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
- Now that's ten times the Hoover dam.
那是胡佛的十倍。 - 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。 - They had passed over Hoover's triumphs.
他们避而不谈胡佛的成就。 - 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 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 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。 - 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。 - Hoover was building his reputation as a crime-buster.
胡佛作为罪犯克星的名头越来越响。 - 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）。 - 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。