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单词 hop
释义 hop
I. \ˈhäp\ verb
(hopped ; hopped ; hopping ; hops)
Etymology: Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian; akin to Middle High German hupfen, hüpfen, hopfen to hop, Old Norse hoppa to hop, Old English hype hip — more at hip
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to move by a quick springy leap or in a series of leaps : jump
  < chalked out a hopscotch game and began to hop around its squares — Dorothy C. Fisher >
  < hop on a fast-moving train >
 especially : to move by leaping with all feet off the ground
  < a … bird came hopping around — Francis Birtles >
 b. : to jump on one foot or move about in such manner
  < requiring the applicant to hop on the toes of each foot — H.G.Armstrong >
 c. : bounce, rebound
  < the ball hopped around the playing field >
2.
 a. : to emerge with a quick elastic movement suggestive of a leap
  < hopped out of bed bright and early >
  < hopped out of the car and opened the door for the lady >
 b. : to move or go quickly : make a quick trip : run
  < do you want to hop down to the store — Oakley Hall >
  < hopped down to the city for the day >
 specifically : to make a flight usually of short duration
  < Western Airlines … hops all over the West — Gladwin Hill >
  < hops to Miami for Christmas — Phil Gustafson >
 c. slang chiefly Britain : to go away : scram
  < state your business and get hopping — Ruth Park >
  — usually used with it
  < no, thanks … got to hop it — Richard Llewellyn >
3. : to set about doing something — usually used in the phrase hop to it
 < lots of work to be done … you'd better hop to it — Gordon Webber >
4. : to make a verbal attack : give a tongue-lashing
 < expect them to make … mistakes and don't hop all over them when they do — W.J.Reilly >
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to jump over
  < the men hopped the rails and were in the boats — H.A.Chippendale >
 b. : to give a hopping motion to
  < hopped the ball up and down >
 c. : to get upon by or as if by hopping : climb aboard
  < hop a freight >
  < hopped a street car — John Dos Passos >
 d. : hitchhike
  < hop a ride >
2.
 a. : to transport in an airplane from one point to another
  < the heaviest machinery can be hopped over the Andes — Skyways >
  < save … travel time by hopping them for short distances — Time >
 b. : to cross by airplane
  < fears about air armadas hopping the Atlantic — S.L.A.Marshall >
3. slang : to attack physically or verbally : jump
 < hop an enemy aircraft >
4. : to wait on : give service to : tend, serve
 < you're here to hop bells — Calder Willingham >
 < young girls and boys in uniform hopping cars — Horace McCoy >
 < did you think I was going to … hop bar for the rest of my life — Maritta Wolff >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : an instance of hopping : a short brisk leap especially on one leg
 b.
  (1) : bounce, rebound
   < the shortstop took it on the first hop >
   < one mortar shell hit a tree, took a freak hop — Mack Morriss >
  (2) : a slight, sudden elevation taken by a fast pitched ball in its course of flight
2. : dance, ball
 < formal and informal hopsCareer for Tomorrow >
 < going to the junior hop >
also : a party with dancing
3.
 a. : a flight in an airplane usually of short duration
  < made his dramatic hop to Paris last week — New Republic >
 b. : a usually short or quick trip or excursion
  < supplement their rations with hops across the border — Richard Joseph >
  < weekend hops to Paris — Sinclair Lewis >
  < required long hops on bad trains — Virginia D. Dawson and Betty D. Wilson >
 c. : a ride given by a passing vehicle
  < hops most of the way, and a little walking — J.A.Michener >

- on the hop
III. noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old Saxon feldhoppo hop, Old High German hopfo hop, Norwegian hupp tassel, Old English scēaf sheaf — more at sheaf
1.
 a. : a twining Eurasian vine (Humulus lupulus) with 3-lobed or 5-lobed leaves and small greenish dioecious flowers that is widely cultivated in America, occurs often as an escape, and is sometimes confused with a native hop plant (H. Americanus)
 b. hops plural : the ripened and dried pistillate cones of hop used chiefly to impart a bitter flavor to malt liquors and also in medicine as a tonic
2. slang : a narcotic drug; especially : opium
IV. verb
(hopped ; hopped ; hopping ; hops)
transitive verb
1. : to impregnate with hops
2.
 a.
  (1) : to drug or stimulate with drugs : dope
   < I'm not drunk … I'm hopped to the eyes — Ernest Hemingway >
   — usually used with up
   < maybe he was hopped up on dope of some sort — Shirley A. Grau >
  (2) : to administer a stimulant to (a race horse)
 b. : to stimulate or excite by any means : rouse — used with up
  < used those alumni banquets to hop everybody up — Millard Lampell >
  < hopped up by the music — Morley Callaghan >
 c. : to increase the power of (an engine) or the power of the engine of (a vehicle) beyond an original rating — used with up
  < hop up the motor >
intransitive verb
: to gather or grow hops
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