hop Значение & определение

Значение на hop на български

• 0 to jump on one foot or to move about in this way:

  • I tried to hop on my good foot while holding onto Jim.

  • We hopped over to Bruges for the weekend.

  • I hopped on the bus at the traffic lights.

  • The rabbit/bird hopped across the grass.

• 1 a short jump by a person on one foot, or by a small animal, bird, or insect on all or two of its feet at the same time:

  • With his feet tied together he could only move in little hops.

  • Rio to São Paulo is just a short hop by plane.

• 2 the dried fruits of a climbing plant, used to give a bitter flavour to beer

• 3 relating to hops:

  • a hop plant

• 4 to make small jumps on one or two feet, or to move along in this way:

  • [ I ] A bird hopped across the lawn.

  • [ T ] Nikki hopped the fence (= jumped over it).

  • [ I ] fig. Come on, hop in (= get in), I’ve got plenty of room in the car.