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

• 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。
• The Burgess and Maclean affair reinforced Hoover's prejudices.
  伯吉斯和麦克莱恩事件更加深了胡佛的偏见。
• They had passed over Hoover's triumphs.
  他们避而不谈胡佛的成就。
• There are claims that the Hoover Dam itself creates minor earthquakes in the area.
  有人说胡佛大坝本身会在那个区域制造小型地震。
• Are you the family of Edwin hoover?
  你们是埃德温胡佛的家属吗？
• Hoover was saying that prosperity was just around the corner.
  胡佛一直在说繁荣就在眼前。
• 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？
• Now that's ten times the Hoover dam.
  那是胡佛的十倍。
• I haven't been able to hoover the carpet because my vacuum cleaner is on the blink.
  我无法用吸尘器把地毯吸干净，因为我的吸尘器出毛病了。
• Hoover: Excuse me, I cannot hear you.
  抱歉，我听不见你说什么。