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

• 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。
• You may be only an amateur painter, but your pictures can knock mine into a cocked hat.
  虽然你只是个业余画家，可你的画却远胜于我的。
• 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。
• This sarcasm knocked the speaker's argument info a cocked hat.
  这种讽刺话把讲话人的论点驳得体无完肤。
• 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。
• 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。
• She cocked her hat at a jaunty angle.
  她把帽子歪戴成俏皮的样子。
• Oliver made a bow, which was divided between the beadle on the chair, and the cocked hat on the table.
  奥立弗鞠了一躬，这一番礼仪半是对着坐在椅子上的教区干事，半是对着桌上的三角帽。
• 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。
• The lawyer knocked his opponent's story into a cocked hat.
  律师把他的对手驳得体无完肤。