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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