| 单词 | dining companion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdining companion C2. As a modifier in compounds relating to dining as an occasion for socializing, as in dining companion, dining party, etc. ΚΠ 1736 C. Ford Let. 8 July in J. Swift Corr. (1965) IV. 516 My dining acquaintance reserve themselves for a second meeting at night, which I obstinately refuse. 1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific I. 285 The inferior Chiefs would be very importunate to be of our dining party. 1804–6 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) 332 Dining and supping virtues. 1820 R. Mudie Glenfergus II. xxii. 307 He makes a very good dining companion—he can laugh and talk, and politics excepted, he is very polite, or at least complimentary. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 26/2 Dining repartees, and other ephemeral trivialities. 1912 M. C. Crawford Romantic Days in Early Republic (1913) vi. 345 An old-fashioned Virginia dining party, select in its company, unlimited in its elegant preparations. 1992 Bottom Line 15 Dec. 14/1 You risk being stuck with uncongenial or even obnoxious dining companions for the whole cruise. 2010 Times 17 Apr. 31/2 The ground-floor sitting room and large garden can host a big dining party. < as lemmas |
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