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.
双语例句
1. For many, their long-awaited homecoming was a bitter disappointment.
对许多人来说，他们期盼已久的还乡之行却令他们大失所望。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Every facility was laid on to ease their homecoming.
动用了一切设施以缓解他们的回乡之困。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Her homecoming was tinged with sadness.
她这趟回家带有一丝伤感。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Dusk is for homecoming, a wonderfully hollow - and - hungry - for - dinner hour.
黄昏是归家的时候, 是 饥肠辘辘 想吃晚餐的时候.
来自辞典例句
5. Immediately what little romantic glamour this Christmas homecoming had held for her was dissipated.
