
hopper
词源
源自古英语hoppian(跳跃),与荷兰语huppen和德语hüpfen同源,最初模拟跳跃动作的声音。
noun
❶ 一种容器,通常呈漏斗形,用于存放和逐渐释放颗粒状或粉状物质,如谷物、煤炭等。
“The farmer filled the hopper with grain to feed the chickens.”
(农民把谷物装进料斗里喂鸡。)
“A coal hopper supplies fuel to the furnace automatically.”
(煤斗自动向熔炉供应燃料。)
❶ 指跳跃的昆虫,如蚱蜢或蝗虫,因其弹跳能力而得名。
“Grasshoppers are also called hoppers because of their jumping legs.”
(蚱蜢因其跳跃足也被称为hopper。)
“A tiny green hopper landed on my notebook.”
(一只绿色的小跳虫落在我的笔记本上。)
verb
❶ 像蚱蜢一样跳跃移动,通常指短距离的弹跳动作。
“The frog hoppered from one lily pad to another.”
(青蛙在睡莲叶间跳来跳去。)
“Rabbits were hoppering around the garden.”
(兔子在花园里蹦蹦跳跳。)
常见短语
hopper car — 一种铁路货运车厢,顶部敞开用于装载散装货物如煤炭、谷物等,底部有闸门可卸货。
“The train consisted of twenty hopper cars full of wheat.”
(这列火车由二十节装满小麦的漏斗车组成。)
memory hopper — 计算机术语,指临时存储数据的缓冲区域,类似于物理料斗的功能。
“The printer's memory hopper holds documents waiting to be printed.”
(打印机的内存缓冲池保存着等待打印的文档。)