单词 | to make a night of it |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (also have) a night of (also †on) it a. to make (also have) a night of (also †on) it: to socialize or enjoy oneself late into the night. Cf. make v.1 12b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous > spend night in to make (also have) a night of (also on) it1602 Saturday-night1933 1602 Twelfth Night Merriment (1893) 4 Youle make as good a night of it heere as if you had beene at all the houses in the towne. 1625 J. Fletcher Love's Cure iii. iv. 38 Faith let's make a Night on't. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 35 I'm resolv'd to make a Night on't. 1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man i. 8 Well! And didst thou make a Night on't, Boy? 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) iii. 54 I' faith, we'll have a night of it. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vi. 134 He is going to make a night of it. 1874 A. H. Markham Whaling Cruise 112 In whaling parlance, a ‘mollie’ means having a night of it. 1885 Cent. Mag. 30 393/2 Friends and neighbours also made a day of it, and then also a night of it, in honour of the departed. 1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 44 It was taken for granted now that they would make a night of it. Work was forgotten. 1980 B. Bainbridge Winter Garden viii. 55 ‘Made a night of it, did you?’ ‘Yes,..we did have a few drinks.’ < as lemmas |
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