hoover

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n. 胡佛电动吸尘器 vi. 用真空吸尘器打扫

发音

UK /ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/
AU
US /ˈhuvɚ/

词形变化

hoovers 复数 hoovers hoovered hoovering hoovers 三单 hoovering 现在分词 hoovered 过去式 hoovered 过去分词

别名

Hoover

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

    爱尔兰 英国
v.
  1. 1.

    To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand.

    爱尔兰 及物/不及物

    I need to hoover this room.

    In the freshly hoovered living room of her house in Wokingham, Thelma Dawnton was distinctly miffed.

  2. 2.

    To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

    爱尔兰 不及物

    I'd hoover, iron or dust, but I hated doing windows.

  3. 3.

    To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

vacuum vacuum cleaner
动词

同义词 2

vacuum vacuum-clean

上位词 2

clean make clean

相关短语

hoover up Hoover index Hoover hog Hoover hogs Hoover wagon Hoover wagons Hoover blanket Hoover blankets Hoover flag Hoover flags Hoover shoe Hoover bag Hoover shoes Hoover bags

词源

A genericized trademark of Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, which was sold by The Hoover Company. The American company was founded by William Henry Hoover (1849–1932) and his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr. (1877–1954). The surname Hoover is an Anglicized version of the German Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer.

来源：wiktionary