homecoming

英 [ˈhəʊmkʌmɪŋ]

美 [ˈhoʊmkʌmɪŋ]

n. (长时间离家后的)回家，返家，回国; (一年一度的)校友返校活动

复数：homecomings　

Collins.1 / BNC.21898 / COCA.11144

牛津词典

noun

（长时间离家后的）回家，返家，回国
the act of returning to your home after being away for a long time
（一年一度的）校友返校活动
a social event that takes place every year at a high school , college or university for people who used to be students there

N-VAR （长期在外之后的）回家，归乡，归国
Yourhomecomingis your return to your home or your country after being away for a long time.
1. Her homecoming was tinged with sadness.
  她这趟回家带有一丝伤感。
（一年一度的）校友返校日
Homecomingis a day or weekend each year when former students of a particular school, college, or university go back to it to meet each other again and go to dances and sports matches.

noun

a coming to or returning home
1. on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
Synonym:return
an annual school or university reunion for graduates

I've got all we need for a homecoming.
我把所有需要的东西都备齐了。
You are now walking with the new homecoming queen.
你现在是跟新一届舞会皇后走在一起。
Every facility was laid on to ease their homecoming.
动用了一切设施以缓解他们的回乡之困。
To celebrate her homecoming, we had a party with her friends.
为了庆祝她回家，我们和她的朋友举办了一次派对。
A homecoming welcome in Dublin tonight for a black American president embracing his distant Irish ancestry.
都柏林在今晚为有着爱尔兰血统的黑人美国总统举行了省亲欢迎会。
Everyone's gonna vote for you for homecoming queen.
返校皇后肯定又是你了。
And it'll probably help me win homecoming queen.
或许他对我的竞选很有帮助。
I have not been back there since homecoming, 1969.
自1969年的返校节后我再也没有回去过。
Immediately what little romantic glamour this Christmas homecoming had held for her was dissipated.
回家来过圣庭节这件事原来对她的一点点罗曼蒂克的魅力，即刻就烟消云散了。
This would probably be the time that I'd ask you to homecoming dance.
也许我会邀请你跟我去参见校友舞会。