after hoursn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftər ˌaʊəz/,

/ˈaftər ˌaʊəz/, U.S.

/ˈæftər ˌaʊ(ə)rz/

Forms: see after- prefix and hour n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, hour n.

Etymology: < after- prefix + the plural of hour n. With use as adjective compare earlier after-hour adj.

A. n.

The hours following any incident or act; subsequent hours; the later hours of a day; (in extended use) the later part of a person's life. Also: future times; posterity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun]

to-comec1350

the futurec1400

hereafter1546

tocoming1556

aftertime1557

after age1560

after hours1599

futuritya1616

afterwards1669

to-be1819

coming1833

by and by1868

hence1904

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. v. 2 So smile the heauens vpon this holy act, That after houres, with sorrow chide vs not.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. iv. 273 + 6 Which after-houres giues leysure to repent.

1774 T. Hull Henry II v. 62 If aught of Good befall my after-Hours, Thou..shall partake it with me.

1784 Parl. Reg. Ireland III. ii. 120 Devoted his after hours to the management and accommodating of the hall.

1800 Edinb. Mag. July 62/1 Which shall his memory rescue from the grave, And faithfully record to after hours.

1826 W. Ferguson My Early Days i. 5 I have a faint idea..of a home resembling not that where I spent my after hours.

1891 Fortn. Rev. 1 Aug. 290 Man should..only look on his after hours as preparation for the life of the next day.

1935 Rotarian May 57/2 Through all my after hours has gleamed That golden time, for me.

1969 Black Belt July 30/2 Practice goes on in the after hours with the women working out tirelessly.

2002 R. Simonelli & R. Frumkes Shoot Me vii. 54 We were forced to act with little time to think, and into the after hours of that day.

B. adv.

1. After the normal time for doing something; spec. after normal working hours. Also: after the usual opening hours of a shop or other business.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > hour > [adverb] > after hours

after hours1781

1781 London Courant & Westm. Chron. 6 Apr. A tedious complaint against the shipwrights, for refusing to work after hours.

1807 J. Sinclair Code Health & Longevity II. App. 238 Besides his days wages, he frequently gained a little by working after hours.

1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxx. 309 She's there, after hours, helping her aunt a bit.

1861 ‘F. G. Trafford’ City & Suburb (1862) 463 One night after hours he borrowed the sketch.

1930 ‘E. Queen’ French Powder Myst. ix. 50 Y'see, there ain't but one night entrance to th' store after hours. All the other doors and exits are ironed up.

1980 R. Mayer 1937 Newark Bears vii. 91 Of course I clown around... What difference should it make to them what I do after hours as long as I keep in condition and pitch good ball.

2003 ‘Zane’ Nervous xxv. 163 [A message] from Marcella stating that she needed to talk to me right away and that I could call her at home if it was after hours.

2. After the time at which some restriction comes into effect; spec. (a) after curfew; (b) after the times during which a licensed establishment may sell alcohol; after legal licensing hours.

ΚΠ

1802 Naval Chron. 7 82 He never was in our birth drinking after hours, nor I never heard him drink a seditious toast in my life.

1824 Australasian Pocket Almanack 46 In each district there shall be built a watch-house, for the reception of such persons as shall be found in the streets after hours, idle, disorderly, or suspicious.

1854 Rep. Sel. Comm. extending Functions Constabulary of Ireland 97 in Parl. Papers 1853 (H.L. 262) X. They [sc. the police] only visit the licensed houses if they see a light, or people drinking in them, after hours.

1887 Times 28 Sept. 7/3 Passes to remain out after hours for well-conducted soldiers.

1929 Punch 23 Jan. 90/2 A few austere theatricals drinking coffee and orange-juice because it was after hours.

1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xix. 231 If they want to drink after hours, many all-night speaks run in the lower East Side.

1969 Life 27 June 40/3 Locked out after hours, they borrowed the Scotland Yard man's key to open the gate.

1999 M. Silcott Rave Amer. v. 143 The main targets were clubs..which served liquor until 3 A.M. and then, after-hours, became ‘juice bars’.

C. adj. Now usually hyphenated.

1. That takes place after than the normal time for such an activity; that takes place after normal working hours; relating to a time after normal working hours.

ΚΠ

1892 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 23 Jan. 3/3 After hours dealing took place as low as 13¼.

1902 J. W. K. Schofield Let. in Jrnl. Federation Insurance Inst. (1903) 196 These after hours fires started within three hours after closing, viz., between 6 and 9 pm.

1957 Economist 19 Oct. 256/2 It informed broker clients that..after hours facilities would in future be confined to ‘small routine business’.

1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) ii. 24 Studying English or Russian,..getting ready for after-hours classes.

1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 July 5/3 Hospital ward went without water because nobody would authorise an after-hours plumber.

2007 New Jersey Lawyer (Nexis) 19 Nov. 11 Home Depot had no after-hours rental facilities or procedures.

2. Of or relating to the time after that when alcohol is usually or legally sold; designating a bar, club, etc., that opens later than the regular opening hours for such an establishment; (of music) (of a type) played at a late-opening bar, club, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [adjective] > bar

jug and bottle1894

after hours1906

1906 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 14 Sept. 1/1 An effort to put a stop to the after hours saloon traffic being carried on.

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 31 When an hotel or club is raided by the police for permitting gambling or after-hours drinking, it is said to ‘go off’.

1947 in R. de Toledano Frontiers of Jazz xvi. 175 His unflagging interest in after-hours music.

1969 R. D. Pharr Bk. of Numbers (1970) iv. 44 A Harlem after-hours joint that slumming Italian mobsters and Irish cops had started on the spur of the moment.

1979 Orange Coast Oct. 111/1 Cover charge $2.., after hours age limit 18.

1990 J. McCluskey Lush Life in T. McMillan Breaking Ice 419 Sme would dare the bus's deadline by tipping into an after-hours party.

2006 Metro (Toronto) 24 Apr. 25/4 A new after-hours nightclub he's spearheading with local DJ Nevio Persia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	after hours
释义	after hoursn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˈɑːftər ˌaʊəz/, /ˈaftər ˌaʊəz/, U.S. /ˈæftər ˌaʊ(ə)rz/ Forms: see after- prefix and hour n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, hour n. Etymology: < after- prefix + the plural of hour n. With use as adjective compare earlier after-hour adj. A. n. The hours following any incident or act; subsequent hours; the later hours of a day; (in extended use) the later part of a person's life. Also: future times; posterity. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] to-comec1350 the futurec1400 hereafter1546 tocoming1556 aftertime1557 after age1560 after hours1599 futuritya1616 afterwards1669 to-be1819 coming1833 by and by1868 hence1904 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. v. 2 So smile the heauens vpon this holy act, That after houres, with sorrow chide vs not. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. iv. 273 + 6 Which after-houres giues leysure to repent. 1774 T. Hull Henry II v. 62 If aught of Good befall my after-Hours, Thou..shall partake it with me. 1784 Parl. Reg. Ireland III. ii. 120 Devoted his after hours to the management and accommodating of the hall. 1800 Edinb. Mag. July 62/1 Which shall his memory rescue from the grave, And faithfully record to after hours. 1826 W. Ferguson My Early Days i. 5 I have a faint idea..of a home resembling not that where I spent my after hours. 1891 Fortn. Rev. 1 Aug. 290 Man should..only look on his after hours as preparation for the life of the next day. 1935 Rotarian May 57/2 Through all my after hours has gleamed That golden time, for me. 1969 Black Belt July 30/2 Practice goes on in the after hours with the women working out tirelessly. 2002 R. Simonelli & R. Frumkes Shoot Me vii. 54 We were forced to act with little time to think, and into the after hours of that day. B. adv. 1. After the normal time for doing something; spec. after normal working hours. Also: after the usual opening hours of a shop or other business. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > hour > [adverb] > after hours after hours1781 1781 London Courant & Westm. Chron. 6 Apr. A tedious complaint against the shipwrights, for refusing to work after hours. 1807 J. Sinclair Code Health & Longevity II. App. 238 Besides his days wages, he frequently gained a little by working after hours. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxx. 309 She's there, after hours, helping her aunt a bit. 1861 ‘F. G. Trafford’ City & Suburb (1862) 463 One night after hours he borrowed the sketch. 1930 ‘E. Queen’ French Powder Myst. ix. 50 Y'see, there ain't but one night entrance to th' store after hours. All the other doors and exits are ironed up. 1980 R. Mayer 1937 Newark Bears vii. 91 Of course I clown around... What difference should it make to them what I do after hours as long as I keep in condition and pitch good ball. 2003 ‘Zane’ Nervous xxv. 163 [A message] from Marcella stating that she needed to talk to me right away and that I could call her at home if it was after hours. 2. After the time at which some restriction comes into effect; spec. (a) after curfew; (b) after the times during which a licensed establishment may sell alcohol; after legal licensing hours. ΚΠ 1802 Naval Chron. 7 82 He never was in our birth drinking after hours, nor I never heard him drink a seditious toast in my life. 1824 Australasian Pocket Almanack 46 In each district there shall be built a watch-house, for the reception of such persons as shall be found in the streets after hours, idle, disorderly, or suspicious. 1854 Rep. Sel. Comm. extending Functions Constabulary of Ireland 97 in Parl. Papers 1853 (H.L. 262) X. They [sc. the police] only visit the licensed houses if they see a light, or people drinking in them, after hours. 1887 Times 28 Sept. 7/3 Passes to remain out after hours for well-conducted soldiers. 1929 Punch 23 Jan. 90/2 A few austere theatricals drinking coffee and orange-juice because it was after hours. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xix. 231 If they want to drink after hours, many all-night speaks run in the lower East Side. 1969 Life 27 June 40/3 Locked out after hours, they borrowed the Scotland Yard man's key to open the gate. 1999 M. Silcott Rave Amer. v. 143 The main targets were clubs..which served liquor until 3 A.M. and then, after-hours, became ‘juice bars’. C. adj. Now usually hyphenated. 1. That takes place after than the normal time for such an activity; that takes place after normal working hours; relating to a time after normal working hours. ΚΠ 1892 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 23 Jan. 3/3 After hours dealing took place as low as 13¼. 1902 J. W. K. Schofield Let. in Jrnl. Federation Insurance Inst. (1903) 196 These after hours fires started within three hours after closing, viz., between 6 and 9 pm. 1957 Economist 19 Oct. 256/2 It informed broker clients that..after hours facilities would in future be confined to ‘small routine business’. 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) ii. 24 Studying English or Russian,..getting ready for after-hours classes. 1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 July 5/3 Hospital ward went without water because nobody would authorise an after-hours plumber. 2007 New Jersey Lawyer (Nexis) 19 Nov. 11 Home Depot had no after-hours rental facilities or procedures. 2. Of or relating to the time after that when alcohol is usually or legally sold; designating a bar, club, etc., that opens later than the regular opening hours for such an establishment; (of music) (of a type) played at a late-opening bar, club, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [adjective] > bar jug and bottle1894 after hours1906 1906 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 14 Sept. 1/1 An effort to put a stop to the after hours saloon traffic being carried on. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 31 When an hotel or club is raided by the police for permitting gambling or after-hours drinking, it is said to ‘go off’. 1947 in R. de Toledano Frontiers of Jazz xvi. 175 His unflagging interest in after-hours music. 1969 R. D. Pharr Bk. of Numbers (1970) iv. 44 A Harlem after-hours joint that slumming Italian mobsters and Irish cops had started on the spur of the moment. 1979 Orange Coast Oct. 111/1 Cover charge $2.., after hours age limit 18. 1990 J. McCluskey Lush Life in T. McMillan Breaking Ice 419 Sme would dare the bus's deadline by tipping into an after-hours party. 2006 Metro (Toronto) 24 Apr. 25/4 A new after-hours nightclub he's spearheading with local DJ Nevio Persia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adv.adj.1599
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