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hopper

UK //ˈhɒp.ər//US //ˈhɑː.pɚ//

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。)

同义词:container, bin, funnel, grasshopper, locust

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。)

同义词:jump, leap, bound, bounce, skip

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。)