hoover
英 ['huːvə]
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1. Hoover 很廣泛的一個姓氏，如曾經的美國總統“胡佛”，胡佛大壩。
中文詞源
Hoover 真空吸塵器品牌名，來自其創始人W.H.Hoover.後該詞小寫用於真空吸塵器的代名詞，讀音也很好的吻合了吸塵器發出的聲音。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Hoover was building his reputation as a crime-buster.
- 胡佛作為罪犯克星的名頭越來越響。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. to hoover the carpet
- 用吸塵器清掃地毯
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. I started with Hoover 26 years ago in sales and rose up through the ranks.
- 我26年前加入胡佛公司時做的是銷售工作，後來級級攀升。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover organized the federal Farm Board.
- 1929年, 赫伯特-胡佛總統組建了聯邦農業委員會.
來自英漢非文學 - 政府文件
- 5. The Republicans called it trickle - down when Hoover tried it.
- 胡佛嚐試這個辦法時,共和黨人稱之為“滲透效應”.
來自演講部分