hoot /hu:t/ verb, noun
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verfr T [Vf'to make a loud noise 发出大声；喊叫：He /iad
the audience hooting wft/i laughter.他令观&哄堂
大笑。◊
Some peo^Ze hooted fn disgust.有些乂厌恶;^大
声嚷嚷。2 (8/f) if a car hom
hoots .or you hoot or hoot the horn, the horn makes a loud noise "吏汽车
喇叭）鸣响 honk： .[V] hooting cars 喇BA大作的 A % ◊ WTiy did he hoot at me?他为什么对着我按魄丨口入？ ◊ [VN] Passing motorists hooted
their horns. 的驾★者 按_ 了 汽车喇卩八。◊
The train hooted a warning (= the
driver sounded the horn
to warn people)..火车峰笛示
警。3 [V] when an owl
hoots, it makes a long calling sound (猫头鹰）鸣叫
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noun 1 [C]
[especially 6r£) a
short loud laugh or shout 笑；大喊：77ie suggesrto/i
was greeted by hoots
〇/ toughter.这个建议引起了阵阵哄笑。2
[sing.] (/Vj/o/m?/) a situation or a person that you find very funny 可笑的事
情（或人:）：■
Fou ought to meet her~she’s a hoot/ 你iz
ik见见她 她赛料十足！ . 3 the loud sound made by
the hom of a vehicle (车辆的）喇叭声 4 the cry of an owl
(猫头鹰的）鸣叫声 n^il not care/give a hoot | not care/give two 'hoots (informal) not to
care at all 丝毫不在乎
hoote-nanny /'huitnaeni/ noun (pi -ies)
[especially L/5) an
informal social event at which people play folk
music，sing
and sometimes dance 民歌演唱‘；民间歌
舞会
hoot-er /'hu:t0(r)/ noun 1 (BrE, rather old-fashioned) the
device in a vehicle, or a factory, that makes a loud noise as a signal (车辆的）喇叭；（工厂的）汽笛
2 (BrE,
slang) a person^ nose, especially a large one 指大的）鼻子 3
[usually pi.] (/VAmf，s/fl/7g)
a woman’s breast (女人的）乳房
Hoo-ver™
/'huiva(r)/ noun {Br£) = vacuum cleaner hoo-ver /'hu:v9(r)/
verb [Br£] to
clean a carpet, floor, etc. with a vacuum cleaner用真空吸尘器清扫（地毯、地板
等H771 vacuum： [VN]
to hoover the ca/pet 用吸查器 清扫地毯[also V】»u;i;yj .hoover sth-*-'up 1 to remove sth
from a carpet, floor, etc. with a vacuum
cleaner 用真空吸尘器把…清除掉：to
hoover up aH the dust 用吸尘器清除所有的灰尘2 to get
or collect sth
in large quantities 获得大量的（窠物）：77ie [7S and
hooves pi. of hoof
hop /hDp; NAmE ha:p/ verb, noun
• verb (-pp-)
"I [V, usually +adv./prep.] (of a person A) to move i)y jumping on one foot 单_跳行.：I couldnrt put my weight on my
ankle and had to hop everywhere. 一个脚脖子使不上劲，不得不单脚跳来跳去。Ofcids
hopping over puddZes单足跳过水坑的孩子们2 [V +flc/v./
pre/?.] (of an animal or a
bird 动物或真）to move
by jumping with all or both feet togetlier 齐足.（或双足） 跳行：A robin
was Zioppfng around on the path•—只知. i鸢在小路上跳来跳去。3 [V +flc/v./prep.] to go
or move somewhere
quickly and suddenly 突然快速去 某处：Hop in,
HZ drive you home•快上车吧，我开车送
你回家。◊
to hop mto/out 〇/ bed -头裾进被窝；猛然 起床,◊ J hopped on the next train.我跳上T卞一列火幸％
◊ We hopped over to .Paris/or the weekend•我们4 到巴 黎去过亍个肩末。4 [VNj (Kwmf) ~ a plane, bus, train, etc. to get on a plane，bus, etc.盛上（飞机、汽车丨火:幸
等）’5 [V] ~ (from sth to sth) to
change from one activity or subject to another 换来.换幸;.不断更换：
I like to
hop from channel
to channel when I watch TV. 我看电视时喜欢'不斯地转换频道。_
’hop it (8rf， old-fashioned, informal) usually
used in orders to tell sb to go away _(请于命令 走并 HT?! go away： Go on, hop i.t/ 快点走井'! hop 'to it (
noi/M 1 [C] a short
jump by a person on one foot 单足短 距离跳氣：He
crossed the .haZi with a "dp, sfcfp and a 扣mp.他来了一个三级跳远穿过了本厅。2 [C】a short
jump by an animal or a bird with all or both feet together (动物或鸟的）齐足（或双足）短距离跳跃
3 [C];a short journey，especially
by plane (尤指乘飞机 的）•短途旅行 4 [C] a tall climbing plant with green
female flowers that are shaped like cones
忽布；啤酒花 5 hops [pi.] the green female flowers of the hop plant that have been
dried，used
for making beer (干的）忽 布花，啤酒花 6 [C] (〇Wfl5h/o/7ef/，/Vj/omw/)
a social event at which people dance in an informal way (，非正式..） 舞会一see also hip
hop EE1 see catch
v.
hope {Htr /haup;
/VAmf houp/ verb,
noun
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ve/i?〜（for
sth) to want sth to happen and think that it is possible 希迨，期望（某事发生）：[V] We are hoping
/or good weather on Sunday.我们盼望着星期天天气好。
◊ AH we ccm do now is wait and hope.我们现在所能做的 就是等候和期待。◊
‘Do you tftinfc it vvi丨i rain?’ ‘7 hope not.’ “你觉得会下雨吗？ 但愿不会。” ◊WiHyou
be bade be/ore
darfc?’ ‘I hope so, yes/. “你天黑之前能回
来吗？” “但愿吧。” ◊ [V (that)] J hope
(t/iat) you’re ofcay.我希望你平安无事。◊
let’s hope we can}iind a parking space.希望咱们能找到个停车位。◊
[VN (that)] Jt is hoped that over £20 000 wiH be raised.希望筹款能超
•过 1 万英镑。◊.
[V to inf] She is hoping to m'n the goM medai.她^•望赢得金牌。o We hope to arrive around two.我们希望能在两点钟左右到达。Hope can be used in the
passive in the form it is
hoped that .... For must always be
used with hope in
other passive sentences ： The
improvement that had been hoped for never came, o The hoped-for improvement
never came. ★hope可用于以下形式的被动句：itishopedthat...。其他 被动句中 hope 必须与 for 连用：The
improvement that had been hoped for never came. 0 The hoped-for improvement
never came. 11*171
.hope against hope (that ...) to continue to
hope for sth although it is very unlikely to happen (对某事）依旧抱一线希望，hope for the ‘best to hope
that sth will happen successfully, especially where it seems likely that it
will not 希望知事顺利； 寄予最大的希望 I should hope so/not 丨 so I should hope (informal) used to
say that you feel very strongly that sth should/should not happen 希望如此/ 不如此；
但愿如此 /_ 不如此：‘Nobody
bZames you. ’ ‘J s/iouZd hope
not/’ “没有人责怪你呀。”“但愿没有！”
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1 [U，C]〜（of/for
sth) | 〜（of doing sth) | 〜(that
•")
a belief tiiat stii
you want will happen # ;期望：
There is now hope 〇/a cure.现在有鱼治愈，了。◊
Hopes /or the missing men are/ading.找到失踪人贪知希望逐渐
渺茫。◊ 7Viere is
Zfttle hope that they wiH be /ound aZive.活着找到彳也们的希望很鈿茫。◊
77i^y have given up hope o/_/iinding any more survivors.他们已不抱希望再找
到幸存者了。◊
77ie力iture is not without hope.朵来#菲 没有希望。◊
Don’t raise your hopes too high, or you may be
disappointed.不要备望过高，否则你可能会失望
的。◊ HZ do what J can, but don’t
get your hopes up•我 会尽力而为的，但别抱太大希望。◊rhereisstiHa
gHmmer 〇/ hope..仍有一线希望。◊
S/ie has high hopes o/vWnmng (= is very confident about it).她抱着必胜的 信念。◊
rhe situation is not good but we Kve fn hope that it
wiH improve.情况不好，但我们依然希望会好转。
2
[C] ~ (of/for sth) ~ (for sb) | 〜(that …）| 〜(of doin号 sth) something that you
wish for 希望的东期望的事 情：She
told me all her hopes, dreams and fears.
切希望、梦想和担心都告诉了我。orhey/uiveWgh
hopes/or their cWWren.他们对自己的孩子们寄予厚望。
[C, usually sing.]〜（of sth) | ~ (for sb) a person, a thing
or a situation that will help you get what you want 被 寄予希望的人（或事物、侖): He fumed to her
fn despair and said, _ You’re my 〖ast hope.’ 他绝望地向她求
助说：“你是義最后的希望。” ◊ 77ie operation was Kellys only
hope 〇/survival那次手术是凯刹生存的唯一
希M。11^1 be beyond 'hope (of sth) to be
in a situation where no improvement is possible 毫无希望. hold out little, etc. 'hope; (of
sth/that ... j | not
hold out any, much, etc. 'hope (of sth/that ... ) to
offer little, etc. reason for believing that sth will happen 不大相信
某事会发生：rhe
doctors did not ho〖d out much hope/or
her recovery. •咳生们对她的痊愈不抱什么希望。，hope springs e'ternal {saying) people
never stop hoping Ait 表远充满希望 in the hope of sth | in the hope that ... because you. want sth to
happen 抱着…的希望：I
called early in the hope of catching her before she went to work. 我很早就打了个电话，希望在她上班之前找到她。◊ He