hopper
/ˈhɒpə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [hˈɑpɚ] /ˈhɑːpər/ (ame, ipa) · [hˈɑpɚ] /ˈhä-pər/ (ame, mw)
hopper — noun
- hoppersingular
- hoppersplural
1. A container shaped like a wide funnel that holds grain, coal, animal food, or ot
A container shaped like a wide funnel that holds grain, coal, animal food, or other loose materials and lets them fall out through an opening at the bottom.
The farmer pours corn into the metal hopper above the chicken coop, and the birds eat from the tray below.
collocation: pour [grain/food] into a hopper
Lakan filled the coffee-bean hopper at the cafe before the morning rush began.
Grain stored in the hopper slowly falls into the grinding machine below.
Amira cleaned the hopper of the 3D printer to remove the leftover plastic dust.
Aarav watched the coal tumble from the hopper into the furnace through a narrow pipe.
常見錯誤
2. A person or creature that moves by jumping off the ground, usually with both fee
A person or creature that moves by jumping off the ground, usually with both feet at the same time.
During the school sack race, the fastest hopper crossed the finish line first and won the prize.
A rabbit is a natural hopper, using its strong back legs to leap across grassy fields.
pattern: [animal] + is a natural hopper
A young kangaroo is a powerful hopper that can cover several meters in a single jump.
Lisa laughed as her little brother tried to be a hopper like the kangaroo at the zoo.
用法筆記
This use of 'hopper' for a person or larger animal is uncommon in everyday English — speakers normally say 'jumper' or describe the action directly (e.g. 'the child who hops' ).
3. An insect with long, strong back legs that can jump very high, such as a grassho
An insect with long, strong back legs that can jump very high, such as a grasshopper, leafhopper, or froghopper.
A green hopper landed on Talia's sleeve while she was walking through the meadow.
hopper — shortened form of grasshopper / leafhopper
The hoppers in the rice field were eating the leaves, so the farmer called an expert for help.
Hiro spotted a tiny brown hopper sitting on a blade of grass near the pond.
Andres showed the children how a hopper uses its long back legs to jump away from danger.
In summer, hoppers can be found in nearly every grassy field across the countryside.
- grasshopper
the full, everyday term for the most familiar type of hopper
- leafhopper
a smaller type that feeds on plant leaves
- cricket
a similar jumping insect, though it belongs to a different family
用法筆記
In everyday conversation, the full form 'grasshopper' is far more common than the shortened 'hopper' alone. The short form appears most often in compound names (leafhopper, froghopper, planthopper) or in farming and gardening contexts.