| 单词 | mothers' meeting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmothers' meeting mothers' meeting n. (also mother's meeting) (a) a regular meeting of mothers connected with a parish or congregation, for the purpose of receiving instruction and advice, or for social contact; (b) colloquial (in extended use, with humorous overtones) a gathering of people in (prolonged) conversation together. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific women's organizations Ladies' Aid Society1842 mothers' meeting1865 Mothers' Union1888 Women's Institute1897 W.S.P.U.1907 Soroptimist Club1921 rural1925 Rural Institute1925 W.I.Z.O.1925 W.I.1928 W.V.S.1939 Black Sash1955 W.R.V.S.1966 society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > types of morn-speechOE court1154 morrow-speech1183 conventicle1382 congregation1389 plenary session1483 journeyc1500 night school1529 assession1560 general meeting1565 family meeting1638 panegyris1647 desk1691 collegea1703 annual general meeting1725 mass meeting1733 panegyre1757 plenum1772 family council1797 coterie1805 Round Table1830 GA1844 indignation meeting1848 protest meeting1852 hui1858 primary1859 Quaker meeting1861 mothers' meeting1865 sit-down1868 town hall1912 jamboree1919 protest rally1921 con1940 face-to-face1960 morning prayers1961 struggle meeting1966 be-in1967 love-in1967 plenary1969 catch-up1972 rencontre1975 schmoozefest1976 1865 C. M. Yonge Clever Woman II. xxx. 312 The mothers' meetings for the soldiers' wives. 1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Knight-errant III. ii. 39 I was just trying to get the Mothers'-Meeting accounts right. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 159 Mother's meeting, an occasional name among bluejackets for the captain's address to a ship's company. 1946 D. Hamson We fell among Greeks xviii. 195 I noticed one particular squad which was openly idling... ‘Why do you stop work and hold a mother's meeting when I go away?’ 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. NJ20/2 Part of the program's success, Mrs. Calamoneri said, depends on close association with the parents. Informal mothers' meetings are held monthly, and there are parent-teacher conferences every six weeks. 1987 Financial Times (Nexis) 13 Mar. 13 Line managers' reports are countersigned by more senior officers and are discussed at divisional meetings—known as ‘mothers' meetings’—attended by a personnel representative. < as lemmas |
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