hop
/hɒp/ (bre, ipa) · /hɑːp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhäp/ (ame, mw)
hop — verb
- hoppresent simple I / you / we / they
- hopshe / she / it
- hoppedpast simple
- hopping-ing form
1. to push yourself up and forward with one foot, often as a game or because you hu
to push yourself up and forward with one foot, often as a game or because you hurt the other foot.
Defne hopped on her left foot while waiting for the cramp in her right calf to ease.
hop on + [foot] showing single-foot support
The children hopped around the playground pretending to be one-legged pirates.
hop around + [place] for playful movement
Gabriela hurt her toe, so she hopped from the kitchen to the sofa.
During the warm-up, Iris had to hop ten times on each leg.
文法句型
hop + on/over/around
用法筆記
Subject is typically a person; the action implies one foot on the ground at a time. Distinguish from sense 3, where the subject is a small animal using two or more feet together.
常見錯誤
2. to step nimbly into a bus, taxi, train, or plane, or to head briefly to a nearby
to step nimbly into a bus, taxi, train, or plane, or to head briefly to a nearby place without much fuss.
David hopped into the taxi and asked the driver to head for the station.
hop into + [vehicle] for quick boarding
Let me hop over to the bakery before it closes at six.
hop over to + [nearby place] for a brief errand
Gabriel hopped off the bus two stops early so he could buy flowers for his mother.
We hopped on a small plane from Taipei to Kinmen for the weekend.
文法句型
hop + in/out/on/off + [vehicle]
hop over to [place]
用法筆記
Informal; common with prepositions in / out / on / off / over. Implies the action is quick and casual, not formal. The vehicle or destination is usually nearby or short-haul.
常見錯誤
3. of small creatures such as rabbits, sparrows, frogs, or grasshoppers: to travel
of small creatures such as rabbits, sparrows, frogs, or grasshoppers: to travel in short jumps, with both or all feet leaving the ground together.
A sparrow hopped along the windowsill, looking for crumbs from breakfast.
hop along + [surface] for small-bird motion
Two rabbits hopped across the lawn just as Lakshmi opened the back door.
hop across + [open ground]
The frog hopped from one lily pad to the next without making a sound.
Tiny grasshoppers hopped out of the long grass whenever Rachid took a step.
文法句型
hop + adverb of place
用法筆記
Subject must be a small animal, bird, or insect. Differs from sense 1, where the human subject lifts only one foot at a time.
常見錯誤
4. to start a task right away and work on it quickly, usually said as a friendly or
to start a task right away and work on it quickly, usually said as a friendly order.
Minh, the bus leaves in five minutes — hop to it and grab your bag.
imperative 'hop to it' urging quick action
The coach told the team to hop to and finish the laps before the rain arrived.
hop to + start work immediately
If you want a seat at the concert, you had better hop to it and buy the tickets tonight.
Élise told her younger brother to hop to it and clean up his Lego before dinner.
- get cracking
informal; same urging-to-start sense
- get a move on
informal; stresses speed more than starting
文法句型
hop to it
hop to + [task]
用法筆記
Almost always used in the imperative, often as the fixed phrase 'hop to it'. Speaker is usually older, in charge, or in a hurry. Rarely appears in past or future forms.
常見錯誤
5. to jump over something low, such as a wall, fence, or small ditch, in one quick
to jump over something low, such as a wall, fence, or small ditch, in one quick movement.
Bao hopped the low garden wall to reach the football that had rolled into the neighbour's yard.
hop + [low barrier] transitive use
The runners had to hop a narrow ditch on the third kilometre of the race.
hop + [small obstacle]
Christopher hopped the fence and ran across the field to catch his escaped dog.
The thief hopped the railing and disappeared down a side street before the police arrived.
文法句型
hop + [obstacle]
hop + [boundary]
用法筆記
Transitive — the obstacle is the direct object, with no preposition. Compare 'jump over the wall' (intransitive + preposition) vs 'hop the wall' (transitive, more informal and brisk).
常見錯誤
hop — noun
- hopsingular
- hopsplural
1. a small, quick jump — for a person, made with one foot only; for a small creatur
a small, quick jump — for a person, made with one foot only; for a small creature such as a rabbit or bird, made with both or all feet together.
Romi crossed the puddle in two careful hops on her right foot.
noun phrase: a hop + on + [foot]
The robin made a few quick hops across the patio before flying off.
a few hops + across + [surface]
With one neat hop, the rabbit cleared the low fence at the edge of the garden.
Aylin practised a skip, a hop, and a jump for the school sports day.
文法句型
a hop + on/over/across
用法筆記
Countable; often appears in lists with skip, jump, or step. Distinguish from sense 2 (a short trip) where the focus is on travel, not on the foot movement itself.
常見錯誤
2. a short trip, often by plane, between two places that are not far apart.
a short trip, often by plane, between two places that are not far apart.
From Taipei, it is only a short hop to Kaohsiung by high-speed rail.
a short hop + to + [place]
The flight to the island was a quick hop of about thirty minutes.
a quick hop of + [duration]
Aarav booked a weekend hop from London to Paris on the early-morning train.
It is just a hop across the bay by ferry to Mauricio's home village.
文法句型
a hop + to/from + [place]
a short hop
用法筆記
Informal; often modified by 'short' or 'quick' to stress how small the distance feels. Typically used for plane, ferry, or train trips that take well under an hour.
常見錯誤
3. the dried, cone-shaped flowers from a tall climbing vine, added during beer-maki
the dried, cone-shaped flowers from a tall climbing vine, added during beer-making to give the drink its bitter taste and herbal smell.
The brewer added fresh hops to the kettle in the last ten minutes of the boil.
add hops + to + [vessel] in brewing
This pale ale uses three kinds of hops grown on a small farm near Yakima.
[number] kinds of hops
You can smell the hops as soon as you walk into the brewery in the morning.
Some craft beers use very strong hops, which gives them a sharp, almost grassy flavour.
文法句型
hops + in/for + [beer]
用法筆記
Almost always plural ('hops'). The singular 'hop' for the plant or its dried cones sounds technical or botanical. Distinguish from sense 1 (a small jump).
常見錯誤
4. a small, casual dance event, especially one held at a school or local hall, ofte
a small, casual dance event, especially one held at a school or local hall, often with popular music.
After the match, the players went to a hop at the village hall.
go to + a hop + at + [venue]
Iris's grandmother still remembers the Saturday-night hops of the nineteen fifties.
[time period] + hops for nostalgia register
The senior class is organising a hop in the gym to raise money for the trip.
There is a small hop every Friday at the community centre near Bao's apartment.
- ball
large, formal dance with strict dress code
文法句型
a hop + at + [place]
用法筆記
Old-fashioned in tone; common in mid-twentieth-century English and still used in some communities for school or church dances. A 'hop' is smaller and more informal than a 'ball' or 'gala'.
常見錯誤
hop — adjective
- hoppositive
- hoppercomparative
- hoppestsuperlative
1. made from or connected with the dried flowers used to give beer its bitter taste
made from or connected with the dried flowers used to give beer its bitter taste.
The farm grows several hop varieties for local breweries in the valley.
hop + [noun] attributive use
Defne studied hop chemistry as part of her food-science degree at university.
hop + [field of study]
The new pale ale has a strong hop aroma with notes of grapefruit and pine.
Workers picked the cones by hand during the short hop harvest in late August.
文法句型
hop + [noun]
用法筆記
Used only before a noun (attributive), in collocations like 'hop farm', 'hop harvest', 'hop variety', 'hop aroma'. Cannot follow 'be' — say 'the beer has a strong hop flavour', not 'the flavour is hop'.