nightcap

• n. 睡帽；临睡前喝的酒

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。

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.

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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