home town

ˌhome ˈtown especially British EnglishBrE, hometown especially American EnglishAmE /ˌhəʊmˈtaʊn $ ˌhoʊm-/ noun [countableC]

HOMEthe place where you were born and spent your childhood 家乡，故乡

somebody’s home town

He hired a car and drove up to his home town.

他租了一辆车开回老家。

She’s written for her hometown newspaper.

她为家乡的报纸写过稿。

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home town• It's in his adopted home town that I first witness him.• After graduation she was assigned a job in her home town.• The biggest crisis in her until then trouble-free career came during a recording session in her home town.• The outskirts of her home town excited her as a magical cavern will a child.• It's her home town although it's changed a lot since she was a girl.• In March 1990, after a series of dates with Melly, he remained behind to settle in his home town.

somebody’s home town• The 18-year-old blue eyed beauty will represent her home town at the Miss Ireland competition in Dublin later this year.• Washington the landmark is mostly white, affluent, politically connected and frightened by the violence of the home town.• You are probably much better placed in your home town or nearest city.

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