| 单词 | night out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight out d. night out: (originally) the evening on which a domestic servant was free to go out; (later) an evening spent away from home in social or leisure pursuits. Cf. out adv. 15b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > day or night holidaya1400 play-day1558 playing day1575 non Le1636 whole holiday1753 rest day1800 Sunday out1837 day off1853 evening out1870 stop-day1879 night off1885 night out1890 off1926 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] twilight world1887 night out1890 nightlife1913 nightclubbing1925 night scene1992 1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. ii. v. 190 The weekly Church service or ‘night out’ with nowhere to go. 1908 G. Sanger 70 Years a Showman ix. 30 For these people Lansdown Fair was, as they put it, their ‘night out’. 1916 E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box 129 We have the pictures here, of course, and I go there regularly on my night out. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xix. 152 ‘I'm staying late tonight.’ ‘Then we can't have our night out,’ she cried. 2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy v. 118 What you see is what you get. A big, strong, hard lad. A sound mate and a good laugh on a night out. < as lemmas |
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