新聞美語 每日一字 "Hoop"

New York Post在10月7日的新聞標題： Man shot dead his pal after she beat him at "hoops". 男人在籃球比賽輸給女友後，開槍打死了她。 或許很多人不知道"hoop"就是籃球"Basketball"的俚語；"hoops"就是籃球比賽：the game of basketball。 "hoops": a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop. 由各5名球員組成的兩支球隊在球場上進行的比賽；通過將籃球扔進一個高架的藍框來得分。 俚語用法的例句： Come on, man, it's a beautiful day. Let's go down to the court and shoot some hoops. 來吧，伙計，這是美好的一天，讓我們去球場上投籃吧。 Everyone becomes a fan of college hoops during March Madness. 在三月瘋期間，每個人都成為大學籃球的粉絲。 "hoop"作為名詞，當然還有一些意解：環狀物、圓箍、圓形的環狀耳環等。籃球運動員也可以稱做"hoopers"。 例句： The dogs had been trained to jump through hoops. 這些經過訓練的狗可以跳過鐵環。 She was wearing large gold hoops in her ears. 她的耳朵上戴著大大的金箍耳環。 是不是很有趣的一個字？