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Hoover/ˈhu:və/ n. & v. Brit. [英]●n. propr. a vacuum cleaner (properly one made by the Hoover company) [商标]胡佛牌吸尘器(由胡佛公司生产) ●v. (作 hoover) 1 tr. (also absol. [亦含宾]) clean (a carpet etc.) with a vacuum cleaner 用吸尘器清洁(地毯等) 2 (foll. by 后跟 up)a tr. suck up with or as with a vacuum cleaner (用或似用吸尘器)吸起 hoovered up the crumbs 吸起面包屑 b absol. clean a room etc. with a vacuum cleaner [含宾]用吸尘器打扫房间 decided to hoover up before they arrived 决定在他们到达之前清扫房间 [named after W. H. Hoover, American manufacturer d. 1932] |