hat money [经] 运输装卸中的小费
- The monkey handed a hat round to collect money.
猴子拿着一顶帽子绕圈收钱。 - He was doing important work for very little money, and I took my hat off to him.
他干着十分重要的工作,只拿很少的钱,我真钦佩他。 - If you're prepared to work in that hospital for so little money, I raise my hat to you.
如果你只取那么一点微薄的工资而准备去那家医院工作,我表示佩服。
Primage \Pri"mage\ (?; 48), n. [F.] (Com.)
A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity
to the captain for his particular care of the goods
(sometimes called {hat money}), but now belonging to the
owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special
agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.
--Homans.