English Dictionary

bonnet

/ˈbɒn.ɪt/

noun

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin. / A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.

She wore a beautiful bonnet to the wedding.

意味（1）

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

In the hall, Scarlett saw a bonnet and put it on hurriedly, tying the ribbons under her chin. It was Melanie's black mourning bonnet and it did not fit Scarlett's head but she could not recall where she had put her own bonnet.

意味（2）

A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.

A shock-head of red hair, which the hat and periwig of the Lowland costume had in a great measure concealed, was seen beneath the Highland bonnet, and verified the epithet of Roy, or Red, by which he was much better known in the low country than by any other, and is still, I suppose, best remembered.

意味（3）

(by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.

Make sure that the power buffer's lamb's-wool bonnet is clean. Change or rinse the bonnet frequently to avoid scratching the finish. Use the bonnet as a mitten to buff in the crevices and other areas that the power buffer can't reach.

意味（4）

(Australia, Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.

The car is burgundy red, wide and elegant, ten years old but still the boys are impressed and they run to touch it, pressing sticky handprints against the polished bodywork and trying to climb up onto the bonnet.

意味（5）

(nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.

And standing along to the Westward, this night we tryed with our mayne coarse and bonnet. On Saturday night we came to an anker, in three fathomes against Sewramo.

意味（6）

(obsolete, slang) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.

意味（7）

The second stomach of a ruminant.

意味（8）

(historical) A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.

意味（9）

A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.

意味（10）

A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.

意味（11）

A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.

意味（12）

A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.

意味（13）

In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.

意味（14）

(mycology) A mushroom of the genus Mycena.