英和和英

動詞

to drive home (三人称単数 現在形 drives home, 現在分詞 driving home, 過去形 drove home, 過去分詞 driven home)

1. (transitive) To push to or into a target.
   • 1969, James Plunkett, Strumpet City: A Novel, page 396

     He grunted as he drove each nail home.

   • 1996, Harry Harrison, One King's Way, page 186

     Karli shook himself, drove home the last nail with a flat stone, straightened up.

   • 2004, Judith Tarr, Queen of the Amazons, page 293

     Just as Ione began to slow, she struck Ione's sword aside and drove her own blade home.

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration.

   “I do what I like”, he said, and — just to drive home the point — he spat on the newly-cleaned floor.