| 单词 | to give a ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a ball a. A social gathering for dancing, esp. of people belonging to a common establishment, society, profession, etc., sometimes having an organized programme and special entertainment. Often in to give a ball, go to a ball, etc. Frequently with modifying word specifying the type of ball or its object or occasion, as archery, calico, charity, dignity, dress, masked, masquerade, race ball, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] treschec1290 hoppingc1330 dancec1385 ball?1605 ballet1657 dancing-match1740 dancing-assembly1765 fandango1766 dancing-party1852 German1853 rag1899 ngoma1905 rat race1937 ?1605 R. Dallington Method for Trauell sig. B4v It was his hap in an honourable Bal (as they call it) to take a fall. 1639 J. Shirley Ball iv. sig. H3 Luc. Some mallice has corrupted your opinion Of that we call the Ball. Co. Your dancing businesse. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 93 Avoid carnivals and balls..the perdition of precious houres. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants 19 They had got a Calf of Gold, and were Dancing about it. But it was a Dismal Ball, and they paid dear for their Junket. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 466. ⁋3 On Thursday next, I make a Ball for my Daughter. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France 175 Count Finkenstein gave a great dinner and ball. c1782 in A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. (1889) V. 775 Shanks hed tane Betty Gray to the Hallow‐even ball. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. v. 39 Mrs. Long..had come to the ball in a hack chaise. View more context for this quotation 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. v. 146 I was very willing to see a royal ball at Athens. 1917 J. Conrad Shadow-line ii. 66 When a..coach is produced out of a pumpkin to take her to a ball Cinderella does not exclaim. 2007 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 1 Feb. d6 Mirth ensues when the two run unexpectedly into each other at the embassy ball. < as lemmas |
| 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。