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
  1. to hoover the carpet
     用吸尘器清扫地毯
• 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
  1. to hoover the carpet
     用吸尘器清扫地毯

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.
  1. She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
     她用吸尘器打扫了书房和客厅。

英英释义

verb

• clean with a vacuum cleaner
  1. vacuum the carpets
  Synonym:vacuumvacuum-clean

双语例句

• Coolidge had most, Hoover least.
  库利奇拥有的数量最多，胡佛拥有的最少。
• 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？
• Now that's ten times the Hoover dam.
  那是胡佛的十倍。
• 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。
• So how did Hoover do it?
  那么胡佛是怎么做到这一切的？
• 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。
• 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。
• In the early1930s, Roosevelt believed in "workfare" and Hoover made loans to bankers.
  在1930年代早期罗斯福信仰“工作福利制”，而胡佛却向银行家提供借贷。
• They had passed over Hoover's triumphs.
  他们避而不谈胡佛的成就。
• 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。