hoovering
hoovering — noun
1. the household chore of running an electric suction machine over carpets, rugs, o
the household chore of running an electric suction machine over carpets, rugs, or hard floors to pull away fine particles like crumbs, hair, and household dust.
Rohan does the hoovering every Saturday morning before his friends come over.
collocation: do the hoovering
Yara finished the hoovering just as her parents pulled into the driveway.
collocation: finish the hoovering
A quick bit of hoovering picked up the crumbs from the children's birthday cake.
The cleaner started the hoovering in the hallway and worked through every bedroom.
文法句型
do the hoovering
finish the hoovering
用法筆記
Mainly British English; Americans usually say 'vacuuming'. Used as an uncountable noun, often after 'do', 'finish', or 'start' with 'the'.
常見錯誤
hoovering — verb
1. in the middle of running an electric machine over a floor or carpet to suck away
in the middle of running an electric machine over a floor or carpet to suck away dust, hair, or small bits of rubbish.
Christopher was hoovering the living-room rug when the doorbell rang.
be + hoovering + direct object
Isabela is hoovering up the glitter the children scattered across the kitchen tiles.
phrasal use: hoovering up + small particles
The hotel staff were hoovering the long corridors before the morning guests woke up.
Talia kept hoovering under the sofa to reach the dust her cat stirred up.
Kwame apologised for hoovering so early, but the carpet was covered in cake crumbs.
文法句型
be hoovering [place]
be hoovering up [thing]
用法筆記
Almost always appears in the continuous form (be hoovering); in the bare infinitive or simple present, speakers usually pick 'vacuum' even in Britain. Object can be the surface ('hoovering the carpet') or, with 'up', the thing being sucked up ('hoovering up the crumbs').