cocked hat

英 [ˌkɒkt ˈhæt]

美 [ˌkɑːkt ˈhæt]

n.  (与某些制服配套的)三角帽

习惯用语

n.

knock sb/sth into a cocked hat
• 远远胜过某人（或事物）；大大超过；使相形见绌
  to be very much better than sb/sth

柯林斯词典

• (与某些制服配套的)三角帽
  Acocked hatis a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
• PHRASE (在质量或重要性上)远远胜过
  If you say that one thingknocksanother thinginto a cocked hat, you mean that it is much better or much more significant than the other thing.
  1. This design knocks everything else into a cocked hat.
     这一设计令其他作品相形见绌。

英英释义

noun

• hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points

双语例句

• She cocked her hat at a jaunty angle.
  她把帽子歪戴成俏皮的样子。
• The loss of his job knocked his plans into a cocked hat.
  由于失业他的计划统统化为泡影。
• It all grew out of a cocked hat, for one evening the Professor came in to give Jo her lesson with a paper soldier cap on his head, which Tina had put there and he had forgotten to take off.
  这事起因于一顶三角帽。一个晚上，教授进屋来给乔上课，头上戴着顶纸做的士兵帽，是蒂娜放上去的，他忘了拿下来。
• The two boys have been fighting and one of them is knocked into a cocked hat.
  两个孩子打架，其中一个被打败了。
• All the weather glasses in the shop are in low spirits, and the rain already shines upon the cocked hat of the wooden Midshipman.
  店铺里所有的晴雨表都呈现出垂头丧气的神态。雨滴已经在木制海军军官候补生的三角帽上闪耀着亮光。
• It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order.
  那个戴着三角帽、妄自尊大的人是费了许多力气才把秩序维持下去。
• His sudden illness knocked his plans into a cocked hat.
  他突然得病，彻底毁了他的计划。
• A true professional could knock my efforts into a cocked hat.
  遇上真正行家我的工作就相形见绌了。
• 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。
• Black-and-white televisions are knocked into a cocked hat by the modern color ones.
  黑白电视机远远比不上现代化的彩色电视机。