hoover
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hoover verb [intransitive, transitive] British English DHCto clean a floor, carpet etc using a vacuum cleaner (=a machine that sucks up dirt) 用真空吸尘器清洁〔地板、地毯等〕 SYN vacuum →5 see picture at 见图 clean2→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
hoover• She hoovered and swept, sprayed mirrors and wiped, dusted wood and washed walls.• This would involve staying behind after office hours to empty some bins and hoover around a bit.• Carpets that were hoovered every day are now shampooed regularly as well.• A life of serious touring is exchanged for less glamorous travel: moved once a week when mum hoovers the bedroom.• Geraldine hoovered the living room and watered her plants.• You forgot to hoover the lounge before you went out this morning?• I could hoover this one twenty times a day.• She has, she says, just buried her husband and is hoovering up booze at the bar.Hoo·ver /ˈhuːvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] trademark British English DHCa vacuum cleaner 胡佛牌真空吸尘器Examples from the Corpus
Hoover• The best-selling model in the current Hoover range is not included, even though it would seem a classic example of successful design.• Goldstar ER350ME and ER535ME; Hoover H6312.• J Ed; gar Hoover lied about almost every episode in his career.• President Herbert Hoover practiced it during his administration.• It is also an account of hypocrisy. Hoover, who persecuted homosexuals, was himself homosexual.• The package of assistance offered to Cambuslang was a critical element in convincing the Hoover management to support the Glasgow operation.• Mind you, I dusts and polishes around and runs the Hoover over the carpet.hoover verbHoo·ver nounChineseSyllable
using a to clean a floor, carpet cleaner (=a vacuum Corpus etc
Hoover
Hoo·ver /ˈhuːvə $ -ər/ 
noun [countable] trademark British English
a vacuum cleaner
Hoover, Herbert
(1874–1964) a US politician in the Republican Party who was the President of the US from 1929 to 1933, during the first years of the Great Depression when many US citizens did not have jobs. His government was often criticized because it did not do enough to help these people.
Hoover, J. Ed‧gar /dʒeɪ ˈedɡəʳ/
(1895–1972) the most important director of the FBI, from 1924 until his death. Hoover is remembered as someone with very strong anti-Communist views, and he was criticized for having too much power and for collecting information about people who were not criminals or enemies of the country.
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noun [countable] trademark British Englisha vacuum cleaner
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(1874–1964) a US politician in the Republican Party who was the President of the US from 1929 to 1933, during the first years of the Great Depression when many US citizens did not have jobs. His government was often criticized because it did not do enough to help these people.
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(1895–1972) the most important director of the FBI, from 1924 until his death. Hoover is remembered as someone with very strong anti-Communist views, and he was criticized for having too much power and for collecting information about people who were not criminals or enemies of the country.
hoover
hoover verb [intransitive and transitive] British English
to clean a floor, carpet etc using a vacuum cleaner (=a machine that sucks up dirt)
SYN vacuum
hoover
verb [intransitive and transitive] British Englishto clean a floor, carpet etc using a vacuum cleaner (=a machine that sucks up dirt)
SYN vacuum
