home ground

英 [ˌhəʊm ˈɡraʊnd]

美 [ˌhoʊm ˈɡraʊnd]

n.  主场场地; 主队运动场; 自己的家; 熟悉的工作地方; 自己的地盘

牛津词典

noun

• 主场场地；主队运动场
  a sports ground that a team regularly plays on in their own area or town
• 自己的家；熟悉的工作地方；自己的地盘
  a place where sb lives or works and where they feel confident, rather than a place that is not familiar to them
  1. I'd rather meet him here on my own home ground.
     我宁愿在我自己的地盘上见他。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （体育比赛的）主场场地
  A sports team'shome groundis their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams.
  1. They are banned from playing on their home ground because of crowd trouble...
     他们因观众闹事而被禁止在主场比赛。
  2. Austria, playing on home ground in Vienna, took a 3-0 lead over Italy.
     奥地利队在维也纳自家赛场以3比0领先意大利队。

in AM, use 美国英语用 home field


• PHRASE 在自己的家（或工作地）附近;在自己的地盘上
  If you say that someone isontheirhome ground, you mean that they are in or near where they work or live, and feel confident and secure because of this.
  1. Although he was on home ground, his campaign had been rocked by adultery allegations.
     虽然是在自己家乡，他的竞选活动还是因私通指控受到了冲击。

英英释义

noun

• the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
  1. a marine habitat
  2. he felt safe on his home grounds
  Synonym:habitat

双语例句

• Although he was on home ground, his campaign had been rocked by adultery allegations.
  虽然是在自己家乡，他的竞选活动还是因私通指控受到了冲击。
• But in2002, we made it to the semi-finals and I don't think that was just because it was on home ground.
  但在2002年，我们进了半决赛，我不认为那只是因为在本土比赛。
• I usually make my home in shallow holes in the ground called burrows.
  我通常把家安在地里的浅洞中，称为“洞穴”。
• And how ardently they grew to love their home under the ground; especially Wendy.
  他们渐渐地都热烈地爱上了这个地下的家，特别是温迪。
• An rep keen to represent your company will be happy to attend an interview and assess the new principal's potential on their home ground.
  一个热切想代理你的公司的销售代理商会很乐意参加一个正式的面谈，并藉此在新客户的地盘上评估新客户的潜力。
• They are banned from playing on their home ground because of crowd trouble
  他们因观众闹事而被禁止在主场比赛。
• Lampard dreads driving to his home ground on match days.
  兰帕德都不敢在比赛日自己开车去主场。
• All night they sat above, keeping watch over the home under the ground and awaiting the big attack by the pirates which obviously could not be much longer delayed.
  他们整夜坐在上面，守卫着地下的家，静候着海盗们的大举进攻，因为海盗们的进攻显然已经近在眼前。
• But keep your eyes on the swiss and on the team from Germany home ground advantage has allways been hard to beat.
  但我们也不能忽视瑞士以及拥有主场之利的德国，这种主场优势使德国人难以被征服。
• When the train crossed the border, I felt like I was on home ground.
  当火车穿过边界时，我感到像是在家乡一样。