United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
a kind of vacuum cleaner
Verb:
clean with a vacuum cleaner;
\\\"vacuum the carpets\\\"
造句
用作動詞(v.)
I haven\\\'t been able to hoover the carpet because my vacuum cleaner is on the blink. 我無法用吸塵器把地毯吸干凈，因為我的吸塵器出毛病了。
用作名詞(n.)
Hoover has become a household word for a vacuum cleaner through the world. 在世界各地，家家戶戶都知道胡佛已成了吸塵器的代名詞。