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- a container for a bulk material such as grain, rock, or rubbish, typically one that tapers downward and is able to discharge its contents at the bottom箱, 漏斗(装载谷物、石头、垃圾等散货, 多向下逐渐变细, 底部可卸载)。
1.1
- chiefly historical a tapering container, working with a hopping motion, through which grain passed into a mill〈主史〉(谷物进入磨粉机的)给料漏斗。
1.2
- a railway wagon able to discharge coal or other bulk material through its floor(铁路)底卸车。
1.3
- a barge for carrying away mud or sediment from a dredging-machine and discharging it(从挖泥机器运送泥浆或沉淀物并卸载的)卸泥驳船。
1.4
- (亦作hopper head)a container at the top of a vertical pipe which receives water from a gutter or waste pipe(在直管上方接受排水沟或污水管水流的)水落斗。
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- a person or thing that hops跳跃的人; 跳跃物。
2.1
- informal a person who makes a series of short trips〈非正式〉常做短期旅行的人:
an island hopper.
常上岛旅行的人。
2.2
- a hopping insect, especially a young locust跳跃的昆虫(尤指幼蝗虫)。