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hoop 音标拼音: [h'up] n. 箍,铁环,呼呼声
vt. 加箍于,包围
vi. 发呼呼声 箍,铁环,呼呼声加箍于,包围发呼呼声 hoop n 1: a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt 2: 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" [ synonym: { hoop}, { ring}] 3: a small arch used as croquet equipment [ synonym: { wicket}, { hoop}] 4: horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball [ synonym: { basket}, { basketball hoop}, { hoop}] v 1: bind or fasten with a hoop; " hoop vats" Hoop \ Hoop\, n. [ OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder ( cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. [ 1913 Webster] 3. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 4. 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. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. [ Eng.] -- Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster] { Bulge hoop}, { Chine hoop}, { Quarter hoop}, the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively. { Flat hoop}, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides. { Half- round hoop}, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside. { Hoop iron}, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops. { Hoop lock}, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them. { Hoop skirt}, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman' s dress; -- called also { hoop petticoat}. { Hoop snake} ( Zool.), a harmless snake of the Southern United States ({ Abaster erythrogrammus}); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity. { Hoop tree} ( Bot.), a small West Indian tree ({ Melia sempervirens}), of the Mahogany family. [ 1913 Webster]
Hoopoe \ Hoop" oe\, Hoopoo \ Hoop" oo\, n. [ So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] ( Zool.) A European bird of the genus { Upupa} ({ Upupa epops}), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down- curving bill. Called also { hoop}, { whoop}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.
Hoop \ Hoop\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Hooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Hooping}.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Hoop \ Hoop\, v. i. [ OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. { Whoop}.] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [ Usually written { whoop}.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See { Whoop}. [ 1913 Webster] { Hooping cough}. ( Med.) See { Whooping cough}. [ 1913 Webster]
Hoop \ Hoop\, v. t. [ Written also whoop.] 1. To drive or follow with a shout. " To be hooped out of Rome." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry. [ 1913 Webster]
Hoop \ Hoop\, n. 1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) The hoopoe. See { Hoopoe}. [ 1913 Webster] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " hoop": anklet, armlet, band, belt, bracelet, cincture, cingulum, collar, collarband, earring, ecliptic, equator, fascia, fillet, finger ring, girdle, girt, girth, great circle, neckband, necklace, nose ring, quoit, ring, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone
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