1.RETURN[countableC] an occasion when someone comes back to their home after a long absence 〔长期在外后的〕返乡,回家
2.[countableC, uncountableU]American EnglishAmESEC an occasion when former students return to their high school or college 校友返校活动,校友日
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homecoming• What a homecoming! thought a pleased Andrew; as the welcomefragrance of his shopgreeted him at the door.• Alvin and his dancers were welcomed back to the academy as homecomingheroes.• Coming back for her uncle's funeral was not a happyhomecoming for her.• Amelie hadn't thought her homecoming would be quite like this.• Dole was choking back tears during his recenthomecoming in Russell, Kansas.• We arranged a party for my brother's homecoming, when he returned from five years in Australia.• Meanwhile, under the careful eye of the housekeeper, the servants were busily making preparations for the master's homecoming.• But today, a year since John McCarthy's homecoming, their worstdread has provedunfounded.• It is essential that relatives have adequatewarning so that they can make arrangements for the patient's homecoming.• Originally, the homecoming event was planned for the Los Angeles Police Academy last year.