hoovering
hoovering — 名詞
1. the household chore of running an electric suction machine over carpets, rugs, o
吸地
用吸塵器清潔地面的家事
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.
Rohan 每週六早上朋友來之前都會吸地。
collocation: do the hoovering
Yara finished the hoovering just as her parents pulled into the driveway.
Yara 剛吸完地，她爸媽的車就開進車道。
collocation: finish the hoovering
A quick bit of hoovering picked up the crumbs from the children's birthday cake.
稍微吸了一下地，就把孩子們生日蛋糕的屑屑都收乾淨了。
The cleaner started the hoovering in the hallway and worked through every bedroom.
清潔工從走廊開始吸地，一路吸完每一間臥室。
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 — 動詞
1. in the middle of running an electric machine over a floor or carpet to suck away
用吸塵器吸
正在以吸塵器清理地面或物品
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.
Christopher 正在用吸塵器吸客廳的地毯，門鈴就響了。
be + hoovering + direct object
Isabela is hoovering up the glitter the children scattered across the kitchen tiles.
Isabela 正在把孩子們撒在廚房地磚上的亮粉吸起來。
phrasal use: hoovering up + small particles
The hotel staff were hoovering the long corridors before the morning guests woke up.
飯店員工趁早上客人還沒醒，正在用吸塵器吸長廊。
Talia kept hoovering under the sofa to reach the dust her cat stirred up.
Talia 一直用吸塵器吸沙發底下，想清掉貓弄起來的灰塵。
Kwame apologised for hoovering so early, but the carpet was covered in cake crumbs.
Kwame 為這麼早就用吸塵器吸地道歉，但地毯上滿是蛋糕屑。
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').