帽子:hat的用法和辨析
It's true, Harry. You possess many of the qualities that Voldemort himself prizes. Determination, resourcefulness, and if I may say so, a certain disregard for the rules. Why, then, did the Sorting Hat place you in Gryffindor?
——Harry Poter and the Chamber of Secrets
是的,哈利。你身上有很多伏地魔欣賞的品質。心志堅定,足智多謀,恕我直言,還不循規蹈矩。那麼,爲什麼分類帽要把你分到格蘭芬多呢?
——《哈利·波特與密室》
一、你知道hat有幾種含義嗎?
n.
1.帽子(通常指有檐的帽子)[C] a covering made to fit the head, often with a brim (= a flat edge that sticks out), and worn out of doors
Where did she get that hat?
她在哪裏買到這頂帽子的?
2.區別職務的帽子;職務,職位 [C] distinctive head covering worn as a symbol of office
I don't have a hat to my name.
我沒有合適的職位。
v.
1.給...戴上帽子;向...提供帽子 [T] to furnish or provide with a hat
She was hatted a big white straw hat to match her green dress.
她戴了一頂白色的大草帽來配搭那件綠色的連衣裙。
2.製造帽子;供應帽子 [I]to make or supply hats
二、詞義辨析:以下單詞都能表示“帽子”的意思
cap, hat
這兩個名詞均表示“帽子”之意。
cap指無邊的便帽,呀表示職業的帽子,如運動帽、軍帽等。
hat指有邊的帽子,尤指禮帽。
三、你知道hat和哪些詞更搭嗎?
bowler hat
圓頂硬禮帽
ten-gallon hat
n.<美俚>寬邊的高呢帽
top hat
n. 大禮帽
sun hat
n.闊邊防曬草帽,闊邊遮陽帽
cocked hat
船位誤差三角形
四、最後,來做個小測試
She held up her ____ to me, and I winked at her.
她向我擡了擡她的帽子,我則向她眨了眨眼。