| 单词 | dinner companion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdinner companion b. In relation to dinner as an occasion for socializing, as in dinner companion dinner conversation, dinner guest, etc. See also dinner club n., dinner dance n., dinner date n., dinner party n. ΚΠ 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. v. i. 221 There were now added to the dinner-guests many of the neighbouring clergy who had been present at the function. 1785 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) ii. 52 Our young Man is I find only a Bird of passage so the Lady will be our only dinner companion. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. vii. 119 Their love of society..prepared every body for their keeping dinner -company. View more context for this quotation 1891 Vassar Misc. Nov. 77 Dinner conversation is much encouraged, while to speak of one's work is almost prohibited. 1944 Crisis Jan. 27/2 When he could be persuaded to go out people found him to be a jolly, entertaining dinner companion. 1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions p. iv My apologies to any dinner guest who may have felt he was singing for his supper by having to listen to a couple of the notes in progress. 1992 P. Auster Leviathan (1993) i. 44 The first time I went to their apartment..the dinner conversation came around to the subject of children. 2009 J. Patterson & M. Paetro Swimsuit lix. 199 His dinner companion..had a daring streak, was willing to try the horsemeat sashimi and the edomae. < as lemmas |
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