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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Perhaps you would join me for a nightcap?
也許你愿意睡前和我一起喝一杯？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Let's have a nightcap and then go to bed.
我們喝杯酒再去睡 吧 .
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. At $ 120 a bottle, that's an expensive nightcap!
那種酒每瓶120美元,這么說(shuō)來(lái), 每晚的酒錢就很可觀!
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. A nightcap would hit the spot.
睡前的酒最愜意.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. We had a nightcap before bedtime to round off a perfect day.