| 单词 | birthday gift |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbirthday gift a. General use as a modifier, as in birthday celebration, birthday dress, birthday gift, birthday surprise, birthday tea, birthday treat, birthday wish, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift at birthday birthday gift1561 birthday present1719 twenty-firster1912 society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > treat or entertainment > on birthday birthday treat1561 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > birthday > article of birthday dress1561 birthday suit1734 1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice lxxxviii. sig. Mm.i Herode made hys byrth daye supper. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 84 The figure I made..out-shone all other birth-day finery whatever. 1791 World 6 June Prince William of Gloucester, for the first time, went through a Minuet at the Birth-Day Ball. 1868 W. Collins Moonstone I. i. x. 131 Your uncle's birthday gift. 1880 Little Folks' Holiday Album 106/1 How well granny contrived that birthday tea out in the garden under the apple-tree, how snowy was the cloth, what nice cake and bread-and-butter. 1902 A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel i. 12 I'll be content this year with the cheapest birthday treat you ever gave me. 1942 E. Blom Mus. in Eng. vi. 104 Purcell in his birthday-ode and welcome-song mood. 1986 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 4 July Channel O next week begins birthday celebrations to mark its coming of age. < as lemmas |
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