loop
英[lu?p]
美[lup]
- vi. 打環；翻筋斗
- n. 環；圈；彎曲部分；翻筋斗
- vt. 使成環；以環連結；使翻筋斗
詞態變化
復數:?loops;第三人稱單數:?loops;過去式:?looped;過去分詞:?looped;現在分詞:?looping;
助記提示
1. (100 個人趴在地上，圍成了)環形。
2. in the loop / out of the loop 在/不在圈子。
中文詞源
loop 圈，環
來自中古英語loupe,繩索，套，詞源同leap,原義可能為套動物的套索或套圈，后用來指圈，環。詞義演變比較farrow,furrow,pork.
英文詞源
- loop (n.)
- late 14c., "loop of cloth, rope, leather, etc.," probably of Celtic origin (compare Gaelic lub "bend," Irish lubiam), influenced by or blended with Old Norse hlaup "a leap, run" (see leap (v.)). In reference to magnetic recording tape or film, first recorded 1931. Computer programming sense first attested 1947.
- loop (v.)
- "to form a loop," c. 1400, "draw (a leash through a ring)," from loop (n.). Related: Looped; looping. Slang looped "drunk" is from 1934. Loop the loop (1900) originally was in reference to roller-coasters at amusement parks.
"Loop-the-Loop" is the name of a new entertainment which goes further in the way of tempting Providence than anything yet invented. The "Loop" is an immense circle of track in the air. A car on a mimic railway shoots down a very steep incline, and is impelled around the inner side of this loop. ... The authorities at Coney Island are said to have prohibited "looping-the-loop" because women break their corset strings in their efforts to catch their breath as they sweep down the incline, and moreover, a young man is reported to have ruptured a blood vessel in his liver. ["Philadelphia Medical Journal," Aug. 10, 1901]
雙語例句
- 1. I think that the vice president was in the loop.
- 我認為副總統是局內人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. These activists don't want to feel out of the loop.
- 這些活躍分子不想做局外人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The road went in a huge loop around the lake.
- 那條路環湖繞了一個大圈。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Loop the rope around the pole.
- 把繩子環繞在柱子上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Loop the curtains up.
- 把窗簾卷起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》