Definition of homing in English:

homing

adjective ˈhəʊmɪŋˈhoʊmɪŋ

1Relating to an animal's ability to return to its territory after travelling away from it.
（动物在远行后）有返回原地能力的，有返回性的
a strong homing instinct
很强的返回本能。
Example sentencesExamples
- The Manx shearwater has a phenomenal homing ability.
- Take the homing instinct: how do the pigeons do it?
- It should now be clear that trying to settle this flock elsewhere is almost impossible bearing in mind their strong homing instincts.
- The relocation operation relies on the birds' excellent natural homing instinct, which compels them to return to the site where they hatched.
- Their homing abilities could also provide scientists with new clues to the long-debated role of the Earth's magnetic fields in animal movements and migrations.
- In one astounding example of determination and homing instinct, a leopard translocated from its range in South Africa walked 540 km home, the distance between Chennai and Hyderabad.
- This homing behavior has been documented in other parts of the globe.
- Homing behavior is known to occur in other reptiles, such as crocodiles and sea turtles.
- To see whether they have a homing ability, Boles caught more than 100 lobsters in different locations and transported them for about an hour in various deceptive ways to a test site.
- Over generations of grazing on the same land the flock has developed a homing instinct, which means that they do not stray from their pastures.
- Male black bears have remarkable homing instincts as well and have traveled great distances, some up to 400 miles, to return to their homestead.
- The sport of pigeon racing is built around a central mystery: the strange homing instinct of the pigeon.
- ‘We can't tell at this stage which of these two types of homing behavior the sea snakes are displaying,’ said Reed.
1. 1.1 (of a pigeon) trained to fly home from a great distance and bred for long-distance racing.
  （信鸽）有返回原地能力的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Zoologists at Oxford have come up with a new theory to explain how homing pigeons navigate.
  Like homing pigeons, some types of amphibious snakes have an unstoppable urge to return home.
  There is general agreement that homing pigeons use the sun as a compass reference.
  To send our secret reports back to Finland, we'd use homing pigeons.
  Researchers say their study proves for the first time that homing pigeons can sense Earth's magnetic field.
  Fortunately I have the innate navigation abilities of a homing pigeon, so I headed west towards central London.
  One worker at the same site stole diamonds by tying a small bag to a homing pigeon, which would fly the diamonds back to his house.
  A flock of homing pigeons soared into the azure sky, dispersing before the gates of the city, each striking towards its own destination.
  A homing pigeon with a small bar magnet attached to the back of its head takes much longer to fly home!
  On one of his trips, Amundsen took a homing pigeon with him.
  Deep furrows creased his handsome face as he attached the vital message to the homing pigeon's leg.
  So instead of going to Fort Jesus I went back to the carpets and antique shop like a homing pigeon on its way home.
  Trained homing pigeons can find their way over distances as far as 600 miles.
  The romantic image of the homing pigeon using mysterious forces to navigate its way hundreds of miles back to its perch appears to be no such thing.
  This makes a great deal of sense if we consider the evolutionary origin of homing pigeons.
  I thought the bird should make its own way home being a homing pigeon, but I was quite happy to give it a lift.
  The precise navigation of birds has been studied most extensively in migratory songbirds and the homing pigeon.
  Cell phones have been implicated in the disappearance of more than 2,000 homing pigeons during two races in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
  A homing pigeon has turned up at a South African diamond mine after being blown off course while flying to England from France, its owner said yesterday.
  He uses homing pigeons to carry messages back home.
2. 1.2 (of a weapon or piece of equipment) fitted with an electronic device that enables it to find and hit a target.
  （武器，设备）自动寻的，自导引的
  a homing missile
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bomb varieties can be anything from a simple mortar to homing missiles that purposely land on either side of your enemy (in case he attempts to dodge).
  The Lynx adds considerably to the destroyer's firepower - it can fly at 180 knots, and has its own Sea Skua anti-ship missiles and homing torpedoes.
  It is an optically-sighted weapon, but also contains a heat-seeking homing device.
  The arsenal of weapons include homing plasma guns, rockets, proximity grenades, Gattling guns and much more.
  This aspect is more than a gimmicky distraction, as his tinkerings transform a fairly standard rocket launcher into a potent homing weapon that can track and fire upon four targets simultaneously.
  Jessie looked up from the remains of the homing device.
  The teams marked drop zones and set up radar homing devices to guide aircraft to there targets.
  This means the shell is going to combine the qualities of a controlled and homing weapon.
  Carbon dioxide acts like a homing device, guiding pesky mosquitoes to their dinner.
  Often, in the mid-Atlantic, after forcing U-boats to crash-dive, carrier planes dropped homing torpedoes on the submarines.
  However, the German response was to develop the first homing torpedoes.
  New types of torpedoes were hurried into production, the most important being the Mark 18 electric and the homing types.
  He didn't look to the left, he didn't look to the right, he came straight in the door and ran straight down to my brother like a homing missile.
  Further employment of the infra-red spectrum may be found in aerial combat with the infra-red homing missile.
  These act like James Bond-esque homing devices and, through the use of either satellite and/or land-based radio technology, can pinpoint your vehicle if it is stolen.
  It is armed with one homing torpedo, one torpedo rocket and twelve bombs.
  One principal area in the development of weapon systems is the creation of precision weapon systems using guided and homing missiles, rockets, projectiles, bombs, and other weaponry.
  It is also used with homing weapons and guided bombs.
  His truck had a homing device hidden under the front left wheel, and even the phones at work were tapped.
  Mines can be sown in deep water, and are propelled at high speed towards a target, like a miniature homing torpedo.

Rhymes

coaming, gloaming, Wyoming

Definition of homing in US English:

homing

adjectiveˈhōmiNGˈhoʊmɪŋ

1Relating to an animal's ability to return to a place or territory after traveling a distance away from it.
（动物在远行后）有返回原地能力的，有返回性的
a strong homing instinct
很强的返回本能。
Example sentencesExamples
- Homing behavior is known to occur in other reptiles, such as crocodiles and sea turtles.
- To see whether they have a homing ability, Boles caught more than 100 lobsters in different locations and transported them for about an hour in various deceptive ways to a test site.
- The sport of pigeon racing is built around a central mystery: the strange homing instinct of the pigeon.
- Their homing abilities could also provide scientists with new clues to the long-debated role of the Earth's magnetic fields in animal movements and migrations.
- The Manx shearwater has a phenomenal homing ability.
- Take the homing instinct: how do the pigeons do it?
- The relocation operation relies on the birds' excellent natural homing instinct, which compels them to return to the site where they hatched.
- This homing behavior has been documented in other parts of the globe.
- Over generations of grazing on the same land the flock has developed a homing instinct, which means that they do not stray from their pastures.
- It should now be clear that trying to settle this flock elsewhere is almost impossible bearing in mind their strong homing instincts.
- In one astounding example of determination and homing instinct, a leopard translocated from its range in South Africa walked 540 km home, the distance between Chennai and Hyderabad.
- Male black bears have remarkable homing instincts as well and have traveled great distances, some up to 400 miles, to return to their homestead.
- ‘We can't tell at this stage which of these two types of homing behavior the sea snakes are displaying,’ said Reed.
1. 1.1 (of a pigeon) trained to fly home from a great distance and bred for long-distance racing.
  （信鸽）有返回原地能力的
  Example sentencesExamples
  A flock of homing pigeons soared into the azure sky, dispersing before the gates of the city, each striking towards its own destination.
  So instead of going to Fort Jesus I went back to the carpets and antique shop like a homing pigeon on its way home.
  Trained homing pigeons can find their way over distances as far as 600 miles.
  Researchers say their study proves for the first time that homing pigeons can sense Earth's magnetic field.
  The precise navigation of birds has been studied most extensively in migratory songbirds and the homing pigeon.
  Like homing pigeons, some types of amphibious snakes have an unstoppable urge to return home.
  To send our secret reports back to Finland, we'd use homing pigeons.
  He uses homing pigeons to carry messages back home.
  On one of his trips, Amundsen took a homing pigeon with him.
  A homing pigeon with a small bar magnet attached to the back of its head takes much longer to fly home!
  Zoologists at Oxford have come up with a new theory to explain how homing pigeons navigate.
  One worker at the same site stole diamonds by tying a small bag to a homing pigeon, which would fly the diamonds back to his house.
  I thought the bird should make its own way home being a homing pigeon, but I was quite happy to give it a lift.
  Fortunately I have the innate navigation abilities of a homing pigeon, so I headed west towards central London.
  This makes a great deal of sense if we consider the evolutionary origin of homing pigeons.
  Deep furrows creased his handsome face as he attached the vital message to the homing pigeon's leg.
  There is general agreement that homing pigeons use the sun as a compass reference.
  The romantic image of the homing pigeon using mysterious forces to navigate its way hundreds of miles back to its perch appears to be no such thing.
  A homing pigeon has turned up at a South African diamond mine after being blown off course while flying to England from France, its owner said yesterday.
  Cell phones have been implicated in the disappearance of more than 2,000 homing pigeons during two races in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
2. 1.2 (of a weapon or piece of equipment) fitted with an electronic device that enables it to find and hit a target.
  （武器，设备）自动寻的，自导引的
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is also used with homing weapons and guided bombs.
  Further employment of the infra-red spectrum may be found in aerial combat with the infra-red homing missile.
  One principal area in the development of weapon systems is the creation of precision weapon systems using guided and homing missiles, rockets, projectiles, bombs, and other weaponry.
  Often, in the mid-Atlantic, after forcing U-boats to crash-dive, carrier planes dropped homing torpedoes on the submarines.
  He didn't look to the left, he didn't look to the right, he came straight in the door and ran straight down to my brother like a homing missile.
  New types of torpedoes were hurried into production, the most important being the Mark 18 electric and the homing types.
  These act like James Bond-esque homing devices and, through the use of either satellite and/or land-based radio technology, can pinpoint your vehicle if it is stolen.
  Jessie looked up from the remains of the homing device.
  The Lynx adds considerably to the destroyer's firepower - it can fly at 180 knots, and has its own Sea Skua anti-ship missiles and homing torpedoes.
  This means the shell is going to combine the qualities of a controlled and homing weapon.
  The arsenal of weapons include homing plasma guns, rockets, proximity grenades, Gattling guns and much more.
  His truck had a homing device hidden under the front left wheel, and even the phones at work were tapped.
  Mines can be sown in deep water, and are propelled at high speed towards a target, like a miniature homing torpedo.
  However, the German response was to develop the first homing torpedoes.
  It is armed with one homing torpedo, one torpedo rocket and twelve bombs.
  The teams marked drop zones and set up radar homing devices to guide aircraft to there targets.
  This aspect is more than a gimmicky distraction, as his tinkerings transform a fairly standard rocket launcher into a potent homing weapon that can track and fire upon four targets simultaneously.
  It is an optically-sighted weapon, but also contains a heat-seeking homing device.
  Bomb varieties can be anything from a simple mortar to homing missiles that purposely land on either side of your enemy (in case he attempts to dodge).
  Carbon dioxide acts like a homing device, guiding pesky mosquitoes to their dinner.

词汇	homing
释义	Definition of homing in English: homing adjective ˈhəʊmɪŋˈhoʊmɪŋ 1Relating to an animal's ability to return to its territory after travelling away from it. （动物在远行后）有返回原地能力的，有返回性的 a strong homing instinct 很强的返回本能。 Example sentencesExamples The Manx shearwater has a phenomenal homing ability. Take the homing instinct: how do the pigeons do it? It should now be clear that trying to settle this flock elsewhere is almost impossible bearing in mind their strong homing instincts. The relocation operation relies on the birds' excellent natural homing instinct, which compels them to return to the site where they hatched. Their homing abilities could also provide scientists with new clues to the long-debated role of the Earth's magnetic fields in animal movements and migrations. In one astounding example of determination and homing instinct, a leopard translocated from its range in South Africa walked 540 km home, the distance between Chennai and Hyderabad. This homing behavior has been documented in other parts of the globe. Homing behavior is known to occur in other reptiles, such as crocodiles and sea turtles. To see whether they have a homing ability, Boles caught more than 100 lobsters in different locations and transported them for about an hour in various deceptive ways to a test site. Over generations of grazing on the same land the flock has developed a homing instinct, which means that they do not stray from their pastures. Male black bears have remarkable homing instincts as well and have traveled great distances, some up to 400 miles, to return to their homestead. The sport of pigeon racing is built around a central mystery: the strange homing instinct of the pigeon. ‘We can't tell at this stage which of these two types of homing behavior the sea snakes are displaying,’ said Reed. 1.1 (of a pigeon) trained to fly home from a great distance and bred for long-distance racing. （信鸽）有返回原地能力的 Example sentencesExamples Zoologists at Oxford have come up with a new theory to explain how homing pigeons navigate. Like homing pigeons, some types of amphibious snakes have an unstoppable urge to return home. There is general agreement that homing pigeons use the sun as a compass reference. To send our secret reports back to Finland, we'd use homing pigeons. Researchers say their study proves for the first time that homing pigeons can sense Earth's magnetic field. Fortunately I have the innate navigation abilities of a homing pigeon, so I headed west towards central London. One worker at the same site stole diamonds by tying a small bag to a homing pigeon, which would fly the diamonds back to his house. A flock of homing pigeons soared into the azure sky, dispersing before the gates of the city, each striking towards its own destination. A homing pigeon with a small bar magnet attached to the back of its head takes much longer to fly home! On one of his trips, Amundsen took a homing pigeon with him. Deep furrows creased his handsome face as he attached the vital message to the homing pigeon's leg. So instead of going to Fort Jesus I went back to the carpets and antique shop like a homing pigeon on its way home. Trained homing pigeons can find their way over distances as far as 600 miles. The romantic image of the homing pigeon using mysterious forces to navigate its way hundreds of miles back to its perch appears to be no such thing. This makes a great deal of sense if we consider the evolutionary origin of homing pigeons. I thought the bird should make its own way home being a homing pigeon, but I was quite happy to give it a lift. The precise navigation of birds has been studied most extensively in migratory songbirds and the homing pigeon. Cell phones have been implicated in the disappearance of more than 2,000 homing pigeons during two races in Virginia and Pennsylvania. A homing pigeon has turned up at a South African diamond mine after being blown off course while flying to England from France, its owner said yesterday. He uses homing pigeons to carry messages back home. 1.2 (of a weapon or piece of equipment) fitted with an electronic device that enables it to find and hit a target. （武器，设备）自动寻的，自导引的 a homing missile Example sentencesExamples Bomb varieties can be anything from a simple mortar to homing missiles that purposely land on either side of your enemy (in case he attempts to dodge). The Lynx adds considerably to the destroyer's firepower - it can fly at 180 knots, and has its own Sea Skua anti-ship missiles and homing torpedoes. It is an optically-sighted weapon, but also contains a heat-seeking homing device. The arsenal of weapons include homing plasma guns, rockets, proximity grenades, Gattling guns and much more. This aspect is more than a gimmicky distraction, as his tinkerings transform a fairly standard rocket launcher into a potent homing weapon that can track and fire upon four targets simultaneously. Jessie looked up from the remains of the homing device. The teams marked drop zones and set up radar homing devices to guide aircraft to there targets. This means the shell is going to combine the qualities of a controlled and homing weapon. Carbon dioxide acts like a homing device, guiding pesky mosquitoes to their dinner. Often, in the mid-Atlantic, after forcing U-boats to crash-dive, carrier planes dropped homing torpedoes on the submarines. However, the German response was to develop the first homing torpedoes. New types of torpedoes were hurried into production, the most important being the Mark 18 electric and the homing types. He didn't look to the left, he didn't look to the right, he came straight in the door and ran straight down to my brother like a homing missile. Further employment of the infra-red spectrum may be found in aerial combat with the infra-red homing missile. These act like James Bond-esque homing devices and, through the use of either satellite and/or land-based radio technology, can pinpoint your vehicle if it is stolen. It is armed with one homing torpedo, one torpedo rocket and twelve bombs. One principal area in the development of weapon systems is the creation of precision weapon systems using guided and homing missiles, rockets, projectiles, bombs, and other weaponry. It is also used with homing weapons and guided bombs. His truck had a homing device hidden under the front left wheel, and even the phones at work were tapped. Mines can be sown in deep water, and are propelled at high speed towards a target, like a miniature homing torpedo. Rhymes coaming, gloaming, Wyoming Definition of homing in US English: homing adjectiveˈhōmiNGˈhoʊmɪŋ 1Relating to an animal's ability to return to a place or territory after traveling a distance away from it. （动物在远行后）有返回原地能力的，有返回性的 a strong homing instinct 很强的返回本能。 Example sentencesExamples Homing behavior is known to occur in other reptiles, such as crocodiles and sea turtles. To see whether they have a homing ability, Boles caught more than 100 lobsters in different locations and transported them for about an hour in various deceptive ways to a test site. The sport of pigeon racing is built around a central mystery: the strange homing instinct of the pigeon. Their homing abilities could also provide scientists with new clues to the long-debated role of the Earth's magnetic fields in animal movements and migrations. The Manx shearwater has a phenomenal homing ability. Take the homing instinct: how do the pigeons do it? The relocation operation relies on the birds' excellent natural homing instinct, which compels them to return to the site where they hatched. This homing behavior has been documented in other parts of the globe. Over generations of grazing on the same land the flock has developed a homing instinct, which means that they do not stray from their pastures. It should now be clear that trying to settle this flock elsewhere is almost impossible bearing in mind their strong homing instincts. In one astounding example of determination and homing instinct, a leopard translocated from its range in South Africa walked 540 km home, the distance between Chennai and Hyderabad. Male black bears have remarkable homing instincts as well and have traveled great distances, some up to 400 miles, to return to their homestead. ‘We can't tell at this stage which of these two types of homing behavior the sea snakes are displaying,’ said Reed. 1.1 (of a pigeon) trained to fly home from a great distance and bred for long-distance racing. （信鸽）有返回原地能力的 Example sentencesExamples A flock of homing pigeons soared into the azure sky, dispersing before the gates of the city, each striking towards its own destination. So instead of going to Fort Jesus I went back to the carpets and antique shop like a homing pigeon on its way home. Trained homing pigeons can find their way over distances as far as 600 miles. Researchers say their study proves for the first time that homing pigeons can sense Earth's magnetic field. The precise navigation of birds has been studied most extensively in migratory songbirds and the homing pigeon. Like homing pigeons, some types of amphibious snakes have an unstoppable urge to return home. To send our secret reports back to Finland, we'd use homing pigeons. He uses homing pigeons to carry messages back home. On one of his trips, Amundsen took a homing pigeon with him. A homing pigeon with a small bar magnet attached to the back of its head takes much longer to fly home! Zoologists at Oxford have come up with a new theory to explain how homing pigeons navigate. One worker at the same site stole diamonds by tying a small bag to a homing pigeon, which would fly the diamonds back to his house. I thought the bird should make its own way home being a homing pigeon, but I was quite happy to give it a lift. Fortunately I have the innate navigation abilities of a homing pigeon, so I headed west towards central London. This makes a great deal of sense if we consider the evolutionary origin of homing pigeons. Deep furrows creased his handsome face as he attached the vital message to the homing pigeon's leg. There is general agreement that homing pigeons use the sun as a compass reference. The romantic image of the homing pigeon using mysterious forces to navigate its way hundreds of miles back to its perch appears to be no such thing. A homing pigeon has turned up at a South African diamond mine after being blown off course while flying to England from France, its owner said yesterday. Cell phones have been implicated in the disappearance of more than 2,000 homing pigeons during two races in Virginia and Pennsylvania. 1.2 (of a weapon or piece of equipment) fitted with an electronic device that enables it to find and hit a target. （武器，设备）自动寻的，自导引的 Example sentencesExamples It is also used with homing weapons and guided bombs. Further employment of the infra-red spectrum may be found in aerial combat with the infra-red homing missile. One principal area in the development of weapon systems is the creation of precision weapon systems using guided and homing missiles, rockets, projectiles, bombs, and other weaponry. Often, in the mid-Atlantic, after forcing U-boats to crash-dive, carrier planes dropped homing torpedoes on the submarines. He didn't look to the left, he didn't look to the right, he came straight in the door and ran straight down to my brother like a homing missile. New types of torpedoes were hurried into production, the most important being the Mark 18 electric and the homing types. These act like James Bond-esque homing devices and, through the use of either satellite and/or land-based radio technology, can pinpoint your vehicle if it is stolen. Jessie looked up from the remains of the homing device. The Lynx adds considerably to the destroyer's firepower - it can fly at 180 knots, and has its own Sea Skua anti-ship missiles and homing torpedoes. This means the shell is going to combine the qualities of a controlled and homing weapon. The arsenal of weapons include homing plasma guns, rockets, proximity grenades, Gattling guns and much more. His truck had a homing device hidden under the front left wheel, and even the phones at work were tapped. Mines can be sown in deep water, and are propelled at high speed towards a target, like a miniature homing torpedo. However, the German response was to develop the first homing torpedoes. It is armed with one homing torpedo, one torpedo rocket and twelve bombs. The teams marked drop zones and set up radar homing devices to guide aircraft to there targets. This aspect is more than a gimmicky distraction, as his tinkerings transform a fairly standard rocket launcher into a potent homing weapon that can track and fire upon four targets simultaneously. It is an optically-sighted weapon, but also contains a heat-seeking homing device. Bomb varieties can be anything from a simple mortar to homing missiles that purposely land on either side of your enemy (in case he attempts to dodge). Carbon dioxide acts like a homing device, guiding pesky mosquitoes to their dinner.
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