hoop

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hoop [hoop hoops hooped hooping] BrE [huːp] NAmE [huːp] noun
1. a large ring of plastic, wood or iron
•a barrel bound with iron hoops
•hoop earrings (= in the shape of a ↑hoop )
2. the ring that the players throw the ball through in the game of ↑basketball in order to score points
•Let's shoot some hoops.
3. a large ring that was used as a children's toy in the past, or for animals or riders to jump through at a ↑circus
4. = ↑hula hoop
5. a small ↑arch made of metal or plastic, put into the ground
•croquet hoops
•Grow lettuces under plastic stretched over wire hoops.
see jump through hoops at ↑jump _v.

Word Origin:
late Old English hōp, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoep.

Example Bank:
•Grow lettuce under plastic stretched over wire hoops.
•She was wearing a pair of hoop earrings.
•The barrel was bound with three iron hoops.
•You have to jump through so many hoops to get a job like this.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  basket, basketball hoop, wicket, ring