单词 | to keep open house |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep (also hold) (an) open house 1. A house in which visitors are welcome; (hence) hospitality to all visitors; a ready welcome. Chiefly in to keep (also hold) (an) open house: to provide hospitality to all comers.In quot. 1637: a brothel. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > show hospitality [verb (intransitive)] > liberal to hold or keep householdc1425 to keep open door(s)1526 to keep (also hold) (an) open house1530 to keep house1530 society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] > liberal open householdc1450 housekeeping1538 open table1602 open house1824 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 597/1 The kyng is determyned to kepe house or open house this Christemas. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 128 (MED) Nine yere he helde his throne riall in Fraunce, And open hous, greately magnified Through all the world. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. i. sig. L2 'Pray God he ha' not kept such open house, That he hath sold my hangings, and my bedding. View more context for this quotation 1637 T. Nabbes Microcosmus v. l. 65 [I]..have been a Lady of pleasure, and kept an open house where Lords tooke me up at high rates. 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife i. 12 ‘And your Hospitality is great there.’ ‘Open house, every Man's welcome.’ 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 269. ¶8 Sir Roger..always keeps open-House at Christmas. 1819 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 6 Some shining notice..Of open house and ready fare. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxviii. 98 Though not exactly what's called ‘open house’. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 366 The King kept open house every day, and all day long, for the good society of London. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 82/4 Christmas Eve, too, brings guests, for that is the night when all Beacon Hill holds open house for its friends. 1988 R. Christiansen Romantic Affinities iii. 105 The open house he kept for his authors provided many with means to..first-hand education. 2002 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 16 Sept. (Features) 55 Open house was the order of the day for two neighbouring families in Manly during World War II... It meant that many handsome young Scottish and English members of the Royal Air Force were calling by. < as lemmas |
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