hatter

IPA/ˈhætə(r)/
KK[hˈætɚ]IPA/ˈhætər/

hatter — 名詞

  • hattersingular
  • hattersplural

1. a person whose trade is creating, adjusting, or selling headwear such as hats an

1.名詞C1
釋義

帽匠；製帽商

以手工製作或修補帽子為業的人

a person whose trade is creating, adjusting, or selling headwear such as hats and caps.

例句

Mizuki asked the hatter to add a silk lining to her favorite sun hat.

Mizuki 請帽匠在她最喜歡的遮陽帽裡加一層絲綢內襯。

requesting a service: ask [person] to [verb phrase]

The hatter's shop on Elm Street closed last year after sixty years in business.

Elm 街上的帽店在經營六十年後，去年關門歇業了。

possessive: the hatter's [place]

常見搭配
  • a master hatter
  • the hatter's shop
  • the hatter's trade
  • apprentice hatter
同義詞
  • hat maker

    more modern and neutral term; suitable for any type of headwear

  • hatmaker

    same as 'hat maker'; can also refer to a company that produces hats

  • milliner

    specifically refers to a person who makes or sells women's hats, often with decorative trimmings

文法句型

a hatter

the hatter

hatter's [shop/workshop]

用法筆記

Frequently used in historical or traditional-handicraft contexts. In modern everyday English, 'hat maker' is more neutral; 'hatter' carries an old-fashioned or artisanal tone and often appears in relation to the well-known idiom 'mad as a hatter.'

常見錯誤

❖ 'My neighbor is a hatter — she always acts strangely.' ✅ 'My neighbor is mad as a hatter — she always acts strangely.' — 'Hatter' alone does not mean 'crazy'; the idiom 'mad as a hatter' is required to describe odd behavior.

慣用語

mad as a hatter

idiom

behaving in a crazy or very silly way; extremely eccentric.

非常瘋狂的；極度古怪的

Grandpa tells the same wild stories every time we visit — he's mad as a hatter, but we love him.

The main character of the novel is an inventor who is mad as a hatter, building flying machines in his tool shed.

同根字

  • hat
    名詞A1
  • hatmaker
    名詞C1
  • milliner
    名詞C2
  • millinery
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • hatter's block
  • master hatter

介系詞搭配

  • at (the hatter's)
  • from (the hatter)