(hopped, hopping)no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- (of a person) move by jumping on one foot（人）单脚跳：
he hopped along beside her.
他在她旁边单脚跳着走。
1.1
- (of a bird or other animal) move by jumping with two or all feet at once（鸟或别的动物）齐足跳, 跳跃：
a blackbird was hopping around in the sun.
一只乌鸫在太阳底下跳着。
1.2
- spring or leap a short distance with one jump跳过（或跃过）：
he hopped down from the rock.
他从岩石上跳了下来。
1.3
- with obj. jump over (something)跃过, 跳过：
the cow hopped the fence.
母牛跃过栅栏。
1.4
- informal make a quick trip〈非正式〉作快速旅行：
she hopped over the Atlantic for a bit of shopping.
她飞越大西洋采购了一点东西。
1.5
hop it
Brit. informal go away quickly〈英, 非正式〉快速离开。
1.6
- make a quick change of position, location, or activity（快速改变位置、方位或活动）跳到：
over the years he hopped from one department to another.
几年来他从一个部门跳到另一个部门。
1.7
- with obj. informal jump on to (a moving vehicle)〈非正式〉跳上（开动的车辆）：
ex-soldiers looking for work hopped freights heading west.
寻找工作的退伍军人跳上了西行的运货列车。
1.8
- usu. as noun, in combination -hopping(of an aircraft or ferry) pass quickly from one place to another（飞机, 渡船）速递, 快运：
two-week island-hopping packages.
两星期的岛屿速递包裹。
1
- a hopping movement跳跃, 单脚跳。
1.1
- a short journey or distance短途旅行; 短距离：
a short hop by cab from Soho.
从索霍乘出租车的短途旅行。
2
- an informal dance（一种非正式舞蹈）霍普舞。
短语
hop, skip（或step）, and jump
1
- old-fashioned term for TRIPLE JUMP.〈旧〉同TRIPLE JUMP.
2
- informal a short distance〈非正式〉短距离：
it's just a hop, skip, and jump from my home town.
这离我家乡很近。
hop the twig（或stick）
- Brit. informal depart suddenly or die〈英, 非正式〉突然离开（或死亡）。
on the hop
Brit.informal <英, 非正式>
1
- unprepared无准备的, 尚未准备好的：
he was caught on the hop.
他毫无准备就被抓住了。
2
- bustling about; busy忙乱的; 忙碌的：
we were always kept on the hop.
我们一直被迫忙个不停。
词源
Old English hoppian, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect hopfen and German hopsen.
短语动词
hop in（或out）
- informal get into (or out of) a car〈非正式〉跳入（或出）汽车：
hop in then and we'll be off.
那么上车吧, 我们就离开。
1
- a twining climbing plant native to north temperate regions. Hops are cultivated for the cone-like flowers borne by the female plant, which are used in brewing beer.蛇麻草, 忽布, 啤酒花。
1.1
- Humulus lupulus, family Cannabaceae (or Cannabidaceae).拉丁名Humulus lupulus,大麻科。
1.2
hops
the dried cone-like flowers of this plant, used in brewing to give a bitter flavour and as a mild sterilant忽布干花, 啤酒花。
1.3
hops
Austral./NZ informal beer〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉啤酒。
1.4
- mass noun US informal, dated a narcotic drug, especially opium〈美, 非正式, 旧〉毒品（尤指鸦片）。
verb
hopped, hopping
1
- with obj. flavour with hops用啤酒花调味：
a strong dark beer,heavily hopped.
一种烈黑啤, 很重的啤酒花味。
2
be hopped up
informal be stimulated or intoxicated by or as if by a narcotic drug〈非正式〉（因为或似乎因为麻醉剂）使兴奋, 刺激。
派生词
hoppy
adjective词源
late Middle English hoppe （in the sense'ripened hop cones for flavouring malt liquor'）, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.