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nightdress

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes
night·dress /ˈnaɪtdres/ noun [countable]  DCCa piece of clothing, like a thin dress, that a woman wears in bed 女式睡袍
Examples from the Corpus
nightdressShe was in her nightdress, bare legs and large slippers.Women in nightdresses peeping out of roadside houses lent a surreptitious air to the first few miles.That evening he came to my room, to see how I looked in my new nightdress.The programme showed a children's nightdress which is sold in the shops for £1.10.She pulled the nightdress over her head.First Price, a retailer selling the nightdress, said it would look at buying from abroad instead if this happened.She looked tall in her long white nightdress, her long dark hair hanging down her back to her waist.
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nightdress
nightdress /ˈnaɪtdres/ noun [countable]
a piece of clothing, like a thin dress, that a woman wears in bed


night·dressBrE /ˈnaɪtdres/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnaɪtdres/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE or old-fashioned night·gown) (also informal nightie BrE, NAmE ) noun
a long loose piece of clothing like a thin dress, worn by a woman or girl in bed 睡裙;女式睡袍