Definition of beanfeast in English:

beanfeast

nounˈbiːnfiːst

British informal

A celebratory party with plentiful food and drink.
〈英，非正式〉（食品丰富的）庆典；盛宴
cheerful music for beanfeasts
figurative a beanfeast of seminars and workshops
Example sentencesExamples
- A number of Lib Dem MPs maintained that the failure of their party to join the beanfeast on Thursday was one of strategy and leadership.
- It is they who are tearing down sustainable economies, delicate environments and age-old social systems in the name of a one-size-fits-all corporate beanfeast.
- Award winners at the BAFTA beanfeast have to be threatened with pulled plugs if they use their speeches to attack the war (whereupon Saul Zaentz does just that).
- Both work at University College Hospital where Udwin campaigns vigorously against the privatisation plans that imperil 122 beds and hundreds of jobs and offer a beanfeast for private-sector parasites.
- She is initially intimidated and appalled, but eventually conquers her fear to partake, indeed to star, in the jock beanfeast.
- Hard as the promoters of the annual athletics beanfeast that is the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham might try, they must realise that they are in sow's ear territory.
- Our home-based patterns of socialising interfere with the necessary anarchy of the workplace beanfeast.
- I thought I had been a model of objectivity throughout the whole beanfeast; obviously I was wrong.
- ‘As far as I can see it has been a beanfeast for consultants,’ said Coun English.
- Another two dozen barristers and solicitors, chosen for their expertise in commercial law, also earned substantial fees in a case which became known in the inns of court as a beanfeast.
- Elsewhere during the Hangover technology beanfeast, we understand that HP's own demo of Bluetooth was similarly rotten.
- It was to be a glittering beanfeast for the Halifax Bank - its first annual meeting outside Yorkshire in 150 years.
- During the Golden Globe beanfeasts in LA earlier this month, the one man every star queued to meet was the shy, slightly stunned Paul Rusesabagina, the true hero of the story.
- Given the Forum's multicultural pretensions, it is a cruel irony that the Tibetan monks were swiftly banished from the beanfeast.
Synonyms
social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social

Origin

Early 19th century: from bean + feast. The term originally denoted an annual dinner given to employees by their employers, where beans and bacon were regarded as an indispensable dish.

词汇	beanfeast
释义	Definition of beanfeast in English: beanfeast nounˈbiːnfiːst British informal A celebratory party with plentiful food and drink. 〈英，非正式〉（食品丰富的）庆典；盛宴 cheerful music for beanfeasts figurative a beanfeast of seminars and workshops Example sentencesExamples A number of Lib Dem MPs maintained that the failure of their party to join the beanfeast on Thursday was one of strategy and leadership. It is they who are tearing down sustainable economies, delicate environments and age-old social systems in the name of a one-size-fits-all corporate beanfeast. Award winners at the BAFTA beanfeast have to be threatened with pulled plugs if they use their speeches to attack the war (whereupon Saul Zaentz does just that). Both work at University College Hospital where Udwin campaigns vigorously against the privatisation plans that imperil 122 beds and hundreds of jobs and offer a beanfeast for private-sector parasites. She is initially intimidated and appalled, but eventually conquers her fear to partake, indeed to star, in the jock beanfeast. Hard as the promoters of the annual athletics beanfeast that is the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham might try, they must realise that they are in sow's ear territory. Our home-based patterns of socialising interfere with the necessary anarchy of the workplace beanfeast. I thought I had been a model of objectivity throughout the whole beanfeast; obviously I was wrong. ‘As far as I can see it has been a beanfeast for consultants,’ said Coun English. Another two dozen barristers and solicitors, chosen for their expertise in commercial law, also earned substantial fees in a case which became known in the inns of court as a beanfeast. Elsewhere during the Hangover technology beanfeast, we understand that HP's own demo of Bluetooth was similarly rotten. It was to be a glittering beanfeast for the Halifax Bank - its first annual meeting outside Yorkshire in 150 years. During the Golden Globe beanfeasts in LA earlier this month, the one man every star queued to meet was the shy, slightly stunned Paul Rusesabagina, the true hero of the story. Given the Forum's multicultural pretensions, it is a cruel irony that the Tibetan monks were swiftly banished from the beanfeast. Synonyms social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social Origin Early 19th century: from bean + feast. The term originally denoted an annual dinner given to employees by their employers, where beans and bacon were regarded as an indispensable dish.
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