单词 | housewarm |
释义 | housewarmv. Now chiefly U.S. transitive. To greet or entertain (a person) with a house-warming (house-warming n. 2a) (now rare). Later: to mark or celebrate (the move to a new house or premises) with a house-warming. Also intransitive: to give or take part in a house-warming. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [verb (transitive)] > entertain at house-warming housewarm1666 society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [verb (intransitive)] > give or participate in house-warming housewarm1791 1666 S. Pepys Diary 1 Nov. (1972) VII. 351 A very noble cake—which I presently resolved to have my wife go with today, and some wine, and house-warme my Betty Michell. 1791 Vale of Felicity I. xxix. 123 Our guests arrived at Mr. Warton's, with an intent, according to the English phrase, of house-warming. 1896 L. S. Furman Stories of Sanctified Town 137 When I get off the train at my home I'll have a bride for them to welcome and housewarm. 1929 C. L. Broad & V. M. Broad Dict. Plays & Novels of Bernard Shaw 97 Tree uses the play as an ancient, dusty, empty house, which it is his business to furnish, decorate and housewarm with an amusing entertainment. 1960 Billboard 29 Aug. 67/1 The firm..had just housewarmed new headquarters at 39 Rothenburger Street. 1971 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 8 Dec. 12/1 Phil and Nancy..invited friends to ‘Come, Housewarm’ at their home on East Bear Path. 2001 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 24 Jan. 7 b [They] spent some $4,787 for china, presumably to housewarm the Chappaqua home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1666 |
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