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单词 no-host
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no-hostadj.

Brit. /ˌnəʊˈhəʊst/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈhoʊst/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., host n.2
Etymology: < no adj. + host n.2
U.S.
Designating a dinner, bar, etc., at which guests are required to pay for their own food or drink.
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1965 N.Y. Times 6 June v. 26/2 Sunday's rally will begin at 10 A.M. and will end in time for a rest before a no-host cocktail party at 4 o'clock.
1967 Raymond (Washington) Herald & Advertiser 9 Mar. 33/3 Members of the..Past Presidents Club of Eagles Auxiliary met at Bridges Inn..for a no-host dinner.
1975 W. Morris & M. Morris Harper Dict. Contemp. Usage 422 In many parts of the not-so-wild West today, what many Easteners call a ‘Dutch treat’ lunch or dinner is called a no-host affair... Each person pays for his own meal and there is no host to pick up the tab.
1982 PR Newswire (Nexis) 3 Sept. The seminar..ends at 6:00 p.m., followed by a no-host cocktail hour.
1991 San Francisco Examiner 29 Dec. d1 On Monday, when it's time to go home, some convention-goers will still be looking for the host hotel..followed by ‘welcome party’. No-host bar. No-host peanuts. No-hope job hunting.
2002 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 29 Mar. (Weekend section) 11 Doors open at 6 p.m., with a no-host social hour following Pavlovich's two-hour talk.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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