单词 | to drink a good luck |
释义 | > as lemmasto drink a good luck P1. to drink good luck (formerly also †to drink a good luck): to make a toast to a person's future success. Usually with to. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink toasts or healths hailc1275 to drink (a person's) hailc1325 to drink good lucka1529 pledge1546 carouse1583 skola1599 to drink off (or eat) candle-ends1600 health1628 to begin to a person1629 bumper1691 toast1699 to drink hob or nob, hob a nob1756 hob-nob1763 hobber-nob1800 to look towards (a person)1833 propine1887 ganbei1940 a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 567 Wyth that she begynnes The pot to her plucke, And dranke a good lucke. 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Quaff halfes, all, or to drinke good lucke one to an other. 1788 Album of Streatham (ed. 2) 73 Ordered a bottle of best Burgundy..and drank good luck to Sydney. 1871 A. E. Bray Hartland Forest vii. 121 Nothing could exceed the boisterous joy of the whole assembly, both within and without the house. A cask of the best cider was set a-broach to drink a good luck to the harvesters. 1936 N. E. Jacob Time Piece ii. vi. 164 Come into my office and we'll drink good luck to Bower's and their designer. 2003 R. N. White Prince & Yankee ii. ix. 115 I ordered a bottle of wine to drink good luck to the Emperor. < as lemmas |
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