hat

1. N-COUNT A hat is a head covering, often with a brim around it, which is usually worn outdoors to give protection from the weather. (常指有簷的) 帽子

...a plump woman in a red hat. …一個戴紅帽子的豐滿女人。

2. N-COUNT 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. 角色; 職位

Now I'll take off my "friend hat" and put on my "therapist hat."

現在我將從朋友的角色轉爲治療專家的角色。

3. 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. 立刻

India is one part of the world I would go to at the drop of a hat. 印度是世界上我即刻就想去的一個地方。

4. 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. 保守秘密

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

喂，如果我告訴你什麽事情，你能答應保守秘密嗎？

5. PHRASE If you say that you take your hat off to someone, you mean that you admire them for something that they have done. 贊賞[表贊許]

I take my hat off to Mr. Clarke for taking this action. 我很贊賞尅拉尅先生採取了這樣的行動。

6. PHRASE To pull something out of the hat means to do something unexpected which helps you to succeed, often when you are failing. 出乎意料地獲取

There are expectations that he'll pull a cease-fire out of a hat. 人們期望他會意外地消弭戰火。

7. 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. 任意抽取

The first 10 correct entries drawn out of the hat will win a pair of tickets, worth $30 each. 任意抽取的前10名符郃要求的入圍者將贏得兩張入場券，每張價值$30。