nightdress

IPA/ˈnaɪtdres/
IPA/ˈnaɪtdres/

nightdress — 名詞

  • nightdresssingular
  • nightdressesplural

1. a long, soft garment shaped roughly like a dress that a woman or girl puts on fo

1.名詞B1
釋義

睡裙；睡袍

女性穿著、像連身裙的長款睡衣

a long, soft garment shaped roughly like a dress that a woman or girl puts on for sleeping.

例句

Rania folded her cotton nightdress and slid it under the pillow before breakfast.

Rania 早餐前把她的棉質睡裙摺好，塞到枕頭底下。

typical possessive collocation: someone's cotton/silk nightdress

Beatrix bought her grandmother a warm flannel nightdress for the winter nights.

Beatrix 買了一件溫暖的法蘭絨睡裙給奶奶過冬。

common material modifiers: cotton, flannel, silk + nightdress

常見搭配
  • cotton/silk/flannel nightdress
  • wear a nightdress
  • in one's nightdress
  • long/short nightdress
同義詞
  • nightgown

    more common in American English; covers the same garment

  • nightie

    informal; often suggests a shorter, lighter version

  • negligee

    implies sheer, decorative sleepwear rather than plain everyday wear

文法句型

a/the + nightdress

nightdress + of/in + material

用法筆記

Mainly British English; American English usually prefers 'nightgown' or the informal 'nightie'. Subject is normally a girl or woman — not used for men's sleepwear.

常見錯誤

He wore a nightdress to bed.
He wore pyjamas to bed.
a nightdress is normally for girls or women; men's equivalent is pyjamas or a nightshirt.
a night dress' (two words).
a nightdress' (one word)
written as a single compound noun in modern usage.

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常用片語

  • change into a nightdress
  • still in one's nightdress

介系詞搭配

  • in (a nightdress)