Phrase
stamping ground
/ˈstæmpiŋ ɡraund/
noun
常去之处；熟悉喜爱的地方
a place where someone often goes and feels at home; one's usual or favorite haunt
- 1.
A habitually frequented place; a haunt or hangout.
经常去的地方；聚集地或常去之处。
经常去的地方；聚集地或常去之处。；喜欢并且非常熟悉的地方
In use
Whenever I visit my hometown, the old library is my first stamping ground.
The team meets at that café every Friday; it's their stamping ground.
He always heads to the riverside after work; it has been his stamping ground for years.
sb's stamping ground
通常用于非正式场合，指某人常去的场所。
This café is my stamping ground.
这家咖啡馆是我的老地方。
old stamping ground
We went back to our old stamping ground.
我们回到了以前常去的老地方。
return to one's stamping ground
He returned to his stamping ground after years abroad.
在国外多年后，他回到了自己熟悉的地方。
Common mistakes
I like to stamp ground with my friends.I like to go to my stamping ground with my friends.
“stamping ground”是固定名词短语，意为“常去的地方”，不能拆解为动词短语“stamp ground”。
I often meet friends in my stamping ground.I often meet friends at my stamping ground.
表示“在某个地点”时，stamping ground前面通常使用介词“at”，而非“in”。
Connections
Confusing words
- stomping ground
- 常去的地方 · stomping ground是stamping ground的常见拼写变体，但标准用法是stamping ground
- haunt
- 常去的地方 · haunt通常指特定人群（如鬼魂或爱好者）常去的地方，而stamping ground更强调个人熟悉和喜爱
- hangout
- 常去的地方 · hangout是非正式用语，常指社交聚会场所，stamping ground则更侧重个人情感上的熟悉
Word family
- stamping grounds
- plural
Learner notes
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.