homeland

• n. 祖國；故鄉

比喻用法。

homeland (n.)

1660s, from home (n.) + land (n.). Old English hamland meant "enclosed pasture."

1. The exiles had been cut off from all contact with their homeland.

流亡者被切斷了與家鄉的所有聯係。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Apartheid used tribalism as the basis of its "divide-and-rule" homeland policies.

南非種族隔離製將部落製度作為其對國土“分而治之”的政策基礎。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Many are planning to return to their homeland.

很多人正計劃回到自己的祖國去。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Many refugees have been forced to flee their homeland.

很多難民被迫逃離了祖國。

來自《權威詞典》

5. the Department of Homeland Security

國土安全部

來自《權威詞典》