| 单词 | surprise-party |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurprise-party surprise-party n. (a) a body of troops for an unexpected attack; (b) originally U.S., a party who meet by agreement at a friend's house without invitation, bringing provisions with them; also, the celebration or function itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties play-party1796 tail1837 surprise-party1840 street party1845 costume party1850 pound party1869 all-nighter1870 neighbourhood party1870 simcha1874 ceilidh1875 studio party1875 pounding1883 house party1885 private function1888 shower1893 kitchen shower1896 kitchen evening1902 bottle party1903 pyjama party1910 block party1919 house party1923 after-party1943 slumber party1949 office party1950 freeload1952 hukilau1954 BYOB1959 pot party1959 bush party1962 BYO1965 wrap party1978 bop1982 warehouse party1988 rave1989 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > surprise party bushmenta1535 ambushment1549 surprise-party1840 1840 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xlv, in Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 494/2 Three cavalry regiments..intended for a surprise party. 1858 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 9 Aug. in Writings (1906) XI. ii. 86 There are also regattas and fireworks and ‘surprise parties’ and horse-shows. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table iv. 94 Now, then, for a surprise-party! 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 236 On such an occasion friends and parishioners appear suddenly—for it is generally a surprise-party at the same time—at the parsonage. 1909 E. Nesbit Daphne in Fitzroy St. xvii. 272 I thought you'd like the surprise party. Was I wrong? 1969 N. W. Parsons Upon Sagebrush Harp xxi. 118 A vogue for surprise parties began among the English families in our community. < as lemmas |
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