往家的方向
這一支直接就是那支箭頭。差別只在字放在句子的哪個位置：動詞後面是副詞，名詞前面是形容詞。
r · B2
In the direction of home. It is used after a verb of movement to say that someone or something is travelling towards home.
朝家的方向
核心畫面
Picture an arrow. It is not resting on the house; it is pointed at it, with the distance still to cover. That arrow is what the ending -ward puts into a word, the same ending in upward, forward and toward. Homeward is that arrow with home at the far end. Everything this word does is a way of using the arrow: a person walking along it, a bus whose nose is turned down it, or a ship whose whole course has been set along it.
homeward 可以想成一支箭頭。箭頭沒有停在房子上，而是指著房子，中間還有一段路要走。這個方向感是 -ward …更多收起
homeward 可以想成一支箭頭。箭頭沒有停在房子上，而是指著房子，中間還有一段路要走。這個方向感是 -ward 這個字尾放進去的，upward、forward、toward 用的是同一個字尾。這個字的每個用法，都像在用這支箭頭：有人沿著它走，有車把車頭轉向它，也有船把整條航線都定在它上面。From the word’s history
From Middle English homward, from Old English hamweard, which is simply home plus -ward. The word has always been home with a direction attached.
來自中古英文 homward，再往前是古英文 hāmweard，就是 home 加上 -ward。這個字從頭到尾都是「家」加上一個方向。
Wiktionary entry for homeward (adv.), source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:888964800, supplied in this batch's evidence packet
Two branches
航線已經定了：homeward bound
這一支把箭頭固定下來：不只是朝著家，而是「目的地已經設定成家」。意思屬於 homeward bound 這整組字，不是 homeward 自己帶的。
adjective · C1
If a person, ship, plane or group is homeward bound, they are travelling towards home, or are about to set off for home.
在歸途上