hoop

英 [huːp]美 [hup]
  • n. 箍；铁环；呼呼声
  • vt. 加箍于；包围
  • vi. 发呼呼声
TEM4 GRE 低频词 常用词汇

助记提示

1. loop => hoop.
2. hook + loop => hoop.

中文词源

hoop 箍，环

来自古英语hop,环形物体，来自Proto-Germanic*hopa,弯，转，弧，来自PIE*kab,弯，转，词源同cubit,cup,cooper.引申词义箍，环。

英文词源

hoop (n.)
late 12c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop, from Proto-Germanic *hopa-, a Low German-Frisian word (cognates: Old Frisian hop, Middle Dutch and Dutch hoep "hoop," Old Norse hop "a small bay"). As something someone jumps through (on horseback) as a circus trick, by 1793. Figurative use of jump through hoops by 1917. The verb is from mid-15c. Hoop-petticoat is attested from 1711. As a surname, Hooper, literally "maker of hoops" is early 13c.

双语例句

1. The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.
木盆都用铁箍箍紧.
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2. The acrobat could bend himself into a hoop.
这个杂技演员可以把身体蜷曲成圆形.
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3. The child was rolling a hoop.
那个孩子在滚铁环.
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4. " Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop - stick. "
“ 两星期前用一根推铁环的棍子和贝恩-罗杰换的. ”
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5. A hula hoop can be spun around the body.
呼啦圈可绕着身子转.
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