| 单词 | dinner table |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdinner table dinner table n. the table at which people sit and eat dinner together; the group of people gathered around the table on such an occasion; (also) a particular table used for this purpose; a dining table. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dining table meat-boardc1275 tablec1330 meat-table1381 dining table1553 board1606 dinner table1785 mahogany1837 trough1930 1785 New Ann. Reg. 1784 Biogr. Anecdotes 33/1 By him the friend was sure to be introduced to the dinner-table. 1842 Bentley's Misc. Feb. 169 The gossip of one fashionable dinner-table alone..is sufficient to disperse throughout the town rumours enough to set a hundred families of consideration into a ferment. 1951 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1986) 110 She told everybody that the boarders made fun of her twitchet right at the dinner table. 1966 H. Nielsen After Midnight (1967) xv. 194 A small, circular dinner table..had been meticulously set with china, silver and stemware. 2018 W. R. Miller Listening Well xiii. 59 Some have family conversations at the dinner table, turning off music or TV and silencing phones or other devices. < as lemmas |
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