hatter

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hat·ter /ˈhætə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  BODCCsomeone who makes or sells hats 制帽匠；帽商 → as mad as a hatter at mad(2)

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hatter• From what I can gather he was as mad as a hatter, and really no good at all.• Or he's mad as a hatter.• Also patron of fullers and hatters.• I had the family-planning abilities of a mad hatter.• So both the March hare and the mad hatter are very mad.• The mad hatter, the March hare and the dormouse.• Thelma Speirs is a professional hatter, and one half of the design duo Bernstock & Speirs.

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hatter
hat‧ter /ˈhætə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
someone who makes or sells hats
⇨ as mad as a hatter at mad(2)

hat·terBrE /ˈhætə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhætər/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) a person who makes and sells hats 制帽者；帽商●(as) mad as a ˈhatter/a March ˈhare(informal) (of a person 人) mentally ill; very silly 发狂的；非常愚蠢的 ORIGIN Because of the chemicals used in hat-making, workers often suffered from mercury poisoning, which can cause loss of memory and damage to the nervous system. Lewis Carroll was probably thinking of this when he created the eccentric character of the Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. A March hare was called mad because of the strange behaviour of hares during the mating season. 在过去，做帽子用的化学药品经常使工人汞中毒，令他们丧失记忆，神经系统受损。刘易斯 · 卡罗尔在创作《艾丽丝漫游奇境记》中帽商 (Hatter) 这个怪人时，很可能想到了这些。三月的兔子 (March hare) 正处在交配期，行为怪异，因而被称为疯狂的兔子。

• These two words have a similar meaning. Hatred is more often used to describe a very strong feeling of dislike for a particular person or thing. 这两个词意义相似。hatred 较常指对某人或某事物的强烈仇恨、憎恨：◆Her deep hatred of her sister was obvious. 一眼便能看出她对姐姐恨之入骨。◆a cat's hatred of water 猫对水的憎恨 Hate is more often used when you are talking about this feeling in a general way. * hate 较常泛指仇恨、憎恨、厌恶：◆a look of pure hate 充满憎恨的目光◆people filled with hate 充满仇恨的人们