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

• 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。
• 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。
• As for the business model, Hoover imagines Product Hunt will monetize with a fairly straightforward advertising model.
  至于具体的商业模式，胡佛的设想是，ProductHunt会通过相当直接的广告模式来实现货币化。
• Hoover's conservative economics were inappropriate for dealing with the crisis.
  胡弗保守的经济政策不适于处理这一危机。
• The committee has directed the Government Accountability Office to do a full review of the Hoover building.
  国家预算委员会已经指派美国政府责任署对胡维尔大楼做一个全面检查。
• Hoover's program of co-operation had carried the country through the worst phase of the storm.
  胡佛的合作计划已经使该国度过这次风暴的最恶劣阶段。
• 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。
• The biggest news hit the state since they built the Hoover dam.
  自从建胡佛大坝之后最大的新闻出现了。
• 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。
• She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
  她用吸尘器打扫了书房和客厅。