nightcap
英 ['naɪtkæp]
美['naɪtkæp]
- n. 睡帽;临睡前喝的酒
英英释义
- 1. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic
- 2. a cloth cap worn in bed
- 3. the final game of a double header
实用场景例句
- Perhaps you would join me for a nightcap?
- 也许你愿意睡前和我一起喝一杯?
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A nightcap would hit the spot.
- 睡前的酒最惬意.
辞典例句
- We had a nightcap before bedtime to round off a perfect day.
- 我们戴上睡帽上床睡觉,一天的生活结束了.
期刊摘选
- The soldier followed the king's daughters to the parlor for a nightcap.
- 士兵跟着国王的女儿们来到客厅喝睡前酒.
期刊摘选
- Ah, come on. Let's have a nightcap together, Scotch?
- 噢! 来吧,我们一起喝一杯睡前酒, 威士忌好 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- There's no reason why you shouldn't have your nightcap, even if I am here.
- 即使我在这儿,你也有理由喝一杯睡前酒.
期刊摘选
- Let's have a nightcap and then go to bed.
- 我们喝杯酒再去睡 吧 .
辞典例句
- At $ 120 a bottle, that's an expensive nightcap!
- 那种酒每瓶120美元,这么说来, 每晚的酒钱就很可观!
辞典例句
- If you have to make a speech tomorrow, the best in the nightcap to Kanyi Bian.
- 如果你明天要作一个演讲, 最好在睡前再看一遍.
期刊摘选
- Perhaps you would join me for a nightcap?
- 也许你愿意睡前和我一起喝一杯?
柯林斯例句
中文词源
nightcap 夜帽,夜酒
原指寒冷的冬天夜间睡觉时戴的帽子。夜酒义,特别指睡前酒,来自其比喻义,即像夜帽一样使人保持温暖。
双语例句
- 1. Perhaps you would join me for a nightcap?
- 也许你愿意睡前和我一起喝一杯?
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Let's have a nightcap and then go to bed.
- 我们喝杯酒再去睡 吧 .
来自辞典例句
- 3. At $ 120 a bottle, that's an expensive nightcap!
- 那种酒每瓶120美元,这么说来, 每晚的酒钱就很可观!
来自辞典例句
- 4. A nightcap would hit the spot.
- 睡前的酒最惬意.
来自辞典例句
- 5. We had a nightcap before bedtime to round off a perfect day.
- 我们戴上睡帽上床睡觉,一天的生活结束了.
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英文词源
- nightcap (n.)
- also night-cap, late 14c., "covering for the head, worn in bed," from night + cap (n.). In the alcoholic sense, it is attested from 1818. American English sense of "final event in a sporting contest" (especially the second game of a baseball double-header) is from 1939.
词态变化
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