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单词 hood
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hood

noun
/hʊd/
/hʊd/
Idioms
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    a part of a coat, etc. that you can pull up to cover the back and top of your head
    • a jacket with a detachable hood
    Extra Examples
    • He was wearing a blue anorak with the hood up.
    • She put up her hood when it started to rain.
    • You can always put your hood up if it rains.
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hood
    • pull up
    • put up
    • lower
    phrases
    • with the hood down
    • with the hood up
    See full entry
  2. a piece of cloth put over somebody’s face and head so that they cannot be recognized or so that they cannot see
    • The victim was sitting tied to a chair with a black hood over her head.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hood
    • pull up
    • put up
    • lower
    phrases
    • with the hood down
    • with the hood up
    See full entry
  3. a piece of coloured silk or fur worn over an academic gown to show the kind of degree held by the person wearing it
  4. (especially British English) a folding cover over a car, child's buggy, etc.
    • We drove all the way with the hood down.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
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    (North American English)
    (British English bonnet)
    the metal part over the front of a vehicle, usually covering the engine
    • the sound of a bird hitting the hood of the car
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • car
    • crumpled
    • dented
    verb + hood
    • open
    • pop
    • close
    phrases
    • the hood of a/​the car
    See full entry
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    a cover placed over a device or machine, for example, to protect it
    • a lens hood
    • an extractor hood (= one that removes cooking smells from a kitchen)
  7. (especially North American English, slang) hoodlum (= a violent criminal, especially one who is part of a gang)
  8. (also ’hood)
    (especially North American English, slang) a neighbourhood, especially a person’s own neighbourhood
  9. Word Originsenses 1 to 6 Old English hōd, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoed, German Hut ‘hat’, also to hat.sense 7 1930s: abbreviation of hoodlum.sense 8 1970s: shortening of neighbourhood.
Idioms
under the hood
  1. at the fundamental level of how something works rather than at the obvious surface level
    • They are urging potential job seekers to take a look under the hood of industry.
    • If you look under the hood of these these technological wonders, you'll find carbon fibre components in many places.
    • The latest version includes numerous under-the-hood improvements.
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