单词 | self-invited |
释义 | > as lemmasself-invited self-invited adj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfɪnˈvʌɪtᵻd/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfᵻnˈvaɪdᵻd/ ΚΠ a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) i. i. 11 At old Artesio's House, where he was late Received as a self-invited Guest. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxxiii. 288 Some other more distant relations.., self-invited..attended. 1839 Times 25 Feb. 4/2 What must be the hourly but self-invited mortifications of a Ministry dependent on such a race! 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 474/2 Yet what keeps my pen from its self-invited job? 2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 July (Sport section) 18 Accommodation is as a self-invited guest sharing the communal bed of the large nomadic families. < as lemmas |
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