英语词汇“hat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hat

(hæt )

Word forms: hats

1. countable noun A1

A hat is a head covering, often with a brim round it, which is usually worn out of doors to give protection from the weather.

2. countable noun

If you say that someone is wearing a particular hat, you mean that they are performing a particular role at that time. If you say that they wear several hats, you mean that they have several roles or jobs.

...putting on my nationalistic hat.

...various problems, including too many people wearing too many hats.

3. at the drop of a hat phrase

If you say that you are ready to do something at the drop of a hat, you mean that you are willing to do it immediately, without hesitating.

India is one part of the world I would go to at the drop of a hat.

4. keep sth under your hat phrase

If you tell someone to keep a piece of information under their hat, you are asking them not to tell anyone else about it.

Look, if I tell you something, will you promise to keep it under your hat?

He kept it all very much under his hat.

5. old hat phrase

If you say that something or someone is old hat, you mean that they have existed or been known for a long time, and they have become uninteresting and boring.

The song was probably old hat even then.

6. pass the hat (around) phrase

In British English, if you pass the hat around, you collect money from a group of people, for example in order to give someone a present. In American English, you just say pass the hat.

Professors are passing the hat to help staff in their department.

7. to take your hat off to someone phrase

If you say that you take your hat off to someone, you mean that you admire them for something that they have done. [approval]

I take my hat off to Mr Clarke for taking this action.

I was impressed by that, you have to take your hat off to the guy.

8. hats off to sb convention

If you say ' Hats off to someone', you are expressing admiration for them. [approval]

Hats off to them for supporting the homeless.

9. pull sth out of a hat phrase

To pull something out of the hat means to do something unexpected which helps you to succeed, often when you are failing.

The team had somehow managed to pull another Cup victory out of the hat.

10. draw/pick/pull sth out of a hat phrase

In competitions, if you say that the winners will be drawn or picked out of the hat, you mean that they will be chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance of winning.

The first 10 correct entries drawn out of the hat will win a pair of tickets, worth £20 each.

11. to knock something into a cocked hat phrase

If you say that one thing knocks another thing into a cocked hat, you mean that it is much better or much more significant than the other thing.

This design knocks everything else into a cocked hat.

Image of hat

Idioms:

throw your hat into the ring or throw your cap into the ring

to become one of the people taking part in a competition or contest

He said straightaway that he would play. I am delighted that he has decided to throw his hat into the ring.

talk through your hat

to say something that is ridiculous or totally incorrect

He is talking through his hat when he attributes the overcrowding and over-use of parts of the Lake District to its designation as a national park.

take your hat off to someone

to express admiration for something that someone has done

You have to take your hat off to whoever thought this one up.

Hats off to them for supporting the homeless.

someone will eat their hat if something happens [old-fashioned]

said to mean that someone does not believe that a particular thing will happen

If this exit poll is right, I'll eat my hat.

pass the hat or pass the hat around

to collect money for someone or something

Ienstitutions will be queueing up to put the money in when the company passes the hat around for its next big deal.

old hat

unoriginal or out of date

I think that's a bit old hat now, isn't it? I wanted to do something quite different.

knock something into a cocked hat [mainly British]

to be much better or more successful than something else

I am writing a novel which is going to knock Proust into a cocked hat.

keep something under your hat

to not mention to anyone else something that someone has told you

Look, if I tell you something, will you promise to keep it under your hat? Promise now, not a word to anyone.

go hat in hand to someone [mainly US]

to ask someone very humbly and respectfully for money or help. The usual British expression is go cap in hand to someone.

He won't go hat in hand to the White House to ask that sanctions be lifted against his country.

at the drop of a hat

willingly and without hesitation. This expression is often used to suggest that someone does not think carefully enough about their actions.

People should sort out their own minor problems and not just call the police at the drop of a hat.

pull a rabbit out of the hat [journalism]

to unexpectedly do something which solves a problem or helps you to achieve something

I cannot pull a rabbit out of a hat every time I go into the boxing ring. All I can do is do my best.

Collocations:

jaunty hat

Come the revolution, comrades, make mine a jaunty hat worn at a rakish angle.

Times, Sunday Times

He was very cool, complete with baggy jeans and braces, a jaunty hat and a nose stud.

Times, Sunday Times

She donned a particularly comical nightshirt with wide blue and white stripes, like a convict in old movies, and a jaunty hat.

Times, Sunday Times

knitted hat

I walked into the shop with my jeans tucked into my wellington boots and a large knitted hat pulled down round my head.

Times, Sunday Times

Her son was wearing a red coat and blue knitted hat.

The Sun

I tried to focus, but she was sporting a poloneck, vast batwing cardigan, jeans, lace-up knee boots and a knitted hat.

Times, Sunday Times

Fashion it up with a patterned jumper and knitted hat, or keep it simple with clean jeans or chinos and a blazer for a more blokey look.

Times, Sunday Times

She has long, straight black hair and usually wears a knitted hat.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

pillbox hat

She wore a pink suit and pillbox hat, which she refused to change despite the bloodstains.

Times, Sunday Times

It became a pillbox hat.

Smithsonian

All that was missing was the pillbox hat.

Times, Sunday Times

Accompanying the suit was a trademark pillbox hat in matching pink.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Her effortless elegance inspired millions; she looked as good in a rumpled sweater as she did in pearls and her favourite pillbox hats.

Times, Sunday Times

pointed hat

They are predominantly pink, and when they first come up they have an unmistakable flowerhead shaped like a pointed hat.

Times, Sunday Times

The combinations of kit that officers must wear these days, coupled with the absence of the pointed hat, tends to produce something resembling a navy blue plum pudding.

Times, Sunday Times

He wears a pointed hat and a cloak.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

It usually wears a pointed hat covered in bells, and can become invisible.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

She wears emerald green robes, a pointed hat, and always has a very prim expression.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

pointy hat

Oh, and what's with the pointy hat?

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Does she have a pointy hat?

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

The creature is said to have big ears and always wears a pointy hat.

The Sun (2011)

silly hat

Collecting my degree with that silly hat and gown at the ceremony was so special.

The Sun (2009)

On his next tour he bought a silly hat.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Adeline had gone out in her silliest hat to serve soup to the strike-breakers.

Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2002)

tall hat

Tall hat, large boots, cloak.

Times, Sunday Times

This allowed him to provide enough force to be able to draw with its nose and presumably why the character had such a tall hat.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

He was noted as wearing a tall hat.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Royal chefs were allowed to wear tall hats patterned in the same style as their kings.

Times, Sunday Times

He claims his brother bought the board in an antique shop, intrigued by the rumor that a ghost in a tall hat would appear from it sometimes.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

wear a hat

She begins by wearing a hat that looks like a small wheatfield, and ends resembling a giant purple grape.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Susan comes to church in spurts but never to Dorcas Society, and Ellen has never seen her carry a purse or wear a hat.

Lordan, Beth AUGUST HEAT (1989)

It was as if those gifts sat meekly inside her heart with eyes downcast and wearing a hat.

Christianity Today (2000)

She had no eyebrows, no eyelashes and wore a hat.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

My mother used to do the cleaning of the upper rooms in our house wearing a hat and coat.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

wide-brimmed hat

He was slightly built, but his long duster coat and wide-brimmed hat made him look bigger.

Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2004)

She also recommends shading the eyes from the sun by wearing a wide-brimmed hat.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In order to protect your head fully from the sun's rays you need a wide-brimmed hat.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

Then protect yourself with wrap-around sunnies and a wide-brimmed hat.

The Sun (2016)

witch's hat

Painting a witch's hat on to our boss's head because, well, it's the done thing to associate authority with villainy, isn't it?

Times, Sunday Times

But locals have branded it a traffic cone and witch's hat.

The Sun

With their orange skin and resemblance to a witch's hat you might be forgiven for thinking these extraterrestrials are what we used to call 'traffic cones'.

Times, Sunday Times

It has the general appearance of a stereotypical witch; with a pointed head similar to a witch's hat, and a long cloak-like body.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

When transformed, she dons a black outfit with a witch's hat and fights using a large cross.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

woollen hat

His woollen hat conceals yet more cuts and bruises.

Times, Sunday Times

His hands and feet had been bound with a thin cord; his woollen hat pulled over his face.

Times, Sunday Times

She was wearing a woollen hat - and a wide grin, which revealed the missing front tooth that was the subject of one of her tweets.

Times, Sunday Times

Wood wore a woollen hat found in lost property.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Weighing just 3lb 2oz and 4lb 6oz, she says the hand-knitted tiny woollen hats and blankets they were given by charities meant the world.

The Sun

Translations:

Chinese: 帽子

Japanese: 帽子

单词	hat
释义	hat (hæt ) Word forms: hats 1. countable noun A1 A hat is a head covering, often with a brim round it, which is usually worn out of doors to give protection from the weather. 2. countable noun If you say that someone is wearing a particular hat, you mean that they are performing a particular role at that time. If you say that they wear several hats, you mean that they have several roles or jobs. ...putting on my nationalistic hat. ...various problems, including too many people wearing too many hats. 3. at the drop of a hat phrase If you say that you are ready to do something at the drop of a hat, you mean that you are willing to do it immediately, without hesitating. India is one part of the world I would go to at the drop of a hat. 4. keep sth under your hat phrase If you tell someone to keep a piece of information under their hat, you are asking them not to tell anyone else about it. Look, if I tell you something, will you promise to keep it under your hat? He kept it all very much under his hat. 5. old hat phrase If you say that something or someone is old hat, you mean that they have existed or been known for a long time, and they have become uninteresting and boring. The song was probably old hat even then. 6. pass the hat (around) phrase In British English, if you pass the hat around, you collect money from a group of people, for example in order to give someone a present. In American English, you just say pass the hat. Professors are passing the hat to help staff in their department. 7. to take your hat off to someone phrase If you say that you take your hat off to someone, you mean that you admire them for something that they have done. [approval] I take my hat off to Mr Clarke for taking this action. I was impressed by that, you have to take your hat off to the guy. 8. hats off to sb convention If you say ' Hats off to someone', you are expressing admiration for them. [approval] Hats off to them for supporting the homeless. 9. pull sth out of a hat phrase To pull something out of the hat means to do something unexpected which helps you to succeed, often when you are failing. The team had somehow managed to pull another Cup victory out of the hat. 10. draw/pick/pull sth out of a hat phrase In competitions, if you say that the winners will be drawn or picked out of the hat, you mean that they will be chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance of winning. The first 10 correct entries drawn out of the hat will win a pair of tickets, worth £20 each. 11. to knock something into a cocked hat phrase If you say that one thing knocks another thing into a cocked hat, you mean that it is much better or much more significant than the other thing. This design knocks everything else into a cocked hat. Image of hat © Cheryl E. Davis, Shutterstock Idioms: throw your hat into the ring or throw your cap into the ring to become one of the people taking part in a competition or contest He said straightaway that he would play. I am delighted that he has decided to throw his hat into the ring. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers talk through your hat to say something that is ridiculous or totally incorrect He is talking through his hat when he attributes the overcrowding and over-use of parts of the Lake District to its designation as a national park. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take your hat off to someone to express admiration for something that someone has done You have to take your hat off to whoever thought this one up. Hats off to them for supporting the homeless. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone will eat their hat if something happens [old-fashioned] said to mean that someone does not believe that a particular thing will happen If this exit poll is right, I'll eat my hat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers pass the hat or pass the hat around to collect money for someone or something Ienstitutions will be queueing up to put the money in when the company passes the hat around for its next big deal. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers old hat unoriginal or out of date I think that's a bit old hat now, isn't it? I wanted to do something quite different. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock something into a cocked hat [mainly British] to be much better or more successful than something else I am writing a novel which is going to knock Proust into a cocked hat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers keep something under your hat to not mention to anyone else something that someone has told you Look, if I tell you something, will you promise to keep it under your hat? Promise now, not a word to anyone. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers go hat in hand to someone [mainly US] to ask someone very humbly and respectfully for money or help. The usual British expression is go cap in hand to someone. He won't go hat in hand to the White House to ask that sanctions be lifted against his country. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers at the drop of a hat willingly and without hesitation. This expression is often used to suggest that someone does not think carefully enough about their actions. People should sort out their own minor problems and not just call the police at the drop of a hat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers pull a rabbit out of the hat [journalism] to unexpectedly do something which solves a problem or helps you to achieve something I cannot pull a rabbit out of a hat every time I go into the boxing ring. All I can do is do my best. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: jaunty hat Come the revolution, comrades, make mine a jaunty hat worn at a rakish angle. Times, Sunday Times He was very cool, complete with baggy jeans and braces, a jaunty hat and a nose stud. Times, Sunday Times She donned a particularly comical nightshirt with wide blue and white stripes, like a convict in old movies, and a jaunty hat. Times, Sunday Times knitted hat I walked into the shop with my jeans tucked into my wellington boots and a large knitted hat pulled down round my head. Times, Sunday Times Her son was wearing a red coat and blue knitted hat. The Sun I tried to focus, but she was sporting a poloneck, vast batwing cardigan, jeans, lace-up knee boots and a knitted hat. Times, Sunday Times Fashion it up with a patterned jumper and knitted hat, or keep it simple with clean jeans or chinos and a blazer for a more blokey look. Times, Sunday Times She has long, straight black hair and usually wears a knitted hat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 pillbox hat She wore a pink suit and pillbox hat, which she refused to change despite the bloodstains. Times, Sunday Times It became a pillbox hat. Smithsonian All that was missing was the pillbox hat. Times, Sunday Times Accompanying the suit was a trademark pillbox hat in matching pink. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her effortless elegance inspired millions; she looked as good in a rumpled sweater as she did in pearls and her favourite pillbox hats. Times, Sunday Times pointed hat They are predominantly pink, and when they first come up they have an unmistakable flowerhead shaped like a pointed hat. Times, Sunday Times The combinations of kit that officers must wear these days, coupled with the absence of the pointed hat, tends to produce something resembling a navy blue plum pudding. Times, Sunday Times He wears a pointed hat and a cloak. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It usually wears a pointed hat covered in bells, and can become invisible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She wears emerald green robes, a pointed hat, and always has a very prim expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 pointy hat Oh, and what's with the pointy hat? Times, Sunday Times (2013) Does she have a pointy hat? Times, Sunday Times (2015) The creature is said to have big ears and always wears a pointy hat. The Sun (2011) silly hat Collecting my degree with that silly hat and gown at the ceremony was so special. The Sun (2009) On his next tour he bought a silly hat. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Adeline had gone out in her silliest hat to serve soup to the strike-breakers. Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2002) tall hat Tall hat, large boots, cloak. Times, Sunday Times This allowed him to provide enough force to be able to draw with its nose and presumably why the character had such a tall hat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was noted as wearing a tall hat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Royal chefs were allowed to wear tall hats patterned in the same style as their kings. Times, Sunday Times He claims his brother bought the board in an antique shop, intrigued by the rumor that a ghost in a tall hat would appear from it sometimes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 wear a hat She begins by wearing a hat that looks like a small wheatfield, and ends resembling a giant purple grape. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Susan comes to church in spurts but never to Dorcas Society, and Ellen has never seen her carry a purse or wear a hat. Lordan, Beth AUGUST HEAT (1989) It was as if those gifts sat meekly inside her heart with eyes downcast and wearing a hat. Christianity Today (2000) She had no eyebrows, no eyelashes and wore a hat. Times, Sunday Times (2013) My mother used to do the cleaning of the upper rooms in our house wearing a hat and coat. Times, Sunday Times (2012) wide-brimmed hat He was slightly built, but his long duster coat and wide-brimmed hat made him look bigger. Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2004) She also recommends shading the eyes from the sun by wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In order to protect your head fully from the sun's rays you need a wide-brimmed hat. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Then protect yourself with wrap-around sunnies and a wide-brimmed hat. The Sun (2016) witch's hat Painting a witch's hat on to our boss's head because, well, it's the done thing to associate authority with villainy, isn't it? Times, Sunday Times But locals have branded it a traffic cone and witch's hat. The Sun With their orange skin and resemblance to a witch's hat you might be forgiven for thinking these extraterrestrials are what we used to call 'traffic cones'. Times, Sunday Times It has the general appearance of a stereotypical witch; with a pointed head similar to a witch's hat, and a long cloak-like body. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When transformed, she dons a black outfit with a witch's hat and fights using a large cross. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 woollen hat His woollen hat conceals yet more cuts and bruises. Times, Sunday Times His hands and feet had been bound with a thin cord; his woollen hat pulled over his face. Times, Sunday Times She was wearing a woollen hat - and a wide grin, which revealed the missing front tooth that was the subject of one of her tweets. Times, Sunday Times Wood wore a woollen hat found in lost property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Weighing just 3lb 2oz and 4lb 6oz, she says the hand-knitted tiny woollen hats and blankets they were given by charities meant the world. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 帽子 Japanese: 帽子
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