hoop
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hoop /huːp $ hʊp, huːp/ noun [countable] 1. a large ring made of wood, metal, plastic etc 〔木质、金属或塑料等的〕环，箍2. DHTa large ring that children used to play with in the past, or that circus animals are made to jump through 〔旧时儿童当玩具的〕环；〔马戏团中供动物钻过的〕大圈3 a) the ring that you have to throw the ball through to score points in basketball 〔篮球中的〕篮圈 b) hoops [plural] American English informal the game of basketball 篮球运动4. jump/go through hoops IMPRESSif someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things before you are allowed to do what you want to do 经受考验[磨炼]，克服许多困难5. (also hoop earrings)D an earring that is shaped like a ring 圈状耳环 → cock-a-hoop, hula hoop
Examples from the Corpus
hoop• They chant their tables before playtime with tops, skipping ropes and hoops.• If they win, it will be due to the chemistry whipped up in nine months of globe-trotting, boot-camp hoops.• Bradley, a Hall of Fame pro basketball player, first gained prominence as a college hoops star at Princeton.• an embroidery hoop• Small gold hoop earrings caught the light as she turned her head.• The sleepy snakes lie wreathed around themselves or slither through the hoops of their own skin, their hanks of hemp.• He had me roll my body across the yard, he had me hop, he had me jump through hoops.• The wooden hoop supporting the foliage had almost collapsed beneath its weight.Origin hoop Old English hophoop nounChinese
made large of wood, Corpus plastic metal, a ring etc
hoop
hoop /huːp $ hʊp, huːp/
noun [countable]
2. a large ring that children used to play with in the past, or that circus animals are made to jump through
3.
a. the ring that you have to throw the ball through to score points in basketball
b. hoops [plural] American English informal the game of basketball
4. jump/go through hoops if someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things before you are allowed to do what you want to do
5. (also hoop earrings) an earring that is shaped like a ring
⇨ cock-a-hoop, hula hoop
hoop /huːp $ hʊp, huːp/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: hop
1. a large ring made of wood, metal, plastic etcOrigin: hop
2. a large ring that children used to play with in the past, or that circus animals are made to jump through
3.
a. the ring that you have to throw the ball through to score points in basketball
b. hoops [plural] American English informal the game of basketball
4. jump/go through hoops if someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things before you are allowed to do what you want to do
5. (also hoop earrings) an earring that is shaped like a ring
⇨ cock-a-hoop, hula hoop
