| 单词 | dinner gong |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdinner gong dinner gong n. a gong sounded to announce dinner, esp. in a grand house or hotel, or at a formal event. ΚΠ 1818 ‘T. Brown’ Bath I. i. 13 The distant sound of the dinner gong only left her time to say, ‘We will resume this interesting subject to-morrow.’ 1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) xiv. 200 He did not notice the dinner-gong, and only the arrival of the chamber-maid..sent him down to the restaurant. 1986 J. P. Walsh Lapsing ii. 167 Let's have some sherry before the dinner gong, shall we? 2008 Independent 30 Sept. (Life section) 5/3 The stately homes of England are a law unto themselves, what with their dinner gongs, their pollarded elms, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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