hoop

noun

/huːp/

Idioms

a large ring of plastic, wood or iron箍；环；圈
- The barrel was bound with three iron hoops.那个桶用三个铁环箍住了。
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(also hoop earring)
an earring in the shape of a ring圈式耳环；圆圈耳环
- a pair of plain gold hoops一对简约的金耳圈
Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
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the ring that the players throw the ball through in the game of basketball in order to score points（篮球）篮圈；篮筐
- Let's shoot some hoops.我们投几下篮吧。
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc1
hoops
[uncountable] (North American English, informal) the game of basketball篮球运动
- He played junior college hoops in California.他在加利福尼亚州打过大专篮球联赛。
a large ring that was used as a children’s toy in the past, or for animals or riders to jump through at a circus（旧时儿童玩的）大环子；（马戏团用的）大圈Topics Games and toysc2
(also hula hoop, US English Hula-Hoop™)
a large plastic ring that you move in a circle around the middle part of your body by moving your hips呼啦圈
a small arch made of metal or plastic, put into the ground（两端埋在地里的）小铁弓，小塑料弓
- croquet hoops (= in the game of croquet)槌球球门
- Grow lettuces under plastic stretched over wire hoops.在铁弓撑起的塑料棚下种植生菜。

Word Originlate Old English hōp, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoep.

Idioms

jump through hoops

to do something difficult or complicated in order to achieve something（为达到目的而）经受磨难
- You have to jump through so many hoops to get a job like this.你必须克服很多困难才能找到这样的工作。
Topics Successc2

单词	hoop
释义	hoop noun /huːp/ /huːp/ Idioms a large ring of plastic, wood or iron箍；环；圈 The barrel was bound with three iron hoops.那个桶用三个铁环箍住了。 enlarge image (also hoop earring) an earring in the shape of a ring圈式耳环；圆圈耳环 a pair of plain gold hoops一对简约的金耳圈 Topics Clothes and Fashionc2 enlarge image the ring that the players throw the ball through in the game of basketball in order to score points（篮球）篮圈；篮筐 Let's shoot some hoops.我们投几下篮吧。 Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc1 hoops [uncountable] (North American English, informal) the game of basketball篮球运动 He played junior college hoops in California.他在加利福尼亚州打过大专篮球联赛。 a large ring that was used as a children’s toy in the past, or for animals or riders to jump through at a circus（旧时儿童玩的）大环子；（马戏团用的）大圈Topics Games and toysc2 (also hula hoop, US English Hula-Hoop™) a large plastic ring that you move in a circle around the middle part of your body by moving your hips呼啦圈 a small arch made of metal or plastic, put into the ground（两端埋在地里的）小铁弓，小塑料弓 croquet hoops (= in the game of croquet)槌球球门 Grow lettuces under plastic stretched over wire hoops.在铁弓撑起的塑料棚下种植生菜。 Word Originlate Old English hōp, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoep. Idioms jump through hoops to do something difficult or complicated in order to achieve something（为达到目的而）经受磨难 You have to jump through so many hoops to get a job like this.你必须克服很多困难才能找到这样的工作。 Topics Successc2
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