/hæt; hæt/
n
1 covering made to fit the head, usu with a brim, worn out of doors 帽子（通常指有檐的）
*put on/take off one's hat 戴[脱]帽. Cf 参看 bonnet.
2 (infml 口) symbol of a person's official position 官职的象徵
*wear two hats, ie have two official or professional roles 身兼两职.
3 (idm 习语) at the drop of a hat => drop1. I'll eat my hat => eat. ,keep sth under one's `hat keep sth secret 对某事物保密. knock sb/sth into a cocked hat => knock2. ,my `hat (used as an exclamation of astonishment or disbelief 用以表示惊讶或不信). old hat => old. ,out of a/the `hat picked at random 随意挑选的
*Prizes went to the first three out of the hat. 奖品为随意挑选出来的前三人所得. pass the hat round => pass2. take one's hat off to sb acknowledge admiration for sb 向某人脱帽致敬; 对某人表示钦佩
*I must say I take my hat off to him I neverthought he would get into the first team. 我得说我对他真是敬佩--我从未想到他能参加甲队. talk through one's hat => talk2.

n[C]

[Language: Old English;Origin: hAt]
a piece of clothing that you wear on your head
　Maria was wearing a beautiful new hat.
straw/cowboy/bowler etc hat
in a hat
　a man in a fur hat
bowler-hatted/top-hatted etc
(=wearing a bowler hat, top hat etc)
　a bowler-hatted gentleman
keep sth under your hatinformal
to keep something secret
be wearing your teacher's/salesman's etc hatalsohave your teacher's/salesman's etc hat oninformal
to be performing the duties of a teacher etc, which are not your only duties
　I'm a manager now and only put my salesman's hat on when one of our sales reps is having real problems.
I take my hat off to sbalsohats off to somebodyinformal
used to say you admire someone very much because of what they have done
　I take my hat off to Ian - without him we'd have never finished this project on time.
be drawn/pulled/picked out of the/a hat
if someone's name is drawn out of a hat, they are chosen, for example as the winner of a competition, because their name is the first one that is taken out of a container containing the names of all the people involved
　The first correct entry out of the hat on September 2nd will win a prize.
pass the hat around
to collect money from a group of people, especially in order to buy someone a present
→hard hat
→old hat
→at the drop of a hatatdrop² (5)
→I'll eat my hatateat
→hang up your hatathang up(3)
→be talking through your hatattalk¹ (29)