单词 | house guest |
释义 | > as lemmashouse guest house guest n. a guest in a house (in various senses); (now spec.) a guest staying for some days in a private house; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house strangerc1400 visitor1576 visiter1592 house guest1609 sojourner1609 visitant1769 house party1827 cuckoo1872 society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] > staying in house house guest1609 1609 S. Rowlands Knave of Clubbes sig. B5 Drawing his dagger, wounding him againe, With that, house-guests prest in the roome amain. a1714 M. Henry Serm. in J. B. Williams Mem. S. Savage (1821) 214 Where God shall not be a heart-guest he will not be a house-guest. 1860 H. Grote Mem. Life Ary Scheffer iv. 38 After the ‘dejeuner’, the house guests withdrew. 1876 G. T. Chesney Dilemma in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 199/2 It was towards the end of his short visit, when he had come to know Yorke better, that he made a partial confidant of the house guest. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 Apr. 8/3 Miss Helen MacDonald..invited a number of her girl friends to meet her house guest, Miss Helen Whiteside. 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iii. 61 She was conscious about getting ready for houseguests—her father and stepmother. 2008 New Yorker 17 Mar. 83/2 Hitler, a regular house-guest and devoted fan affectionately referred to as ‘Uncle Wolf.’ < as lemmas |
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