Hoop



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 桶之) 箍, 铁环
• ［英］ n. ( 桶之) 箍, 铁环 ( a circular band or ring for holding together the staves of a barrel)
• ［例］ hoop a barrel ( 箍桶)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hōp; akin to Middle Dutch hoep ring, hoop
• Date: 12th century
• 1. a circular strip used especially for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything
• 2.
  • a. a circular figure or object ; ring
  • b. the rim of a basketball goal; broadly the entire goal
• 3. a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt
• 4. basketball — usually used in plural
• ? hooplike adjective

II. transitive verb

• Date: 15th century
• to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop
• ? hooper noun

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