单词 | to wine and dine |
释义 | > as lemmasto wine and dine 3. transitive. To provide (a person) with dinner; to feed; (now usually) to entertain (a person) by offering them a meal; to take (someone) to dinner. In later use chiefly in to wine and dine (cf. wine v.1 3). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > entertain with food > entertain with specific meal dinec1475 sup1609 supper1622 breakfast1793 dinner1822 bedinner1837 tea1844 tiffin1866 lunch1892 c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. l. 60 (MED) Þe dewe dame dineth hem swythe And fostrith hem forthe till þey fle kunne. 1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. G3v I haue inuited you to my house..to dine you according to the direction of the phisitions. 1633 Match at Mid-night ii. sig. C4 As much bread..as wood dine a Sparrow. a1714 M. Henry Wks. (1835) II. 674 He often dined the minister that preached. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 68 An oaken table, massy enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry-men. 1840 C. J. Lever Harry Lorrequer i We..were dined by the citizens of Cork. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. xi. 197 The way to manage your Englishman..is to dine him. 1944 J. Dos Passos Let. 4 Dec. in L. Miller Lett. from Lost Generation (1991) 288 What a delightful going away party... When I finally got on the plane it was with the cosiest feeling of having been wined and dined. 1957 Navy News July 11 (heading) Commander-in-Chief and Officers of Home Fleet dine Her Majesty the Queen in H.M.S. Ocean. 2004 Daily Mail 14 Jan. 32/2 That night Henry wined and dined me in the old-fashioned way. < as lemmas |
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