United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
a kind of vacuum cleaner
Verb:
clean with a vacuum cleaner;
"vacuum the carpets"
例句
用作动词 (v.)
I haven't been able to hoover the carpet because my vacuum cleaner is on the blink. 我无法用吸尘器把地毯吸干净，因为我的吸尘器出毛病了。
用作名词 (n.)
Hoover has become a household word for a vacuum cleaner through the world. 在世界各地，家家户户都知道胡佛已成了吸尘器的代名词。
美
['huːvər]
