单词 | to keep a good table |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep a good table b. Food and drink provided for a meal; the supply of food in a household, esp. as hospitality for a guest (frequently in to keep a good table and variants). Also: provision of food for meals; board (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > supply of food or provisions > [noun] victualsa1375 substancec1384 repasta1393 kitchenc1400 tablec1405 stuff1436 acates1465 acatry1522 victualling1532 provision1555 achates1570 plate1577 avitaile1592 support1599 horn and corn1633 subsistence1640 cribbing1652 purvey1678 commissariat1811 ration1814 commissary1883 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §444 Pride of the table appeereth eek ful ofte, for certes riche men ben cleped to festes and poure folk been put awey and rebuked. a1425 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Cambr. Ff.5.35) (1873) C. xvii. l. 322 [c1400 Hunterian Hus wone is to wende in pilgrymages, Ther poure men and prysouns beþ, and payeþ for here] table [c1400 Hunterian lyflode; Cambr, Trin. Cambr. fode]. 1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 67 Also payd for Elymesfordes table ix dayes, euery day ij d. c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 18 (MED) Domus Regis Hardeknoute may be called a fader noreshoure of familiaritie, whiche vsed for his own table never to be served with ony like metes of one meale in another. 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 182v Tenne poundes I recken nowe as gyuen or payde for her table. 1565 in J. Fraser Polichron. (1905) 141 He kept noblemens children with him for table and lodging. 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Tt iijv Whiche kepeth a good table. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) ii. v. 30 My father..keepes an open table for all kinde of dogges. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tenir bonne table, to keepe a good table, to fare well. 1672 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 97 The King allows mee..10li a weeke for a table. 1706 Wooden World Diss. (1708) 19 [He] believes a Kittisol a nobler Piece of Magnificence, than a good Table. 1722 B. Star tr. Mlle. de St. Phale i. 4 My Mother..entertained thoughts of placing me in a Convent, paying for my Table. 1757 A. Mitchell Let. 19 Apr. in Mem. & Papers Sir A. Mitchell (1850) I. viii. 242 My table is plain, hospitable, and frugal. 1840 M. Callcott Hist. Spain (new ed.) II. xviii. 372 His table was plain. 1856 Daily News 9 Jan. 3/5 Sums varying from 2l. 2s. to 1l. 5s. a day, table and lodging. 1882 Harper's Mag. Sept. 598 Boarding at four dollars a week, and not a very good table at that. 1915 W. S. Churchill Let. 1 Dec. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) vi. 124 Keep a good table: keep sufficient servants & your maid; entertain with discrimination, have a little amusement from time to time. 1934 D. Sargent Thomas More iii. 62 He was being paid..lavishly for his table and lodging, but with no provision for his family left in London. 1966 A. Higgins Langrishe, go Down xxii. 166 A thin coarse table of potatoes, cabbage, soda bread, eggs always, gammon, tea with lemon. 1994 D. Healy Goat's Song (1995) 132 ‘I'll say this for you,’ Matti would say, ‘The Northern Protestant knows how to ate. The Prod keeps a good table.’ < as lemmas |
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