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hoover是什么意思

hoover

英 ['huːvə]

vi. 胡佛电动吸尘
n. 胡佛电动吸尘器

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。

2. to hoover the carpet: 用吸尘器清扫地毯

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。

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.

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”.