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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
hat
hat [hat hats hatted hatting] BrE [hæt] NAmE [hæt] noun 
1. a covering made to fit the head, often with a ↑brim, (= a flat edge that sticks out) and worn out of doors
•a straw/woolly, etc. hat
•to put on/take off a hat
2. (informal)a position or role, especially an official or professional role, when you have more than one such role
• I'm wearing two hats tonight— parent and teacher.
• I'm telling you this with my lawyer's hat on, you understand.
see also ↑old hat
more at at the drop of a hat at ↑drop n., I'll eat my hat at ↑eat, knock sb/sth into a cocked hat at ↑knock v., pass the hat round/around at ↑pass v., pull sth/a rabbit out of the hat at ↑pull v., talk through your hat at ↑talk v.
Idioms: ↑I take my hat off to somebody ▪ ↑go hat in hand ▪ ↑hats off to somebody ▪ ↑keep something under your hat ▪ ↑my hat ▪ ↑out of a hat ▪ ↑throw your hat into the ring
See also: ↑I tip my hat to somebody ▪ ↑go cap in hand
Word Origin:
Old English hætt, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hǫttr ‘hood’, also to ↑hood.
Thesaurus:
hat noun C
•She was wearing a straw hat.
cap • • headgear • • beret • • bonnet • • helmet • • turban • • hood •
have on/wear (a) hat/cap/headgear/beret/bonnet/helmet/turban
put on/take off/remove a, your, etc. hat/cap/headgear/beret/bonnet/helmet/turban
Example Bank:
•He placed a battered felt hat on his head.
•He pulled his hat down over his face.
•The doorman tipped his hat as we entered.
•The governor wore a cocked hat trimmed with white feathers.
•a cowboy hat
•a fur/straw/woolly hat
•a hard hat
•a riding hat
•a sun hat
•a top hat
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