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In British English, to hoover is to clean a floor or carpet with a vacuum cleaner — the machine that sucks up dirt. People say hoover the carpet the way they say wash the dishes. You can also call the machine itself a hoover: pass me the hoover.
In British English在「British English」英式英文裡，to hoover「hoover」 is to clean a floor or carpet是指清潔地板或地毯 with a vacuum cleaner用「vacuum cleaner」吸塵器——the machine that sucks up dirt就是那種會把灰塵吸走的機器。People say人們說 hoover the carpet「hoover the carpet」吸地毯 the way they say就像說 wash the dishes「wash the dishes」洗碗一樣自然。You can also call the machine itself你也可以把機器本身叫做 a hoover「a hoover」：pass me the hoover.「pass me the hoover.」把吸塵器遞給我。
The word comes from Hoover, an early brand of those machines; the brand name became the everyday verb and noun.
The word comes from這個詞來自 Hoover「Hoover」，an early brand of those machines一個早期生產這類機器的品牌；the brand name became the everyday verb and noun這個品牌名稱後來變成了日常用的動詞和名詞。
In American English people almost always say vacuum instead. In Taiwan you will hear vacuum cleaner or 吸塵器, not hoover, unless someone is speaking British English.
In American English在「American English」美式英文裡，people almost always say instead人們幾乎都改說 vacuum「vacuum」。In Taiwan在台灣，you will hear你會聽到的是 vacuum cleaner or 吸塵器「vacuum cleaner」或吸塵器，not hoover不是「hoover」，unless someone is speaking British English除非有人在說「British English」英式英文。
The family name Hoover comes from German Huber (a kind of farmer), but the English verb is from the brand, not from farming.
The family name Hoover comes from「Hoover」這個姓氏來自 German Huber德文的「Huber」 (a kind of farmer)（一種農夫），but the English verb is from the brand但英文裡的這個動詞是來自品牌，not from farming不是來自農業。
組成From the Hoover brand of vacuum cleaner. The surname is from German Huber; the English verb and common noun are from the brand.
原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Hoovername/ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/
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An American surname from German (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
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Hoovernoun/ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/
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A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand.
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A member of the Hoovers.
hoovernoun/ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/
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A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
- "What do you do about dogs that don't like Hoovers?" […] At the first opportunity place the Hoover in the area where your dog is lying calmly, and since it is normally the noise that sends it into those fits of anger, it should be unconcerned with a silent machine. Continue to place the Hoover in those areas that your pet is relaxing until it is familiar with the Hoover being in such close proximity. […] By continuing to distract your pet each time the Hoover is switched on but stationary, you should be able to move it a little closer without causing your pet any alarm.
- And the brooms lined up behind the buckets, and the dusters, dustpans, cloths and brushes, feather dusters and sweepers all lined up bravely to do battle with the thousand upright Hoovers. The Hoovers charged, engines roaring and bags fully inflated.
hooververb/ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/
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To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand.
- I need to hoover this room.
- This time Robbie was dreaming about Mr Spatchley's ducks. They had all come alive and were flying around the office whilst Robbie desperately tried to hoover the floor. There were ducks everywhere, on the desk and mantelpiece and padding around on the floor, knocking things over and quacking indignantly.
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To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
- I'd hoover, iron or dust, but I hated doing windows.
- […] she was always in trouble for not hoovering behind the bed picked up what I could of it still there after he hoovered […]
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To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
- 'You're probably thinking I'm a slob,' said Lister, finishing off a quintuple-thick milkshake and hoovering around the base with the straw.
- Then there is the little-known family of organisms called hantaviruses, which swarm in the micro-haze above the feces of mice and rats and are hoovered into the human respiratory system by anyone unlucky enough to stick a breathing orifice near them—by lying down, say, on a sleeping platform over which infected mice have recently scampered.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。