Hooverize

<口>vt.节约(粮食等) vi.(在粮食等方面)厉行节约

发音

US /ˈhuvɚaɪz/
UK /ˈhuːvə(ɹ)aɪz/

词形变化

Hooverized Hooverizes 三单 Hooverizes Hooverizing Hooverizing 现在分词 Hooverized 过去式 Hooverized 过去分词

别名

hooverise hooverize Hooverise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be economical in the use of a resource, particularly food.

    过时 不及物 及物

词源

From Hoover + -ize, named after Herbert Hoover, who, as head of the Food and Drug Administration during World War I, encouraged Americans to ration food. Apparently coined in the poem reproduced below.

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