home-grown

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home-grown — 形容詞

1. grown in your own garden rather than bought from a shop or market; used mainly f

1.形容詞B1
釋義

自家種植

在自家花園種植而非購買的

grown in your own garden rather than bought from a shop or market; used mainly for vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers.

例句

Omar picked some home-grown tomatoes and basil from his garden for the pasta sauce.

Omar 從自家花園摘了一些自家種植的番茄和羅勒來做義大利麵醬。

attributive: home-grown + vegetables (tomatoes, basil)

The community garden supplies home-grown lettuce and carrots to local families.

社區花園提供自家種植的生菜和紅蘿蔔給當地家庭。

attributive: home-grown + produce (lettuce, carrots)

常見搭配
  • home-grown vegetables
  • home-grown herbs
  • home-grown fruit
  • home-grown tomatoes
  • home-grown produce
同義詞
  • homemade

    broader meaning — includes anything made at home (cakes, furniture), not just plants

  • garden-fresh

    emphasises the freshness and direct-from-garden quality

  • locally grown

    may refer to any nearby farm, not necessarily one's own garden

反義詞

文法句型

home-grown + noun (attributive noun)

be + home-grown (predicative)

用法筆記

Commonly used for vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers grown at home rather than on a commercial farm. The hyphen is often dropped (homegrown) in informal or journalistic writing.

常見錯誤

I bought some home-grown apples from the supermarket.
I bought some home-grown apples from the farmers' market.
home-grown means the seller grew them, not that a shop grew them.
These are home-grown tomatoes from the grocery store.
These are home-grown tomatoes from my uncle's allotment.
use home-grown only for produce grown by the person or people you are referring to.

2. created, educated, or produced locally within a specific nation or community rat

2.形容詞B2
釋義

本土的

在本國或本地發展訓練的

created, educated, or produced locally within a specific nation or community rather than brought in from outside it; describes people, talent, products, ideas, and industries that belong to the place where you live.

例句

The company prefers to hire home-grown talent from the university's engineering programme.

這家公司偏好聘用大學工程系的本土人才。

collocation: home-grown talent

Taipei has a lively home-grown fashion scene with young designers opening their own shops.

台北有充滿活力的本土時尚圈，年輕設計師紛紛開設自己的店面。

attributive: home-grown + cultural/creative domain (fashion scene)

常見搭配
  • home-grown talent
  • home-grown musicians
  • home-grown fashion
  • home-grown industry
  • home-grown solution
同義詞
  • domestic

    more formal and used at the country level (domestic products vs imported ones)

  • local

    smaller in scale — could refer to a town or region rather than a whole country

  • native

    stronger link to birth or origin; native talent can imply natural ability rather than training

反義詞
  • imported

    brought in from another country

  • foreign

    coming from outside the country or area

文法句型

home-grown + noun (attributive)

be + home-grown (predicative: talent/industry)

用法筆記

Often carries a positive connotation of pride in local talent, products, or solutions. Commonly used in discussions of culture, music, technology, and business. The hyphen may be dropped (homegrown) in informal writing.

常見錯誤

She is a home-grown musician from Sydney, but she moved there at age 12.
She is a home-grown musician from Sydney
she grew up and trained there.' — home-grown implies the person was raised and developed locally, not just living there briefly.

同根字

常見搭配

介系詞搭配

  • in (home-grown in a particular region)
  • from (home-grown from local seeds)