home in
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词形变化
homed in
homes in
三单
homes in
homing in
homing in
现在分词
homed in
过去式
homed in
过去分词
别名
hone in
释义与例句
v.
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1.
To draw close to a destination, especially using radar; to move towards a target.
政治 军事 -
2.
To focus or narrow down to something; to find, draw closer or move towards, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.
He used the clues to home in on the source of the flames.
We are homing in on a solution.
The eagle homed in for the kill.
词汇关系
词源
The phrase originates in military use in the early 20th century, apparently by analogy with the older term homing pigeon. From the 1960s it is also found in the mistaken variant hone in. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hone+in
来源：wiktionary