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单词 to make a night of it
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to 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.
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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. 55Made a night of it, did you?’ ‘Yes,..we did have a few drinks.’
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