Hoop

[huːp] or [hup]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; 'there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse'.

(noun.) a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt.

(verb.) bind or fasten with a hoop; 'hoop vats'.

科妮莉亚手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.

(n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.

(n.) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.

(n.) A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.

(n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.

(v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.

(v. t.) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

(v. i.) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.

(v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.

(v. t.) To drive or follow with a shout.

(v. t.) To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

(n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

(n.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.

手打:穆里尔

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Ring.[2]. Farthingale, crinoline, hoop-skirt.

錄入:谢里夫

解釋/意思:

n. a pliant strip of wood or metal formed into a ring or band for holding together the staves of casks &c.: something resembling such: a large ring of wood or metal for a child to trundle: a ring: (pl.) elastic materials used to expand the skirt of a lady's dress.—v.t. to bind with hoops: to encircle.—ns. Hoop′-ash a kind of ash much used for making hoops (same as Nettle-tree); Hooped′-pot a drinking-pot with hoops to mark the amount each man should drink; Hoop′er one who hoops casks: a cooper.

v.i. to call out.—n. Hoop′er the wild swan.

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