单词 | hospitality |
释义 | hospitalityn. 1. a. The act or practice of being hospitable; the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, with liberality and goodwill. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] gesteningc1200 semblant1297 guestinga1300 harbergery1303 hospitalityc1384 harbergagec1386 cheerc1390 rehetc1390 waitinga1400 hostryingec1470 entreaty1525 entertainment1576 entertain1591 hostelity1593 hospitage1611 xenodochy1623 hospitation1863 entertaining1883 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xii. 13 Hospitalite, that is, herboringe of pore men. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) xviii. 153 Euery abbey priory, and oþer howses founded vpon hospitalite. c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 424 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 141 [Þe] aucht wel ma be, for to luf hospitalyte. 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Bvi I can kepe hospitalitye And geue as much vnto the pore. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 151 That the old English Hospitality was..a meere vice, I have formerly shewed. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westm. 241 Keeping good Hospitality in the Christmas at Brumley. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 102 Living in the country, and maintaining old English hospitality... This is a phrase very much used by the English themselves, both in words and writing; but I never heard of it out of the island, except by way of irony and sarcasm. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 35 Every courteous rite was paid, That hospitality could claim. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxviii. 580 We accepted his hospitality after the weather had moderated. b. with plural. An instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] > instance of hospitality1856 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 186 In matters of state, and of expense..in convivial and domestic hospitalities. 1890 Spectator 14 June The mind has various hospitalities to offer, and may treat its guests..with a caprice we cannot wholly over-reach. c. Applied in conventional phrases to the admission of correspondence, etc., to a newspaper. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > appearance in the press > [noun] > admission of correspondence, etc. hospitality1913 1913 Punch 16 Apr. 298 I thank you for the hospitality of your columns. d. to partake of (or enjoy) His (or Her) Majesty's hospitality: to be in prison. jocular. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] wake1338 to lie by ita1644 to be in lumber1819 fall1874 to partake of (or enjoy) His (or Her) Majesty's hospitality1894 to go down1906 1894 Strand Mag. Sept. 296/2 Partaking of Her Majesty's hospitality, in a building specially erected for gentlemen who need a compulsory holiday. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xiv. 157 One awful thug I know, who is now enjoying His Majesty's hospitality, beat his woman up regularly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] > quality of hospitableness1634 hospitality1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Hospitality, a being well disposed to entertain. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 166 That noble Affection, which, in antient Language, was term'd Hospitality, viz. extensive Love of Mankind, and Relief of Strangers. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. bead-housec1160 spittle?c1225 spittle-housec1315 maison dieu1354 almshouse1395 hospital14.. God's house1425 hospitality1571 townhouse1597 guest house1600 gifts1651 college1694 asylum1776 hospice1818 group home1873 pogey1891 1571 Act 13 Eliz. c. 10 §2 The Dilapidations and the Decaye of all Spyrituall Lyvynges and Hospitallytie. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxii. 45 The hospitality of St. Leonard's near York. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. Now commonly used of a room, suite of rooms, etc., in a hotel, TV studio, etc., set aside for the entertainment of guests with drinks. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Hospitalitie keper, or he who kepeth a good howse of meat and drinke, philoxenus. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Hospitalitie kepynge, larem fouens. 1897 Daily News 5 Oct. 5/3 The women..have formed a strong ‘hospitality’ committee. 1959 Encounter Aug. 8/1 The eminent person is ushered into..the ‘hospitality’ room [at the BBC]. 1960 News Chron. 2 Mar. 4/4 The drinks, consumed rather dismally in the hospitality room,..conspire to make a TV appearance an ordeal. 1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) ii. 20 At these conventions a lot of big companies put in hospitality suites—snake rooms, they call them. 1966 M. Hastings Cork on Telly i. 10 There was no time to talk to him in the hospitality room before the programme. 1969 Observer 8 June 38/1 The Americans led off by introducing Shatalov and Yeliseyev to the taste of bourbon from the hospitality cupboards of the private room at the American exhibition stand. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 40/1 Opportunities..in the ever-growing hospitality field [in motels]. 1970 Globe Mag. (Toronto) 26 Sept. 6/3 There aren't many bands or hospitality suites or funny hats. 1971 Bahamas XXIII. iii. 34/1 She moved into the hospitality industry where her personality assets were plus factors. 1972 Guardian 20 Mar. 11/1 She said it in the Hospitality Room..right after the show. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384 |
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