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单词 party-crasher
释义

party-crashern.

Brit. /ˈpɑːtɪˌkraʃə/, U.S. /ˈpɑrdiˌkræʃər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: party n., crasher n.
Etymology: < party n. + crasher n. Compare slightly earlier gatecrasher n., and also crash v. 7a.
colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).
A person who attends a party or other gathering without an invitation; an uninvited guest. Also in extended use.
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1928 Chicago Tribune 24 May 25 (heading) Swanky Mayfair in horror over party crashers.
1963 Life 5 July 63/3 The troublesome party-crasher expresses hostility..in the most direct manner available.
1974 19th-cent. Fiction 29 224 One sees the personified Red Death as a party-crasher from outside the walls.
1987 E. E. Smith Miss Melville Returns (1988) ix. 79 She'd had enough of festivity during her days as party crasher.
2005 New Republic 11 Apr. 25/1 The greatest..Art Nouveau vase remains an art historical conundrum—a party crasher.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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