单词 | every-nighter |
释义 | > as lemmasevery-nighter every-nighter n. a person who attends every performance of a play, series of concerts, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > attending every performance every-nighter1893 1893 Dial 16 Apr. 242/1 He was an habitué, a ‘first-nighter,’ an ‘every-nighter,’ one may say. 1905 G. B. Shaw in Grand Mag. Feb. 126 He specially appeals to those who have seen King Henry VI. five times..to discontinue their visits... The every-nighters..have no excuse for their selfishness. 1947 Penguin Music Mag. 2 35 The orchestral player will admit the strain..and so will the most fanatical every-nighter after a few seasons. 2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 6 Aug. 35 It is the..everynighters who constitute the problem. They form an elite at the heart of the Proms..whose dominance of the arena actively deters the young and curious. < as lemmas |
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