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

• At the Hoover Dam, the water level has dropped more than 80 feet.
  胡佛水坝的水位线已经下降了不止80英尺（约为24米）。
• 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。
• 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。
• Listen, if you're coming to the Hoover building.
  听着，如果你要来胡佛大楼的话。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They had passed over Hoover's triumphs.
  他们避而不谈胡佛的成就。
• Is it really so terrible that America could not build a Hoover Dam today?
  美国造不了另一个胡佛大坝真的有这么可怕吗？
• She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
  她用吸尘器打扫了书房和客厅。