late 12c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop, from Proto-Germanic *hopa-, a Low German-Frisian word (cognates: Old Frisian hop, Middle Dutch and Dutch hoep "hoop," Old Norse hop "a small bay"). As something someone jumps through (on horseback) as a circus trick, by 1793. Figurative use of jump through hoops by 1917. The verb is from mid-15c. Hoop-petticoat is attested from 1711. As a surname, Hooper, literally "maker of hoops" is early 13c.
雙語例句
1. The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.
木盆都用鐵箍箍緊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The acrobat could bend himself into a hoop.
這個雜技演員可以把身體蜷曲成圓形.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The child was rolling a hoop.
那個孩子在滾鐵環.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. " Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop - stick. "