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

• In the early1930s, Roosevelt believed in "workfare" and Hoover made loans to bankers.
  在1930年代早期罗斯福信仰“工作福利制”，而胡佛却向银行家提供借贷。
• 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 was building his reputation as a crime-buster.
  胡佛作为罪犯克星的名头越来越响。
• 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。
• The Burgess and Maclean affair reinforced Hoover's prejudices.
  伯吉斯和麦克莱恩事件更加深了胡佛的偏见。
• Now that's ten times the Hoover dam.
  那是胡佛的十倍。
• She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
  她用吸尘器打扫了书房和客厅。
• So how did Hoover do it?
  那么胡佛是怎么做到这一切的？
• 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。
• 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。