homesickness
发音
How to pronounce homesickness in British English:
英 ['həʊmsɪknəs]
How to pronounce homesickness in American English:
美 ['hoʊmsɪknəs]
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- Noun:
- a longing to return home
单词词源
- homesickness (n.)
- 1756, translating German heimweh, from Heim "home" + Weh "woe, pain;" the compound is from Swiss dialect, expressing the longing for the mountains. The word was introduced to other European languages 17c. by Swiss mercenaries. Also see nostalgia.
双语例句
- 1. Age can make a crucial difference in coping with homesickness
- 2. But such pronouncements were overly optimistic , for homesickness continued to plague many who migrated .
- 3. A man who can tell out his homesickness , he must be a man who loves home , cares about home , has responsibility of home ......
- 4. His homesickness infects me so completely that I forget for an instant that I am actually free to go back to manhattan someday , though he is not .
- 5. Today 's technologies have also failed to defeat homesickness even though studies by the carnegie corporation of new york show that immigrants are in closer touch with their families than before .