| 单词 | to have a field night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a field night A night marked by an important gathering, discussion, etc.; a night of great success or achievement. Now chiefly in to have a field night. Cf. field day n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > a special night field night1835 1835 Caledonian Mercury 5 Feb. He may fancy it his duty to..take his departure for Calcutta on a field night. 1855 Times 19 May 8/5 One or two more such field nights, and Mr. Layard is a martyr, with all the immunities of the class. 1880 G. O. Trevelyan Early Hist. C. J. Fox v. 196 The debate was remembered as the greatest field night..for a generation. 1901 Times 25 Feb. 9/2 Mr. William O'Brien had a field night all to himself and produced his Gargantuan amendment. 1973 B. Rubens Go tell Lemming xv. 224 The police had had a field night, and there were many waiting to pick up their offending vehicles. 2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Jan. 40 Munster's second-row tyros Paul O'Connell and Donncha O'Callaghan had a field night. < as lemmas |
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