单词 | midnight ball |
释义 | > as lemmasmidnight ball midnight ball n. a ball beginning at midnight, or taking place late at night. ΚΠ 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 105 Lewdly Dancing at a Midnight-Ball. a1762 Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. & Wks. (1861) II. 455 Now softening eunuchs sing Italian airs, The dancing dame to midnight ball repairs. 1873 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs (new ed.) 35 Seen seated in the banquet-hall, Or view'd afoot at midnight ball. < as lemmas |
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