| 单词 | extension night |
| 释义 | > as lemmasextension night d. Enlargement in duration. spec. Permission for the sale of alcoholic drinks until a later time than is usual at a particular place. Also attributive, as extension night. extension of time: (Commerce) the concession by a creditor of a later date than that stipulated for the payment of a debt. Also in Law, a grant of additional time for the fulfilment of legal formalities. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging continuancec1374 prorogationc1400 prolongation?a1425 training1440 lengthingc1480 enlonging1509 prolonging1528 protraction1535 protract of time1536 productionc1540 trait1545 lengthening1574 continuation1587 prolongment1593 conserving1610 extensiona1631 wire-drawing1640 continuing1643 spinning1644 permansion1646 society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in provisions > in liquor > license or permission late licence1873 propination1886 off-licence1891 on-licence1891 extension1923 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 389 This Better Resurrection is..an extention, even of that eternity of happinesse. 1880 Hipkins in Grove Dict. Music II. 722/1 In 1835 Pierre Erard obtained an extension of his patent. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xvi. 213 We will toddle along to Ciro's after dinner. It's an extension night, isn't it? 1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace lxiv. 522 I've seen enough alcohol drunk to-night to float a company. And I hear this is what you call your extension night, and you keep it up till two o'clock. 1936 ‘G. Orwell’ Diary 15 Mar. in Coll. Ess. (1968) I. 200 About 200 people there, all busily tucking into beer and sandwiches, though it was only 4.30 pm—they had got an extension for the day. 1965 New Statesman 14 May 753/1 To mark the sense of public joy.., the nightclubs in Bonn have got a late extension until 11 p.m. 1967 Listener 7 Sept. 297/2 At Bath,..where the pubs normally shut at 10.30, they all have an extension till 11. < as lemmas |
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