A broad conical hat as worn by labourers in some Asian countries.
（宽大、圆锥形的）苦力帽
Example sentencesExamples
We are strongly reminded of the two beggar ladies from the previous afternoon, on receiving their new coolie hats.
Here we float on bamboo rafts past fishermen in coolie hats and sleek, grey-brown water buffalo, standing knee-deep to drink between ploughing shifts.
I sure hope so because I doubt that today's edition could be any more obvious without resorting to coolie hats and 60's soundtracks.
Our young guide is beautiful and elegant, standing there in the pelting rain in a full-length pale blue gown, with water pouring off her coolie hat.
The restaurant owner, a former social worker, gives us a couple of particularly finely made coolie hats and asks us to pass them on to anyone in the city who we think looks particularly deserving of them.
Definition of coolie hat in US English:
coolie hat
noun
A broad conical straw hat as worn by laborers in some Asian countries.
（宽大、圆锥形的）苦力帽
Example sentencesExamples
Here we float on bamboo rafts past fishermen in coolie hats and sleek, grey-brown water buffalo, standing knee-deep to drink between ploughing shifts.
The restaurant owner, a former social worker, gives us a couple of particularly finely made coolie hats and asks us to pass them on to anyone in the city who we think looks particularly deserving of them.
We are strongly reminded of the two beggar ladies from the previous afternoon, on receiving their new coolie hats.
Our young guide is beautiful and elegant, standing there in the pelting rain in a full-length pale blue gown, with water pouring off her coolie hat.
I sure hope so because I doubt that today's edition could be any more obvious without resorting to coolie hats and 60's soundtracks.