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hooter

英 ['huːtə] 美 ['hutɚ]

解释

n. 汽笛，警笛；呼喊的人

※ 提供单词"hooter"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

hooter 喇叭

来自hoot,喇叭叫。

英文词源

hooter (n.): by 1823, "anything that hoots," especially an owl, agent noun from hoot (v.). Slang meaning "nose" is from 1958. Meaning "a woman's breast" (usually in plural hooters) attested by 1972. The Hooters restaurant chain began 1983 in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.

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例句和用法

1. Didn't factory workers always sound the hooter as signal for a riot?: 工人们在厂里暴动,也常常放汽笛为号,可不是么 ?

2. At five the first hooter sounds.: 五点钟,上工的汽笛声响了.

3. " It's no good blowing the hooter! ": “ 拉也不中用!

4. We've just tried the hooter again.: 我们现在又拉过回声了!

5. The slum now began to stir into life , and the factory hooter sounded its imperious summons.: 草棚区域人声动了.裕华厂里的汽笛威武地嘟嘟地叫.