hoover
英['huːvə]
词态变化
第三人称单数: hoovers;过去式: hoovered;过去分词: hoovered;现在分词: hoovering;名词: hoovering;助记提示
1. Hoover 很广泛的一个姓氏，如曾经的美国总统“胡佛”，胡佛大坝。中文词源
Hoover 真空吸尘器品牌名，来自其创始人W.H.Hoover.后该词小写用于真空吸尘器的代名词，读音也很好的吻合了吸尘器发出的声音。
英文词源
- Hoover
- proprietary name for a make of vacuum cleaner (patented 1927); sometimes used generally for "vacuum cleaner." As a verb, meaning "to vacuum," from 1926, in the companyâs advertising.
双语例句
- 1. Hoover was building his reputation as a crime-buster.
- 胡佛作为罪犯克星的名头越来越响。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. to hoover the carpet
- 用吸尘器清扫地毯
来自《权威词典》
- 3. I started with Hoover 26 years ago in sales and rose up through the ranks.
- 我26年前加入胡佛公司时做的是销售工作，后来级级攀升。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. In 1929, 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.
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- 5. The Republicans called it trickle - down when Hoover tried it.
- 胡佛尝试这个办法时,共和党人称之为“渗透效应”.
来自演讲部分