go Dutch

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment. idiomatic,informal,slang
    — GOING DUTCH Some girls are quite willing to pay part of the expenses on special dates. When something is planned which is beyond the boy's means. . . .

词形变化

goes Dutch present,singular,third-person going Dutch participle,present went Dutch past gone Dutch participle,past

词源

A derivative of Dutch treat, from Dutch (“poor imitation; ersatz”), a derogatory term originally referring generically to German-speaking peoples as a whole; first attested 1914.
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