一.名词例句
1、She bought a hat yesterday.
她昨天买了一顶帽子。
2、He took off the hat and revealed his bald head.
他脱下帽子，露出秃头。
3、He always wears a panama hat.
他总戴着一顶巴拿马草帽。
4、The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
魔术师从他的帽子里变出一只兔子。
一、名词词义辨析
1、hat, cap
二者均可指“帽子”,其区别在于:cap指无边的或有帽舌的帽子,如军帽; 而hat常指四周有边的帽子,如礼帽。
2、cap，hat
(1)这两个名词均表示“帽子”之意。
(2)cap指无边的便帽，表示职业的帽子，如运动帽、军帽等。
(3)hat指有边的帽子，尤指礼帽。
二、常用短语
1、I'll eat my hat
绝不可能(某人认为发生某事物的可能性几近荒谬时的用语) expression used by sb who believes that sth is so unlikely to happen that even to suggest it is absurd
2、keep under one's hat
对某事物保密 keep sth secret
keep sth under one's hat
If I tell you the date of election, can you keep it under your hat?如果我把选举的日子告诉你,你能保密吗?
It's not wise to keep information like that under your hat.将那样的事情隐瞒起来是不明智的。
3、knock into a cocked hat
挫败或超过某人 defeat or outclass sb/sth
knock sb/sth into a cocked hat
The lawyer knocked his opponent's story into a cocked hat.律师把他的对手驳得体无完肤。
At the last election, the Government won easily, knocked the Opposition into a cocked hat.上次选举,政府轻而易举地取胜,把反对派彻底打败。
My mother is such a good cook she knocks anyone else into a cocked hat.我母亲是一个高明的厨师,远远超过了其他任何人。
