| 释义 |
ˈnight-robe
[f. night n. + robe n.1]
A garment worn during the night; a dressing-gown or night-gown.
1553Rutland Papers (Camden) 119 Therle of Oxford claymeth..to haue the nighte robe with the which the Queene was clothed the night before. 1805Scott Last Minstr. vi. xix, All in her night-robe loose she lay reclined. 1865J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire (1872) 418 The queen came to the door hurriedly, in her night-robes, and opened it.
Comb.1894Outing XXIV. 110/1 Worthies, in white night⁓robe-like blouses protecting other clothing.
Hence ˈnight-robed a.
1799Sheridan Pizarro Prol., Where night-robed misses amble two by two. |