单词 | party-hearty |
释义 | party-heartyadj. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Fun-loving; eager to drink, socialize, dance, etc., esp. unrestrainedly or frequently; encouraging such behaviour. ΚΠ 1955 Washington Post 24 Dec. 21/1 Those party-hearty people who manage, somehow, to take in four and five debuts a day are complaining. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 127/1 Then there's the Good Old Boy and the Party-Hearty Girl, the Tweedledum and Tweedledee of the Preppy set. 1985 People Weekly 14 Jan. 20 The Gang cranks up one of its party-hardy grooves. 2003 New Yorker 31 Mar. 88/3 Chris was one of twelve pledges at Delta-Upsilon, a party-hearty fraternity that offered instant access to the social scene. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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