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Definition of nightcap in English: nightcapnoun ˈnʌɪtkapˈnaɪtˌkæp 1historical A cap worn in bed. 〈史〉睡帽 Example sentencesExamples - If I could get away with wearing a hat, I would (I've often joked with my wife that there is a vast untapped market for authentic nightcaps in this country).
- Scrooge sits before the fire in his dressing gown and nightcap thinking of the way that the doorknocker changed form.
- He would work until seven at his desk, dressed in nightcap and robe, changing back into these garments at once when he had returned from his morning lectures.
- The man, in nightshirt and nightcap, his splayed legs towards you, lies on a sheet pulled from the bed.
- By now, he was used to waking up in the middle of the night; attire mussed and nightcap askew, and scurrying to open the door for His Grace's wide circle of friends.
2A hot or alcoholic drink taken before bedtime. 睡前热饮；睡前酒 Example sentencesExamples - The jovial evening was finished back at V's where we enjoyed a final vodka nightcap.
- The lavish event was then rounded off nicely with quiet Tequila and Jagermeister nightcaps and jovial banter amongst the attendees.
- And so, warm bellied, we repaired to our room to watch telly, read, write and have a vodka nightcap before sleep.
- I went home, watched the telly and had a few drinks, then a couple of nightcaps.
- By the time we got back to my place after a nightcap at a local pub, we were both feeling really great and we got all snuggly and were holding hands, and I was so totally head over heels all over again.
- A cup of hot chocolate or tea is the preferred nightcap.
- But hell, a drink after a day at work can make a good nightcap too.
- En route home some members stopped off at the local tavern for a nightcap where many songs/stories were regaled late into the evening.
- Second, when taking medication that shouldn't be mixed with alcohol, don't drink an entire bottle of wine as a nightcap when you need to catch a train early the next morning.
- Very often you may be eating three meals together each day or sharing a cocktail before dinner or a nightcap when the day is done.
- Well, what if I went for a nightcap at my hotel and just happened to get chatting to a lady in the bar?
- But as a wonderful dinner, a romantic walk on the pier and a tasty nightcap at a local pub passed, Sarah seemed to get dejected.
- We then skipped desserts, but accepted a Pernod as the nightcap.
- He swallowed what was left of his nightcap of vodka and placed the cup on the desk.
- Many people who suffer from insomnia try to solve the problem with alcohol - the so-called nightcap.
- Don't be surprised if your lunch spills over into afternoon cocktails and finally nightcaps.
- We had lots of fun together, going to baseball games, to all-you-can-eat cafeterias and, eventually, to my place and to his for nightcaps.
- Why, just last night, after my usual nightcap of six white Russians, I drifted on into an unusual dream…
- We weren't ready to call it a night, so we headed to Daiquiri Dick's for a nightcap.
- Finally, somewhat tired and emotional, we ended up having a nightcap around 3am - some 12 hours after we started drinking - before retiring to bed.
Synonyms beverage, drinkable liquid, potable liquid, liquid refreshment, thirst quencher 3Baseball
The second game of a double-header. 〔棒球〕（两支棒球队一天连续两场比赛中的）第二场比赛 he pitched a four-hit shutout in the nightcap Example sentencesExamples - In the nightcap, it went down to the ninth inning, two out and we're one run down.
- Nicholson had hit three home runs in the opener and connected again in the seventh inning of the nightcap.
- In the nightcap of the doubleheader, he hit a ninth inning homer off Hoyt Wilhelm to assure the Yankees of a 1-0 win.
- The A's won the nightcap of this landmark doubleheader, 5-2.
- If the Red Sox miss the playoffs by a game, they'll be haunted by the nightcap of Tuesday's doubleheader, when Toronto rallied from a pair of three-run deficits to beat Curt Schilling.
Definition of nightcap in US English: nightcapnounˈnaɪtˌkæpˈnītˌkap 1historical A cap worn in bed. 〈史〉睡帽 Example sentencesExamples - He would work until seven at his desk, dressed in nightcap and robe, changing back into these garments at once when he had returned from his morning lectures.
- Scrooge sits before the fire in his dressing gown and nightcap thinking of the way that the doorknocker changed form.
- If I could get away with wearing a hat, I would (I've often joked with my wife that there is a vast untapped market for authentic nightcaps in this country).
- The man, in nightshirt and nightcap, his splayed legs towards you, lies on a sheet pulled from the bed.
- By now, he was used to waking up in the middle of the night; attire mussed and nightcap askew, and scurrying to open the door for His Grace's wide circle of friends.
2An alcoholic or hot drink taken at the end of the day or before going to bed. 睡前热饮；睡前酒 Example sentencesExamples - Why, just last night, after my usual nightcap of six white Russians, I drifted on into an unusual dream…
- A cup of hot chocolate or tea is the preferred nightcap.
- En route home some members stopped off at the local tavern for a nightcap where many songs/stories were regaled late into the evening.
- But as a wonderful dinner, a romantic walk on the pier and a tasty nightcap at a local pub passed, Sarah seemed to get dejected.
- The jovial evening was finished back at V's where we enjoyed a final vodka nightcap.
- The lavish event was then rounded off nicely with quiet Tequila and Jagermeister nightcaps and jovial banter amongst the attendees.
- We then skipped desserts, but accepted a Pernod as the nightcap.
- But hell, a drink after a day at work can make a good nightcap too.
- We weren't ready to call it a night, so we headed to Daiquiri Dick's for a nightcap.
- He swallowed what was left of his nightcap of vodka and placed the cup on the desk.
- Don't be surprised if your lunch spills over into afternoon cocktails and finally nightcaps.
- By the time we got back to my place after a nightcap at a local pub, we were both feeling really great and we got all snuggly and were holding hands, and I was so totally head over heels all over again.
- Second, when taking medication that shouldn't be mixed with alcohol, don't drink an entire bottle of wine as a nightcap when you need to catch a train early the next morning.
- Many people who suffer from insomnia try to solve the problem with alcohol - the so-called nightcap.
- We had lots of fun together, going to baseball games, to all-you-can-eat cafeterias and, eventually, to my place and to his for nightcaps.
- And so, warm bellied, we repaired to our room to watch telly, read, write and have a vodka nightcap before sleep.
- I went home, watched the telly and had a few drinks, then a couple of nightcaps.
- Well, what if I went for a nightcap at my hotel and just happened to get chatting to a lady in the bar?
- Very often you may be eating three meals together each day or sharing a cocktail before dinner or a nightcap when the day is done.
- Finally, somewhat tired and emotional, we ended up having a nightcap around 3am - some 12 hours after we started drinking - before retiring to bed.
Synonyms beverage, drinkable liquid, potable liquid, liquid refreshment, thirst quencher 3Baseball
The second game of a doubleheader. 〔棒球〕（两支棒球队一天连续两场比赛中的）第二场比赛 he pitched a four-hit shutout in the nightcap Example sentencesExamples - In the nightcap of the doubleheader, he hit a ninth inning homer off Hoyt Wilhelm to assure the Yankees of a 1-0 win.
- Nicholson had hit three home runs in the opener and connected again in the seventh inning of the nightcap.
- The A's won the nightcap of this landmark doubleheader, 5-2.
- If the Red Sox miss the playoffs by a game, they'll be haunted by the nightcap of Tuesday's doubleheader, when Toronto rallied from a pair of three-run deficits to beat Curt Schilling.
- In the nightcap, it went down to the ninth inning, two out and we're one run down.
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