hop

hop1
(hopped, hopping)
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of direction](of a person) move by jumping on one foot
    (人)单脚跳
    he hopped along beside her.
    他在她旁边单脚跳着走。
    ■(of a bird or other animal) move by jumping with two or all feet at once
    (鸟或别的动物)齐足跳,跳跃
    a blackbird was hopping around in the sun.
    一只乌鸫在太阳底下跳着。
    ■spring or leap a short distance with one jump
    跳过(或跃过)
    he hopped down from the rock.
    他从岩石上跳了下来。
    ■[with obj.]jump over (something)
    跃过,跳过
    the cow hopped the fence.
    母牛跃过栅栏。
    ■(informal)make a quick trip
    (非正式)短期旅行
    she hopped over the Atlantic for a bit of shopping.
    她飞越大西洋买了一点东西。
    ■(hop it)(Brit. informal)go away quickly
    (英,非正式)快速离开
    ■make a quick change of position, location, or activity
    (快速改变位置、方位、活动)跳到
    over the years he hopped from one department to another.
    几年来他从一个部门跳到另一个部门。
    ■[with obj.](informal)jump on to (a moving vehicle)
    (非正式)跳上(开动的车辆)
    ex-soldiers looking for work hopped freights heading west.
    在寻找工作的退伍军人跳上了西行的运货列车。
    ■[usu. as noun, in combination -hopping](of an aircraft or ferry) pass quickly from one place to another
    (飞机、渡船)速递,快运
    two-week island-hopping packages.
    两星期的岛屿速递包裹。
noun
  1. a hopping movement
    跳跃,单脚跳
    ■a short journey or distance
    短途旅行;短距离
    a short hop by cab from Soho.
    从索霍乘出租车的短途旅行。
  2. an informal dance
    (一种非正式舞蹈)霍普舞
常用词组
hop, skip (或 step), and jump
  1. old-fashioned term for triple jump
    (旧)。 同 triple jump
  2. (informal)a short distance
    (非正式)短距离
    it's just a hop, skip, and jump from my home town.
    这离我家乡很近。
hop the twig (或 stick)
  1. (Brit. informal)depart suddenly or die
    (英,非正式)突然离开(或死亡)
on the hop
(Brit. informal) (, 非正式)
  1. unprepared
    无准备的,尚未准备好的
    he was caught on the hop.
    他毫无准备就被抓住了。
  2. bustling about; busy
    忙乱的;忙碌的
    we were always kept on the hop.
    我们一直很忙。
语源
  1. Old English hoppian, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect hopfen and German hopsen
继承用法
hop in (或 out)
  1. (informal)get into (or out of) a car
    (非正式)跳入(或出)汽车
    hop in then and we'll be off.
    那么上车吧我们就离开。

hop2
noun
  1. a twining climbing plant native to north temperate regions. Hops are cultivated for the cone-like flowers borne by the female plant, which are used in brewing beer
    蛇麻草,忽布,啤酒花
  2. Humulus lupulus, family Cannabaceae (or Cannabidaceae)
    拉丁名Humulus lupulus,大麻科
    ■(hops)the dried cone-like flowers of this plant, used in brewing to give a bitter flavour and as a mild sterilant
    忽布干花,啤酒花
    ■(hops)(Austral./NZ informal)beer
    (澳/新西兰,非正式)啤酒
    ■[mass noun](US informal, dated)a narcotic drug, especially opium
    (美,非正式,旧)毒品(尤指鸦片)
(hopped, hopping)
  1. [with obj.]flavour with hops
    用啤酒花调味
    a strong dark beer, heavily hopped.
    一种烈黑啤,很重的啤酒花味。
  2. (be hopped up)(informal)be stimulated or intoxicated by or as if by a narcotic drug
    (非正式)(因为或似乎因为麻醉剂)使兴奋,刺激
派生
hoppy
( hoppier, hoppiest)
adjective(hoppier, hoppiest)
语源
  1. late Middle English hoppe (in the sense 'ripened hop cones for flavouring malt liquor'), from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch
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