homesickness
- 应对想家情绪
- He learned to deal with homesickness by calling his family every day.他学会通过每天给家里打电话来应对想家情绪。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把home和sickness拼在一起：想家想到像生病一样难受，就是homesickness（乡愁）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、personal writing、literature 通常属中性词，日常和书面表达中均常见，多用于描述离家后的思乡之情，比较常见于个人叙述、书信和文学描写。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 homesickness 同韵的词都以 /sɪknəs/ 结尾：sickness、seasickness、airsickness、carsickness。注意 homesick 和 heartsick 拼写相近，但结尾是 /sɪk/，不是 /sɪknəs/，所以并不押韵。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.