请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 party-going
释义

party-goingn.

Brit. /ˈpɑːtɪɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑrdiˌɡoʊɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: party n., going n.
Etymology: < party n. + going n. Compare earlier party-going adj.
The practice of attending parties, esp. frequently. Cf. partying n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > [noun]
party-going1833
partying1838
1831 C. Lyell Let. 22 June in Life, Lett. & Jrnls (1881) I. xiii. 318 We were lionised with a vengeance—..feasting, geologising, and evening-partygoing.]
1833 K. Thomson Constance I. i. 17 In the metropolis..the connexions of her deceased parents had afforded her opportunities of sight-seeing and of party-going.
1856 N.-Y. Daily Times 3 May 4/4 Mr. Thackeray..had to go through a terrible ordeal of dinner-eating, party-going, and personal attentions.
1873 C. E. Beecher Housekeeper & Healthkeeper 391 The intervening years have been spent in practicing music, fancy-work, novel-reading, and party-going.
1943 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 8 415/2 These early family conflicts were thought to..have arisen over church attendance, liquor drinking, party going, dancing, choice of companions, keeping of late hours.
1973 Listener 14 June 805/2 I am probably..cloistered..when it comes to party-going, but I do hear a lot of talk and gossip.
2003 Omaha World Herald (Nebraska) (Nexis) 9 Apr. 3 e Layered Mexican-style dip with refried beans, guacamole and tomatoes has not lost its appeal after 20 years of partygoing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

party-goingadj.

Brit. /ˈpɑːtɪɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑrdiˌɡoʊɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: party n., going adj.
Etymology: < party n. + going adj. Compare later party-going n.
Of a person: that regularly attends parties. Also: that promotes or is characterized by party-going.In quots. 1826 and 1991: ‘that is worn to a party’.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > [adjective]
party-going1807
partying1876
1807 Weekly Inspector (N.Y.) 1 Aug. 367/1 It has been invited by weakness,..by all that malevolence and timidity, and a wretched party going mob-courting policy could produce.
1826 Lit. Lounger Jan. 41 Studded with as many jewels as composed her best party-going necklace.
1848 Mass. Teacher 1 Feb. 43 Are you willing to set them the example of a dancing, sleigh-riding, party-going beau, instead of that of an intelligent, thoughtful, and well-educated Christian gentleman?
1899 W. K. Post Smith Brunt iv. 52 He had to feed all the party-going society of New York about three times over in the season.
1914 M. Turnbull Looking after Sandy vii. 87 Would she be that terrible thing spoken of with open scorn..by her more sophisticated party-going friends as a ‘wallflower’?
1937 Life 13 Sept. 110/2 (caption) A permanent wave is given by one party-going Honor Girl to another.
1991 H. Dunmore Winter 1955 in Short Days, Long Nights 51 Party-going ramparts of taffeta.
2003 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 28 Feb. 8 b The partygoing consumer expects more than the usual festivities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1833adj.1807
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 8:03:08