hoover

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

hooversHoover

1.
(Ireland, UK)(chiefly UK, Ireland) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

hoovers

V_ing/Gerund

hoovering

V_ed/pp

hooveredHoover

1.
(British, Ireland, ambitransitive)To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand.
I need to hoover this room.
In the freshly hoovered living room of her house in Wokingham, Thelma Dawnton was distinctly miffed.
Đồng nghĩa: vacuum
2.
(British, Ireland, intransitive)To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
I'd hoover, iron or dust, but I hated doing windows.
3.
(transitive)To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

vacuum

Cùng gốc / liên quan

hoover up

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Nguồn gốc từ

A of Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, which was sold by The Hoover Company. The American company was founded by William Henry Hoover and his son. The surname Hoover is an Anglicized version of the de Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer.