homeward bounder

短语

词形变化

homeward bounders 复数

别名

homeward-bounder

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A vessel making a return trip to its home port or home country.

  2. 2.

    A person making a return trip to their home country.

  3. 3.

    A roughly executed stitch used when repairing articles of clothing on a vessel nearing the end of a long voyage.

  4. 4.

    A goldmine which is highly productive, making the owners rich enough to abandon mining and return to their home country.

    澳大利亚 废旧

词源

* homeward + bound + -er, in reference to the common phrase homeward bound.

来源：wiktionary