| 单词 | hood |
| 释义 | hood (once / 356 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A hood is a protective covering. It could be a car hood protecting the engine or your car or it could be the hood on your coat protecting your noggin. Your favorite sweatshirt might have a hood, as well as your fur-lined winter coat and your insulated hood for scuba diving. Other things with a similar protective quality are also called hoods, like the metal vent cover over your stove, the cover on your car's engine, and the cap-like plant sections that cover vulnerable parts. One of the most famous hoods in literature is the red one worn by the main character in "Little Red Riding Hood." WORD FAMILYhood: hooded, hooding, hoods USAGE EXAMPLES“In private, they were talking about the black community. Seventy-five percent of them are all in the hood.” Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) A judge later tossed the citation, and Hood denied using his laptop during an internal investigation. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) Set aside the distinction with no difference to the Americans killed in San Bernardino, Orlando or Fort Hood. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n a headdress that protects the head and face Hypo|Hyper calash, caleche a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century aventail, camail, ventaila medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck cowla loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk) headdress, headgear clothing for the head 2n a protective covering that is part of a plant Syn|Hyper cap cover, covering, natural covering a natural object that covers or envelops 3n metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes Syn|Hypo|Hyper exhaust hood range hood exhaust hood over a kitchen range covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) 4n protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars Syn|Hyper bonnet, cowl, cowling protection, protective cover, protective covering a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury 5n the folding roof of a carriage Hypo|Hyper calash, calash top, caleche the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage roof protective covering on top of a motor vehicle 6n a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera Syn|Hyper lens hood attachment a supplementary part or accessory 7n (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head Hyper covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) 8n (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal Hyper external body part any body part visible externally 9v cover with a hood 2The bandits were hooded Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered n an aggressive and violent young criminal 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper goon, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie bully a hired thug criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime n (slang) a neighborhood Hyper neighborhood, neighbourhood people living near one another |
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