| 单词 | dinner date |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdinner date dinner date n. (a) an arrangement to dine with someone (now esp. someone in whom one has a romantic interest), typically in a restaurant; (also) an appointment to attend a formal dinner; (b) a person, (esp. someone in whom one has a romantic interest) one has arranged to meet for dinner, typically in a restaurant. ΚΠ 1887 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 24 Oct. (Last ed.) Chauncey M. Depew's private secretary is kept busy booking dinner dates for his famous chief. The date of the dinner is placed in one column, Mr. Depew's acceptance or declination in another, and the subject on which he is expected to speak in still another. 1913 Salt Lake Tribune 16 Feb. 44/3 A dashing, lively story of white lights, dinner dates, pretty girls, suspecting wives, near-faithless husbands and taxicab secrets—plenty of fun, lots of spice. 1930 Ironwood (Michigan) Daily Globe 8 May 6/4 (advt.) Bring Your Dinner Date Here to Reed's Tomorrow—refined atmosphere. 1957 B. Allen & M. P. Briggs Mind your Manners ii. 9 Suppose you are invited out on a dinner date and you are uncertain as to the size of your escort's bank roll. How do you know what to order? 2002 Pop. Sci. Oct. 54 Nothing spoils the mood of a romantic dinner date like a jangling cellphone at the next table. 2012 A. James Legend of White Dragon 476 Her dinner date was already there when she arrived. < as lemmas |
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