hopper
/ˈhɒpə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [hˈɑpɚ] /ˈhɑːpər/ (ame, ipa) · [hˈɑpɚ] /ˈhä-pər/ (ame, mw)
hopper — 名詞
- hoppersingular
- hoppersplural
1. A container shaped like a wide funnel that holds grain, coal, animal food, or ot
漏斗；料斗
上寬下窄、裝載穀物或飼料的容器
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.
農夫把玉米倒入雞舍上方的金屬漏斗裡，下方的雞群會從托盤啄食。
collocation: pour [grain/food] into a hopper
Lakan filled the coffee-bean hopper at the cafe before the morning rush began.
Lakan 在早午餐人潮湧入之前，把咖啡豆裝進咖啡機的進料斗。
Grain stored in the hopper slowly falls into the grinding machine below.
存放在料斗裡的穀物慢慢地落入下方的研磨機中。
Amira cleaned the hopper of the 3D printer to remove the leftover plastic dust.
Amira 清理了 3D 列印機的料斗，把殘留的塑膠粉末清除掉。
Aarav watched the coal tumble from the hopper into the furnace through a narrow pipe.
Aarav 看著煤炭從漏斗滑落，經過一條狹窄的管道掉進鍋爐裡。
常見錯誤
2. A person or creature that moves by jumping off the ground, usually with both fee
跳躍者
雙腳同時跳的人或動物
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.
在學校的套袋賽跑中，跳得最快的參賽者率先越過終點線贏得了獎品。
A rabbit is a natural hopper, using its strong back legs to leap across grassy fields.
兔子天生就是跳躍者，靠強壯的後腿在草地上跳來跳去。
pattern: [animal] + is a natural hopper
A young kangaroo is a powerful hopper that can cover several meters in a single jump.
年幼的袋鼠是很厲害的跳躍高手，一跳就能跨越好幾公尺。
Lisa laughed as her little brother tried to be a hopper like the kangaroo at the zoo.
Lisa 看著弟弟在動物園裡學袋鼠跳，忍不住笑了出來。
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
跳蟲；蚱蜢
善於跳躍的昆蟲，如蚱蜢
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.
一隻綠色的蚱蜢跳到 Talia 的袖子上，當時她正走過草地。
hopper — shortened form of grasshopper / leafhopper
The hoppers in the rice field were eating the leaves, so the farmer called an expert for help.
稻田裡的蚱蜢正在吃葉子，於是農夫請專家來幫忙處理。
Hiro spotted a tiny brown hopper sitting on a blade of grass near the pond.
Hiro 在水池附近的一片草葉上看見一隻小小的褐色蚱蜢。
Andres showed the children how a hopper uses its long back legs to jump away from danger.
Andres 向孩子們示範蚱蜢如何用長長的後腿跳離危險。
In summer, hoppers can be found in nearly every grassy field across the countryside.
夏天時，幾乎每個草地田野都能找到蚱蜢。
- 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.