请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 bar-hopping
释义

bar-hoppingn.

Brit. /ˈbɑːhɒpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɑrˌhɑpɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bar n.1, hopping n.1
Etymology: < bar n.1 + hopping n.1 Compare slightly later barhop v.
Chiefly U.S.
The practice or an instance of moving from bar to bar, spending only a short time drinking in each. Cf. barhop v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > frequenting pubs
pub-crawling1913
bar-hopping1950
1950 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 22 Feb. 2/4 At midnight, the clock of St. Louis cathedral tolled the official end of a crazy-gay day of multi-hued parades, gay and whirling waltzes, indiscriminate kissing, and plain bar-hopping.
1960 N.Y. Times 4 June 15/1 Many are alarmed by such post-prom activities as night-clubbing, bar-hopping, hot-rodding and weekend beach parties.
1986 New Yorker 4 Aug. 84/2 After one night of barhopping, Cy and Pat left her asleep.
2003 Variety 24 Mar. 27/5 Hardy looks more pumped for a night of barhopping than for the extended grilling of prisoners.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bar-hoppingadj.

Brit. /ˈbɑːhɒpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɑrˌhɑpɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: barhop v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < barhop v. + -ing suffix2.
Chiefly U.S.
attributive. That (habitually) goes bar-hopping.
ΚΠ
1978 Verbatim May 10/2 It may be true that some bar-hopping homosexuals..are joyless souls.
1989 M. Dorris Broken Cord vii. 102 The famous bar-hopping grandmother on a toot.
1991 Transpacific July 48/2 The image of golf-playing, bar-hopping Japanese executives on unlimited expense accounts doesn't jive with the realities of life for most expatriates.
2000 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 July 306/2 Outbreaks that were not connected by specific source cases, but by common locations..or demographic groups (eg, barhopping homosexual men, transgendered persons).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1950adj.1978
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 5:38:56