bonnet

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1 British EnglishBrETTC the metal lid over the front of a car 汽车引擎盖 SYN American English hood

I’ll need to check under the bonnet.

我需要把引擎盖打开看看。

a) DCCa warm hat that a baby wears which ties under its chin 〔在颏下系带的〕婴儿帽

b) DCCa type of hat that women wore in the past which tied under their chin and often had a wide brim 包头软帽〔旧时女人所戴，在颏下系带、帽前有宽边〕

→4 See picture of 见图 HAT →5 see picture at 见图 hat

→ have a bee in your bonnet at bee(2)

Examples from the Corpus

bonnet• Nobody can see the cataract today in all its splendor as the Victorian visitors in their top hats and bonnets saw it.• Her mouth opened, and stayed so, as her pale eyes widened under the close bonnet she wore.• Easter bonnets and egg hunts are surprisingly popular.• Wilcox lowered the bonnet and pushed it shut with the palm of his hand.• I chucked him on the bonnet of the car to get him off her.• Didn't look much like a model me and under the bonnet my suspicions were confirmed.• The bonnet was embedded in a stone wall.• It was magnificently low-slung, almost like a sports car, but with four plush leather seats and a thrusting bonnet.

Origin bonnet

(1300-1400) Old French bonet, from Medieval Latin abonnis “hat”

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