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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary home·ward
DATE before 12th century : toward home look homeward, angel — John Milton
adjective DATE 1542 : being or going in the direction of home Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 homeward home·ward / 5hEumwEd; NAmE 5houmwErd / adjective going towards home 回家的；回国的: the homeward journey 归家的旅程 • home·ward (also home·wards especially BrE) adv.: Commuters were heading homeward at the end of the day. 一天结束时上下班的人们正赶着回家。 We drove homewards in silence. 我们默默地开车回家。 We were homeward bound at last. 我们终于要回家了。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged home·ward I. \ˈhōmwə(r)d\ adverb or home·wards \-dz\ Etymology: Middle English homward, homwards, from Old English hāmweard, from hām home + -weard -ward — more at home : in the direction of one's house or place of origin : toward home < battling my way homeward one dark night against the wind and rain — L.P.Smith > II. adjective : being or going in the direction of home < a few belated homeward figures were hurrying along — Michael Foster > |
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