• n. 箍；鐵環(huán)；呼呼聲
• vt. 加箍于；包圍
• vi. 發(fā)呼呼聲

來自古英語hop,環(huán)形物體，來自Proto-Germanic*hopa,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，弧，來自PIE*kab,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同cubit,cup,cooper.引申詞義箍，環(huán)。

hoop (n.)

late 12c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop, from Proto-Germanic *hopa-, a Low German-Frisian word (cognates: Old Frisian hop, Middle Dutch and Dutch hoep "hoop," Old Norse hop "a small bay"). As something someone jumps through (on horseback) as a circus trick, by 1793. Figurative use of jump through hoops by 1917. The verb is from mid-15c. Hoop-petticoat is attested from 1711. As a surname, Hooper, literally "maker of hoops" is early 13c.

1. The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.

木盆都用鐵箍箍緊.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The acrobat could bend himself into a hoop.

這個雜技演員可以把身體蜷曲成圓形.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The child was rolling a hoop.

那個孩子在滾鐵環(huán).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. " Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop - stick. "

“ 兩星期前用一根推鐵環(huán)的棍子和貝恩-羅杰換的. ”

來自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險

5. A hula hoop can be spun around the body.

呼啦圈可繞著身子轉(zhuǎn).

來自辭典例句