hoops
箍筋,箍球,箍桶,篮球
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Definitions
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- : a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- : such a band for holding together the staves of a cask, tub, etc.
- : a large ring of iron, wood, plastic, etc., used as a plaything for a child to roll along the ground.
- : a circular or ringlike object, part, figure, etc.
- : Jewelry. the shank of a finger ring.
- : Croquet. a wicket.
- : a circular band of stiff material used to expand and display a woman's skirt.
- : hoop skirt.
- : Basketball Informal. the metal ring from which the net is suspended; rim.the metal ring and net taken together; the basket.the game of basketball.
- : a decorative band, as around a mug or cup.
- : hoop iron.
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- : to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop or hoops.
- : to encircle; surround.
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Examples
Animals jumped through unbelievable hoops and seemingly appeared out of thin air.
Stacked cylinders form a base beneath her feet and loosely roll about as she juggles objects and weaves in and out of hula-hoops.
We have to jump through hoops to do things that should be simple—filing taxes, being respected as a family.
Given the hoops mania, though, the gym is the largest in the state, capable of holding 3,000-plus rabid fans.
Jumping through hoops to maintain status as a legitimate business is nothing really new.
And then, while he still struggled to have his way with her, a pair of arms took him about the waist like hoops of steel.
Here we have shepherdesses in hoops and wreaths of roses and shepherds in satin coats, who carry crooks tied with knots of riband.
The foragers had hoops, also, but they were to throw down theirs, and to make their escape at the signal agreed on.
Those whose hoops had been knocked down assembled on one side, close to the side wicket.
The hoops to have holes in the bottom; the crushings are saved, and set, and churned, to grease the cheese.