hoops
n. 箍( hoop的名詞複數 ); (籃球)籃圈; (舊時兒童玩的)大環子; (兩端埋在地裡的)小鐵弓
A hoop is a large ring made of wood, metal, or plastic.
In croquet, the hoops are the small metal arches which players hit the ball through.
A basketball hoop is the ring that players try to throw the ball into in order to score points for their team.
If someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things in order to please them or achieve something.
He had the duty receptionist almost jumping through hoops for him. But to no avail.
值班的接待員幾乎為他費盡了力氣,但還是沒用。
1. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop
a barrel bound with iron hoops
用鐵箍箍緊的桶
He had the duty receptionist almost jumping through hoops for him. But to no avail.
值班的接待員幾乎為他費盡了力氣,但還是沒用。
Hoops in Paris were wider this season and skirts were shorter.
在巴黎,這個季節的裙圈比較寬大,裙裾卻短一些.
She rose and jerked her hoops into place.
她站起身來,整了整裙腰.
The child's hoops kept her parents awake all night.
孩子的咳嗽聲使她父母徹夜未眠.