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

• Oddly enough, Hollis and Hoover got on rather well.
  奇怪得很，霍利斯和胡佛居然相处得很好。
• Hoover said.'We think the market has overreacted, quite frankly.
  十分坦率地说，我们认为市场反应过度。
• This is because, in Hoover's time as president, the economy was going through a depression.
  在胡佛任职期间，美国正在经历历史上最严峻的经济大萧条。
• 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。
• They had passed over Hoover's triumphs.
  他们避而不谈胡佛的成就。
• She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
  她用吸尘器打扫了书房和客厅。
• Are you the family of Edwin hoover?
  你们是埃德温胡佛的家属吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• Listen, if you're coming to the Hoover building.
  听着，如果你要来胡佛大楼的话。