单词 | may ball |
释义 | > as lemmasMay ball May ball n. a ball or similar entertainment held in May or (at the University of Cambridge) during May Week. ΚΠ 1839 Southern Literary Messenger June 411/2 In the afternoon the little corpse was brought in, dressed up more like a living subject for a May ball, than a tenant for the grave. 1955 Queen 29 June 21/2 (caption) May Ball. The First and Third Trinity's Boat Club Ball held in Trinity College, Cambridge. 1988 M. Drabble Radiant Way (BNC) 74 Alix herself had been to a May Ball or two in Cambridge, in her dancing days. < as lemmas |
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