homo

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homo

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ho·mo /ˈhəʊməʊ $ ˈhoʊmoʊ/ noun (plural homos) [countable] taboo informal a very offensive word for a homosexual. Do not use this word. 同性恋者〔homosexual的蔑称〕homo- /həʊməʊ, -mə, hɒmə $ hoʊmoʊ, -mə, hɑːmə/ prefix formal or technical HOMOSEXUALsame 相同的，同（一）的homosexual (=sexually attracted to people of the same sex) 同性恋的homographs (=words spelled the same way) 同形异义词

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homo-• homographs• homosexualOrigin homo (1900-2000) homosexual homo- Latin Greek, from homos “same”

ho·mo nounhomo- prefixChineseSyllable

a word a Do for homosexual. Corpus offensive very

homo
ho‧mo /ˈhəʊməʊ $ ˈhoʊmoʊ/

noun (plural homos) [countable] informal not polite

Date: 1900-2000
Origin: homosexual

a very offensive word for a homosexual

Homo

BrE

/ˈhɒməʊ/

,

/ˈhəʊməʊ/

NAmE

/ˈhoʊmoʊ/

noun

(

from Latin,

specialist

)

the

(= group)

of primates that includes early and modern humans 人属（灵长目人科的一属，包括早期人和现代人）