proprietary name for a make of vacuum cleaner (patented 1927); sometimes used generally for "vacuum cleaner." As a verb, meaning "to vacuum," from 1926, in the companyâs advertising.
中文解释
1. Hoover 很广泛的一个姓氏，如曾经的美国总统“胡佛”，胡佛大坝。
实用例句
1. Hoover was building his reputation as a crime-buster.
胡佛作为罪犯克星的名头越来越响。来自柯林斯例句
2. to hoover the carpet
用吸尘器清扫地毯来自《权威词典》
3. I started with Hoover 26 years ago in sales and rose up through the ranks.
我26年前加入胡佛公司时做的是销售工作，后来级级攀升。来自柯林斯例句
4. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover organized the federal Farm Board.
1929年, 赫伯特-胡佛总统组建了联邦农业委员会.来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
5. The Republicans called it trickle - down when Hoover tried it.
