old hat

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌəʊl(d)ˈhæt/    美 /ˌoʊl(d)ˈhæt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something regarded as very familiar and unoriginal, hackneyed, or out of date. idiomatic,uncountable
    — Oliver. What was the address about, to begin with? / Willie. Oh, the same old hat—Freedom.
  2. The female genitalia. archaic,countable,slang
    — I ſhall conclude this learned Note vvith remarking, that the Term Old Hat, is at preſent uſed by the Vulgar, in no very honourable Senſe.
  3. A woman treated as a sexual partner. archaic,broadly,countable,derogatory,slang
    — VVhy, hovv novv, ye piece of old Hat, vvhat are ye muſty? the Jade's as muſty as a ſtale pot of Marmalade of her ovvn making.
  4. Sexual intercourse. archaic,broadly,slang,uncountable
    — [S]he very pertly reply'd, She had done that not vvith a Design to affront but to convince me of the Value ſhe had for my Preſent; for that if the Pedantick Blockhead ſhould come, he ſhould only have a little bit of Old-Hat to ſtay his Stomach, till he got to ſome Harlot of his ovvn Puritanical Flock, […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Very familiar and unoriginal; common, hackneyed, out of date. idiomatic
    — [Noël] Coward is such an old hand at this kind of thing that he makes it seem old hat.

词形变化

more old hat comparative most old hat superlative old-hat alternative old hats plural

词源

词源 1
From old + hat, possibly a reference to something familiar and well-used. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a connection to German alter Hut (“something familiar and hackneyed”, noun, literally “old hat”).
词源 2
From old + hat, the significance being unknown.
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