| 单词 | to take potluck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take potluck 1. One's luck or chance with regard to what may be in the pot (i.e. cooked and available to eat), used originally and chiefly in reference to a person's accepting another's hospitality at a meal without any special preparation having been made. Frequently in to take potluck: to dine on whatever happens to be available; (now also more generally) to take one's chances, to take whatever is available; to be willing to take whatever one is given. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food liverancec1390 cheeringc1443 boarding1530 banqueting1535 potluck1592 refection1601 collationing1652 regality1672 suppering1675 blithemeat1681 treat1690 regalement1708 regale1753 bed and board1756 bed and breakfast1910 the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > fortune or luck sitheOE hapc1275 fortunea1300 timingc1300 thriftc1305 speeda1325 casta1400 venturea1450 issuec1475 luck1481 success1548 speeding1573 chancing1583 potluck1592 ship1851 joss1913 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes Ep. Ded. sig. A2 That, that pure sanguine complexion of yours may neuer be famisht with potte-lucke. 1654 M. Stevenson Occasions Off-spring 97 Though I had no luck, I had pot-luck yet. 1740 Mother Ross 481 During my stay here, I was going to take pot-luck with Colonel Ingram. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. ix. xii. 44 The Gentleman said,‘..he should be very welcome to take pot-luck with him’. 1810 J. B. Scott Diary 30 Aug. in E. Mann Englishman at Home & Abroad (1930) ii. 45 I accepted Mr Leeke's invitation to take pot-luck with him and returned to Page's in the evening. 1845 C. Dickens Let. 8 Aug. (1977) IV. 350 Will you take pot luck with me that day, at half past four. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 21/2 Lapham's idea of hospitality was still to bring a heavy-buying customer home to pot-luck; neither of them imagined dinners. 1938 N.Y. Times 31 July 4/4 The guns must take pot luck like the tanks whose attack they support. 1943 Sci. & Mech. Spring 3 (advt.) Don't be content to take ‘pot-luck’ on the future. 1974 Times 15 June 9/3 We took pot-luck at the roof-top Restaurant de France. 2003 Spectator (Nexis) 2 July 9 I visited several [shops] recently, looking for a digital camera. It proved impossible to find an assistant willing and able to explain the products he was selling... Eventually I took pot luck at a warehouse. < as lemmas |
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