| 单词 | date night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdate night date night n. colloquial (originally U.S.) an evening spent on or reserved for a date (sense 8a), (now) esp. by a married couple. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > romantic appointment rendezvous1697 date1885 date night1910 1910 Amer. Pressman Dec. 120/2 Brother Gregg is going to embark on the sea of matrimony... All the boys..hope he will be able to be with us in our fights as he will not have to worry about date nights. 1927 Youngstown (Ohio) Daily Vindicator 6 Jan. 8/1 We weren't married then, and I know he was with me, for it was a ‘date night’... He came to see me every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday night. 1967 Punch 13 Sept. 378/1 Most fraternities..sustained this perfumed atmosphere of competition by requiring their members to date a different person every date night. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Jan. (Mag. section) 35 To compensate for his time away from his family, he goes home for lunch, and has a ‘date night’ with the wife each week so that they can be together. 2010 New Yorker 29 Mar. 24/3 In 2008, on Valentine's Day, the Obamas went out for a ‘date night’ at Spiaggia, an Italian restaurant in Chicago. < as lemmas |
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