hoover
英 [ˈhuːvə(r)]
美 [ˈhuːvər]
v. 用真空吸尘器清扫(地毯、地板等)
n. 胡佛（城市名）; 胡佛真空吸尘器
现在分词：hoovering 过去式：hoovered 过去分词：hoovered 复数：hoovers 第三人称单数：hoovers
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短语用例
hoover sth↔up
- 用真空吸尘器把…清除掉
to remove sth from a carpet, floor, etc. with a vacuum cleaner- to hoover the carpet
用吸尘器清扫地毯
- to hoover the carpet
- 获得大量的（某物）
to get or collect sth in large quantities
牛津词典
verb
- 用真空吸尘器清扫（地毯、地板等）
to clean a carpet, floor, etc. with a vacuum cleaner- to hoover the carpet
用吸尘器清扫地毯
- to hoover the carpet
柯林斯词典
- 真空吸尘器
AHooveris a vacuum cleaner. - VERB 用真空吸尘器打扫
If youhoovera room or a carpet, you clean it using a vacuum cleaner.- She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
她用吸尘器打扫了书房和客厅。
- She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
英英释义
verb
- clean with a vacuum cleaner
- vacuum the carpets
双语例句
- Herbert Hoover said that walks were a "lonesome business".
赫伯特胡佛说散步是一个寂寞的事业。 - At the Hoover Dam, the water level has dropped more than 80 feet.
胡佛水坝的水位线已经下降了不止80英尺（约为24米）。 - Are you the family of Edwin hoover?
你们是埃德温胡佛的家属吗？ - Mr Hoover has special attachments for curtains and upholstery.
胡佛先生的窗帘和室内装饰品上都配有特制的附件。 - Is the Hoover Dam giving any signs of being under the bow stress in the N American continent?
胡佛大坝是否给出了任何正处于北美大陆弓形压力之下的迹象？ - Is it really so terrible that America could not build a Hoover Dam today?
美国造不了另一个胡佛大坝真的有这么可怕吗？ - Hoover's program of co-operation had carried the country through the worst phase of the storm.
胡佛的合作计划已经使该国度过这次风暴的最恶劣阶段。 - Hoover's conservative economics were inappropriate for dealing with the crisis.
胡弗保守的经济政策不适于处理这一危机。 - Hoover was saying that prosperity was just around the corner.
胡佛一直在说繁荣就在眼前。 - Hoover has become a household word for a vacuum cleaner through the world.
在世界各地，家家户户都知道胡佛已成了吸尘器的代名词。