单词 | matinee |
释义 | matineen. 1. a. An entertainment presented in the morning or (in later use) at any time of the day before the evening; (now) esp. an afternoon performance at a theatre, cinema, etc.Cf. earlier matinée musicale: see matinée musicale n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > performance at specific time morning performance1827 matinee1848 mat1914 first house1930 midnight matinée1952 1848 Musical World 10 June 377/1 Miss Bassano's Matinee took place..before an elegant and fashionable audience. 1856 tr. L. Beauvallet Rachel & New World 28 He engages to play every day..at the theatre, in a matinée, or even in a concert. 1857 Harper's Weekly 31 Jan. 66 My reputation for wit being..reflected somewhat upon Dimes, is an offset for the entree which he has given me to Matinees, German cotillion parties, and crash carpets. 1864 Christian Recorder 21 May 84/2 They gave her a day party, or matinee, and invited all the nice dolls of her acquaintance to attend. 1879 Dramatic Notes 23 I have given 379 Matinées, equal to one year and a quarter of night performances. 1915 N.Y. Times 6 Apr. 4/3 The author's private matinee..of the film picture play..filled the Vitagraph Theatre to its capacity. 1955 Times 18 July 6/1 A flurry of military parades, undisciplined queues for free matinées at State theatres, firework displays, and ubiquitous bals populaires in the streets. 1987 A. Miller Timebends i. 46 My mother loved to drop in on matinees at the Schubert, and that was where I saw my first stage play. b. slang (originally U.S.). A meeting, esp. a sexual liaison, in the afternoon; (occasionally) a person who engages in such liaisons. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > specific time of matinee1884 dirty weekend1963 1884 Boston Jrnl. 12 Sept. When the matinee between brother and sister had closed Blossum was about two blocks away. 1944 in P. Smith Let. from my Father (1976) 429 When the husband was on the road, we would have matinees—she was a swell lay. 1957 J. M. Murtagh & S. Harris Cast First Stone gloss. 306 Matinee, a man who visits prostitutes in the afternoon and still gets home on time. 1995 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 24 Dec. 6 Paul..sends her into matinees with a good-looking lawyer who has a handy apartment. 2. A woman's lingerie jacket or wrap for morning wear (see also quot. 1960). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > other duffel coat1683 duffel jacket1732 petenlair1753 grego1767 wamus1805 camisole1816 over-jacket1830 matinee1851 Zouave1859 paletot1863 blazer1880 Norfolks1902 letter sweater1914 letter jacket1934 bomber jacket1940 shirt-jac1944 samfu jacket1955 guru jacket1966 Mao jacket1967 1851 Godey's Lady's Bk. June 385 An article of dress newly introduced..is called a matinée, and is intended to be thrown on in the early part of the morning, and worn during breakfast. It is composed of jaconet or mull muslin. 1896 Woman's Life 11 July 178/2 The pretty summer matinée of white cambric or lawn that accompanies this petticoat is made with full bell sleeves edged with lace. 1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale iii. iv. 338 She sat up and managed to drag her matinée from a chair and put it round her shoulders. 1957 ‘R. West’ Fountain Overflows viii. 174 She was wearing a kind of elaborate dressing gown of a sort then called a matinée, made of pleated purple silk. 1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 134/2 Matinee 1851.., a hooded pardessus made of jacconet or muslin and worn outdoors over a morning dress. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 1). ΚΠ 1850 Prairie Du Chien (Wisconsin) Patriot 19 June 2/2 The Robin troupe are giving matinee serenades with much success. 1895 W. Archer in World 13 Feb. 25/2 He will learn next to nothing from matinée actors and audiences. 1899 H. Van Dyke Fisherman's Luck 101 The matinée girl is not likely to have a very luminous or truthful idea of existence floating around in her pretty head. 1904 ‘A. Dale’ Wanted: Cook 208 What do you say to mentioning matinée tickets once a week? 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 206 It was just their always playing in the same pictures, and that silly matinée public..got to linking their names together. 1955 A. West Heritage iii. 127 It was a matinee day and she was down at the theatre. 1990 M. Caine Coward's Chron. (BNC) 99 We went on to do a good matinée performance and came off to thunderous applause and whistles of appreciation. C2. matinee coat n. (a) = matinee jacket n. (a) (now rare); (b) = matinee jacket n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > worn by specific people fool's coat1566 blue coat1576 fisher's coat1611 matinee jacket1882 matinee coat1899 laboratory coatc1936 1899 North Adams (Mass.) Evening Transcript 7 Apr. 7/1 A dainty matinee coat had for its foundation material very rich black peau de soie. 1903 Boston Daily Globe 11 Jan. 35/1 One elegant matinee coat of pale bisque displayed a spray on the puff of each sleeve. 1920 B. L. Blackmore ABC cutting & making Garments viii. 208 (header) Matinée coat for a child one to two years of age. 1930 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 19 Dec. 5/2 (advt.) Embroidered Jap. Kimonos..Silk Matinee Coats..Ladies' Silk Waterproof Coats. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) 27 Aug. 19/1 Babies,..stylistic trends in matinee coats aside, remain hardly distinguishable one from another. matinee hat n. now historical a woman's large hat of a type formerly fashionable for wearing to matinees. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > for specific purpose pricking-hat1402 matinee hat1869 tinfoil hat1884 safari hat1935 1869 N.Y. Herald 16 Sept. 1/6 Theatre Bonnets, $5; Matinee Hats, $5; elegant Dress Hats and Winter Bonnets. 1886 Fun 14 Apr. 162/2 (caption) This is the regular matinée hat. Bothers the people who sit behind one over a bit. 1898 St. James's Gaz. 8 Nov. 4/1 No efforts of theatrical managers seem able to cope with the nuisance of the ‘matinée hat’. 1905 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 256 I once, in Drury Lane Theatre, sat behind a matinée hat decorated with two wings of a seagull. 1961 Rocky Mount (N. Carolina) Telegram 16 July 3 c What Emme calls Matinee Hats are snug enough to stay put without intruding on the sight line of the person behind.] matinee idol n. a handsome actor (esp. a film star) admired chiefly by women; (gen.) a very attractive man; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > attractive actor matinee idol1897 1897 World (N.Y.) 2 May 2/5 The curtain went up, and lo! there stood the matinee idol of the day..for whom three fourths of the matinee girls of New York were sighing. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages iv. 54 He's not in the least the ordinary matinée idol. He is..adored by women and also liked by men. 1964 E. Baker Fine Madness vi. 50 Not that a psychiatrist had to be a matinee idol, but he should present a moderately attractive vista for his patients. 1990 Vogue Sept. 124 His matinée-idol looks are, admittedly, no hindrance on the screen. matinee jacket n. (a) a woman's coat or jacket of a type formerly fashionable for wearing to matinees (now historical); (b) a baby's short outer garment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > worn by specific people fool's coat1566 blue coat1576 fisher's coat1611 matinee jacket1882 matinee coat1899 laboratory coatc1936 1882 Weekly Hawk-eye (Burlington, Iowa) 30 Nov. 4/5 A late number of a well-known fashion journal says: ‘Anne of Austria collarettes are suitable only for matinee jackets.’ 1898 Florida Agriculturalist 17 Aug. 422/2 Last summer I wore a black calico skirt..and two of these matinee jackets nearly the whole season. 1902 Christian Nation 26 Feb. 12/1 (advt.) Dressing Sacques and Matinee Jackets. Tea Gowns and Wrappers. Silk Petticoats. 1929 ‘C. S. Forester’ Brown on Resolution v. 51 The ‘little stranger’..had to have a myriad garments—binders yards and yards long, matinee jackets, veils and shawls [etc.]. 1964 Baby Goods Trade Jrnl. July 13/1 (caption) Quilted brushed Bri-Nylon is used by Billikin for this matinee jacket and matching bonnet. 1986 Auckland Star 6 Feb. a2 She believes the baby's jacket..is the matinee jacket worn by her daughter..when she disappeared. 2003 P. Byrde in D. Jenkins Cambr. Hist. Western Textiles II. xxv. 898 The shorter tea or matinee jacket was an alternative [to the tea gown], worn with a skirt in place of a tight bodice. 2005 A. Bartlett Knitting 144 The unsmiling baby was dressed in layers: a dress, a longish matinee jacket, matching bootees, and mittens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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