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trilby

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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tril·by /ˈtrɪlbi/ (also trilby hat) noun (plural trilbies) [countable] especially British English  DCCa man’s soft felt hat 〔男子戴的〕软毡帽
Examples from the Corpus
trilbyOne was asleep, napping under a trilby hat pulled down over his eyes.Above them was a trilby that had belonged to Peter's father.I have a grey trilby which I have had for many years.He had on a leather trilby and a single breasted leather coat with a tie belt.All sported perky trilbies like Jack the Hat.Francie had taken his fiddle and gone off about his own business in his Easter Rising trilby and mackintosh.Black hair curled from under the trilby and hung over his coat collar.It was a deep blue colour and had a matching hat like a tiny trilby, decorated with a feather.
Origin trilby (1800-1900) Trilby, female character in the book Trilby (1894) by George Du Maurier, who in the stage version of the book wore such a hat
tril·by nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a felt hat man’s soft


trilby
trilby /ˈtrɪlbi/ (also ˌtrilby ˈhat) noun (plural trilbies) [countable] especially British English
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: Trilby, female character in the book Trilby (1894) by George Du Maurier, who in the stage version of the book wore such a hat
a man’s soft felt hat


trilbyBrE /ˈtrɪlbi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtrɪlbi/ 🔊 noun (
plural
trilbies
)
(especially BrE)
a man's soft hat with a narrow brim and the top part pushed in from front to back (男式)软毡帽