tam
noun [ C ] uk/tæm/ us/tæm/
(also tam o'shanter)（帽顶中央有一个装饰性绒球的）苏格兰式无檐圆帽
a round hat with a round ball of wool in the centre, of a type originally worn in Scotland
She showed me a picture of a Scotsman wearing a tam. 她给我看了一张照片，照片上一个苏格兰人戴着一顶圆帽。
（配搭“骇人”长发绺的）大毛线帽
a large woollen hat designed to be worn over dreadlocks (= a hairstyle in which the hair hangs in long thick twisted pieces)
He was wearing his new Rasta tam. 他当时戴着一顶新的拉斯特大毛线帽。
- More examples
- Scotch bonnet peppers are so-called because of their shape, which bears a resemblance to a Scottish tam.
- A man wearing a tam was waving a Union Jack over the crowd.
- He laces up his boots, pulls on a vest jacket over his flannel shirt and plops a white tam on his head.
- Dreadlocks and tams (colourful knitted hats) are everywhere.