name of the supposed author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," from Latin Homerus, from Greek Homeros. The name first occurs in a fragment of Hesiod. It is identical to Greek homeros "hostage," also "blind" (connecting notion is "going with a companion").
homer (n.)
short for home run, from 1884. As a verb, from 1946. Related: Homered; homering.
雙語例句
1. He hit a homer.
他擊出了一記本壘打。
來自《權威詞典》
2. The book is falsely fathered on Homer.
這本書被誤認為是荷馬的著作.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. Homer lived in the twilight of history.
荷馬(希臘詩人)生于歷史上遙遠的時代.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. Even Homer sometimes nods.
[諺]智者千慮,必有一失.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. AIM : To study the expression and significance of Homer in diffuse brain injury ( DBI ) of rat in vitro.