homer

/ˈhəʊmə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [hˈomɚ] /ˈhəʊmər/ (ame, ipa) · [hˈomɚ] /ˈhō-mər/ (ame, mw) · /ˈhəʊ.mər/ (bre, ipa) · [hˈomɚ] /ˈhoʊ.mɚ/ (ame, ipa)

homer — noun

  • homersingular
  • homersplural

1. in baseball, a hit that lets the batter circle every base and reach home plate o

1.名詞B2
釋義

in baseball, a hit that lets the batter circle every base and reach home plate on one swing, earning a run for the team; the everyday short word for home run.

例句

Takeshi hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning.

collocation: hit a [N-run] homer

The crowd at Dodger Stadium roared when Beatriz crushed a homer over the left-field wall.

collocation: crush / smash a homer

同義詞
  • home run

    the full term; preferred in formal writing and official statistics

  • dinger

    another informal baseball slang word, slightly more playful

  • round-tripper

    older sports-journalism slang, less common today

文法句型

hit a homer

for a homer

用法筆記

Informal substitute for 'home run'; appears mainly in spoken commentary, sports headlines, and casual fan talk rather than formal box scores.

常見錯誤

❌He scored a homer in the football match.
✅He scored a homer in the baseball match.
💡the word belongs only to baseball, not football or other sports.

2. a small piece of paid work that a tradesperson, such as a plumber or hairdresser

2.名詞C1
釋義

a small piece of paid work that a tradesperson, such as a plumber or hairdresser, carries out at someone's house on the side, usually for cash and kept off the books from both the boss and the tax office.

例句

Hugo asked the electrician to wire his garage as a quick homer over the weekend.

collocation: do / take on a homer

The plumber does a few homers in the evenings to top up his weekly wages.

scenario: side jobs on top of regular wages

同義詞
  • side job

    neutral general term; doesn't imply tax avoidance

  • moonlighting

    broader; covers any second job, not only at a customer's home

  • cash-in-hand job

    emphasises the unrecorded payment more than the location

文法句型

do a homer

on a homer

用法筆記

Subject is usually a skilled manual worker (electrician, plumber, painter, hairdresser); strongly implies the job is undeclared to the employer or tax authorities. Distinguish from sense 1 (baseball) by context — this sense is mainly British and Irish.

常見錯誤

❌I worked from home today, so I did a homer.
✅I worked from home today.
💡'homer' here is not the same as working remotely; it means an unofficial side job at someone else's home.

homer — verb