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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In1929, President Herbert Hoover organized the federal farm board.
  1929年，赫伯特胡佛总统组建了联邦农业委员会。
• 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。
• She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
  她用吸尘器打扫了书房和客厅。
• 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。
• I haven't been able to hoover the carpet because my vacuum cleaner is on the blink.
  我无法用吸尘器把地毯吸干净，因为我的吸尘器出毛病了。
• Hoover was saying that prosperity was just around the corner.
  胡佛一直在说繁荣就在眼前。