hometown

hometown — 名詞

1. the place where you spent your childhood and that you continue to think of as yo

1.名詞B1
釋義

家鄉

出生或成長的地方

the place where you spent your childhood and that you continue to think of as your real home, even if you later move away

例句

Priya visits her hometown in Kerala every year during the holidays.

Priya 每年假期都會回她位於喀拉拉邦的家鄉探望。

collocation: visits + hometown

The small town of Oakville is Theo's hometown, though he now lives in Toronto.

橡樹鎮這個小鎮是 Theo 的家鄉，雖然他現在住在多倫多。

pattern: [possessive] + hometown with contrast clause

同義詞
  • birthplace

    refers strictly to the location where someone was born, without the emotional or long-term connection that hometown implies

  • home

    broader term — can mean the building you live in now, your country, or your hometown, depending on context

  • native town

    more formal and less common in everyday speech; often used in writing about one's origins

用法筆記

Often used with a possessive determiner (my hometown, her hometown, their hometown). Can refer to any settlement size — a village, a small town, or a large city — depending on where the person grew up.

常見錯誤

❌I went back to my homeland to visit my parents.
✅I went back to my hometown to visit my parents.
💡'homeland' refers to an entire country or nation, not a specific town or city.
❌She was born in Taipei, but her hometown is the building she lived in.
✅She was born in Taipei, but her hometown is the district where she grew up.
💡'hometown' refers to a place (town/area), not a single building.