hoop
/huːp/ (bre, ipa) · /huːp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhüp also ˈhu̇p/ (ame, mw)
hoop — 名詞
- hoopsingular
- hoopsplural
1. a stiff circle, normally of plastic, metal or wood, used to hold things tight to
箍；環圈
用木、金屬或塑膠製成的硬圓圈
a stiff circle, normally of plastic, metal or wood, used to hold things tight together, to hang things from, or as a simple toy.
Asher rolled an old wooden hoop along the garden path.
Asher 沿著花園小徑滾動一個舊木製的環圈。
rolled a hoop — classic toy use
The wine barrel was held together by four rusty iron hoops.
那個酒桶是用四個生鏽的鐵箍固定在一起的。
passive: held together by hoops — fastening use
Camille hung a row of metal hoops above the kitchen sink for her pans.
Camille 在廚房水槽上方掛了一排金屬環圈來吊她的鍋子。
The circus dog leapt cleanly through a flaming hoop held by the trainer.
馬戲團的狗俐落地跳過訓練員手中那個燃燒的火圈。
Beatrix bent the plastic strip into a wide hoop for her daughter's craft project.
Beatrix 把塑膠條彎成一個寬寬的環圈，給女兒做手工用。
用法筆記
Subject in passive uses is typically a container (barrel, basket, dress) that the hoops hold in shape.
2. in basketball, the round metal circle (with a soft net underneath) fixed onto th
籃框；籃圈
籃球場上得分用的金屬圓框
in basketball, the round metal circle (with a soft net underneath) fixed onto the backboard; sinking the ball into it scores points.
Tuan jumped high and dunked the ball through the hoop.
Tuan 跳得很高，把球灌進了籃框。
dunk through the hoop
Femi practised shooting at the playground hoop every evening after school.
Femi 每天放學後都在公園的籃框前練習投籃。
shoot at the hoop
Feng's three-pointer circled the rim of the hoop twice before dropping in.
Feng 那記三分球在籃框邊上繞了兩圈才掉進去。
Ignacio bolted a new hoop and backboard to the wall above the garage door.
Ignacio 把一個新的籃框跟籃板鎖在車庫門上方的牆上。
From the free-throw line, Christopher made twenty straight shots into the hoop.
在罰球線上，Christopher 連續二十球都投進了籃框。
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (RING): always paired with basketball context — shooting, dunking, free throws, or the rim/net structure.
3. the sport of basketball itself, often used as a casual nickname especially in Am
籃球運動
籃球運動的美式口語暱稱
the sport of basketball itself, often used as a casual nickname especially in American English.
Bilal grew up playing hoop on the cracked court behind his apartment block.
Bilal 從小就在公寓後面那塊裂開的場地上打籃球。
play hoop — informal name for the game
After dinner, Tara and her brothers usually shoot some hoop in the driveway.
晚餐後，Tara 和她的兄弟通常會在自家車道上投投籃球。
shoot some hoop — common informal phrase
Daichi and his cousins talked about hoop the whole way home from the gym.
Daichi 和他的表兄弟們一路從體育館聊籃球聊回家。
Justin loves hoop more than baseball or football, and he never misses a college game on TV.
Justin 喜歡籃球勝過棒球或美式足球，電視上的大學聯賽他一場都沒漏掉。
On weekends the brothers played pickup hoop with neighbours at the park.
週末時，兄弟倆會在公園跟鄰居一起打野球籃球。
- basketball
the standard, neutral name for the same sport
- b-ball
very casual American slang for the sport, common in spoken English
用法筆記
Uncountable in this sense ("play hoop", not "a hoop" or "hoops"). Mainly American and informal; written almost never appears in formal sports reporting, which prefers "basketball".
常見錯誤
4. an earring shaped like a thin metal ring that passes through the earlobe and han
圈形耳環
穿過耳垂、垂成圓圈狀的耳環
an earring shaped like a thin metal ring that passes through the earlobe and hangs in a circle.
Daichi gave his sister a pair of small gold hoops for her birthday.
Daichi 送給妹妹一對小小的金色圈形耳環當生日禮物。
pair of hoops — typically plural
Tomás noticed that one of his mother's silver hoops was missing.
Tomás 發現媽媽的銀色圈形耳環少了一只。
Beatrix wore wide silver hoops with her plain black dress to the dinner.
Beatrix 配著樸素的黑洋裝戴了一對寬大的銀色圈形耳環去吃晚餐。
The shop displayed dozens of hoops in every size, from tiny studs to wrist-wide rings.
那家店陳列了各種尺寸的圈形耳環，從小小的耳釘大小到手腕那麼寬的都有。
Niran prefers light bamboo hoops to the heavy metal ones her cousin wears.
Niran 偏愛輕巧的竹製圈形耳環，不喜歡表姊戴的那種厚重金屬款。
- hoop earring
the full form; "hoop" alone is the shortened everyday word
- ring earring
rare; learners may try this from a literal translation but native speakers say "hoops"
- stud
small earring sitting flat against the earlobe, the opposite shape to a hanging hoop
用法筆記
Almost always plural ("a pair of hoops") because earrings are worn as a matching pair. Distinguish from sense 1 (RING): only used of jewellery worn in the ear.
hoop — 動詞
- hooppresent simple I / you / we / they
- hoops3rd person singular
- hooping-ing form
- hoopedpast simple
1. to wrap and secure something using a rigid ring, especially around a barrel or b
用箍環圍紮
用硬圓圈把容器周邊紮緊
to wrap and secure something using a rigid ring, especially around a barrel or basket so that the side panels stay tight together.
The cooper carefully hooped the new oak barrel with four iron bands.
那位桶匠仔細地用四道鐵箍把新的橡木桶圍紮起來。
hoop + [container] — typical object is a barrel or cask
Workers at the vineyard hooped the wine casks before the harvest began.
葡萄園的工人在採收季開始前先把酒桶用箍環圍紮好。
Ignacio learned how to hoop wooden buckets from his grandfather in the village.
Ignacio 在村子裡跟祖父學會了如何用箍環圍紮木桶。
The old crates had been hooped with thin copper wire to stop them from splitting.
那些舊木箱以前是用細銅線箍緊的，防止它們裂開。
Femi hooped the laundry basket with a strip of bent willow to keep its sides tight.
Femi 用一條彎好的柳條把洗衣籃箍緊，讓籃身保持牢牢的不鬆開。
- unbind
release something held tightly together
文法句型
hoop + [object]
用法筆記
Subject is typically a craftsperson (cooper, barrel-maker); object is a container made of vertical wooden staves. Very rare outside trade or historical writing — most learners will only meet this verb in passive descriptions.