英语词汇“to make a house”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. transitive. to make a House: to secure the presence of the number (currently 40) of members required for a regularly constituted sitting of the British House of Commons. Similarly to make a quorum (also in wider contexts). Now archaic and historical.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > of an assembly: hold a session [verb (intransitive)] > ensure correct number for sitting

to make a House1648

1648 W. Denton Let. 7 Dec. in F. P. Verney Mem. Verney Family (1892–9) II. 395 Most of the secured members lay in Hell last night, and are now gone to the generall. There is scarce enough left free to make a house.

1688 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 228 A sufficient number to make a Quorum.

1775 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 99 There had not been members enough to make a House, several colonies being absent.

1830 Examiner 409/2 Twice this week have Ministers failed to make a House of Commons.

1864 Spectator 7 May 529 A Bill which..will before long interest every taxpayer, was interrupted by mere official carelessness as to ‘making a House’.

1884 Manch. Examiner 15 May 5/4 A House was made to-day promptly at a quarter-past 12 o'clock.

1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament iii. 75 The function of the Government Whips, it has been said, is ‘to make a house, to keep a House, and cheer the Minister’.

1957 May's Treat. Law Parl. (ed. 16) xvi. 331 After the House has been made, if notice be taken that forty Members are not present,..after the expiration of two minutes, the Speaker proceeds to count the House.

单词	to make a house
释义	> as lemmas to make a House b. transitive. to make a House: to secure the presence of the number (currently 40) of members required for a regularly constituted sitting of the British House of Commons. Similarly to make a quorum (also in wider contexts). Now archaic and historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > of an assembly: hold a session [verb (intransitive)] > ensure correct number for sitting to make a House1648 1648 W. Denton Let. 7 Dec. in F. P. Verney Mem. Verney Family (1892–9) II. 395 Most of the secured members lay in Hell last night, and are now gone to the generall. There is scarce enough left free to make a house. 1688 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 228 A sufficient number to make a Quorum. 1775 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 99 There had not been members enough to make a House, several colonies being absent. 1830 Examiner 409/2 Twice this week have Ministers failed to make a House of Commons. 1864 Spectator 7 May 529 A Bill which..will before long interest every taxpayer, was interrupted by mere official carelessness as to ‘making a House’. 1884 Manch. Examiner 15 May 5/4 A House was made to-day promptly at a quarter-past 12 o'clock. 1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament iii. 75 The function of the Government Whips, it has been said, is ‘to make a house, to keep a House, and cheer the Minister’. 1957 May's Treat. Law Parl. (ed. 16) xvi. 331 After the House has been made, if notice be taken that forty Members are not present,..after the expiration of two minutes, the Speaker proceeds to count the House. extracted from makev.¹ < as lemmas
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