mid-13c. in literal sense of "a coming home," from home (n.) + present participle of come. Compare Old English hamcyme "return." Attested from 1935 in U.S. high school dance sense. Used earlier in Britain in reference to the annual return of natives to the Isle of Man.
雙語例句
1. For many, their long-awaited homecoming was a bitter disappointment.
對許多人來說，他們期盼已久的還鄉之行卻令他們大失所望。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Every facility was laid on to ease their homecoming.
動用了一切設施以緩解他們的回鄉之困。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Her homecoming was tinged with sadness.
她這趟回家帶有一絲傷感。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Dusk is for homecoming, a wonderfully hollow - and - hungry - for - dinner hour.
黃昏是歸家的時候, 是 饑腸轆轆 想吃晚餐的時候.
來自辭典例句
5. Immediately what little romantic glamour this Christmas homecoming had held for her was dissipated.