name of the supposed author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," from Latin Homerus, from Greek Homeros. The name first occurs in a fragment of Hesiod. It is identical to Greek homeros "hostage," also "blind" (connecting notion is "going with a companion").
homer (n.)
short for home run, from 1884. As a verb, from 1946. Related: Homered; homering.
实用例句
1. He hit a homer.
他击出了一记本垒打。
来自《权威词典》
2. The book is falsely fathered on Homer.
这本书被误认为是荷马的著作.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. Homer lived in the twilight of history.
荷马(希腊诗人)生于历史上遥远的时代.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. Even Homer sometimes nods.
[谚]智者千虑,必有一失.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. AIM : To study the expression and significance of Homer in diffuse brain injury ( DBI ) of rat in vitro.
