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.
双语例句
1. The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.
木盆都用铁箍箍紧.
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2. The acrobat could bend himself into a hoop.
这个杂技演员可以把身体蜷曲成圆形.
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3. The child was rolling a hoop.
那个孩子在滚铁环.
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4. " Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop - stick. "