hose

名词 n. 动词 v.
/həʊz/    /hoʊz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid. countable
  2. A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights. uncountable
  3. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee. countable,historical,uncountable
    — Theſe men were bound in their coates, their hoſen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were caſt into the midſt of the burning fierie furnace.
动词 v.
  1. To water or spray with a hose. transitive
    — Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.
  2. To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity. transitive
    — His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.
  3. To deliver using a hose. transitive
    — He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.
  4. To provide with hose (garment) transitive
    — The mighty mass of many a mingled race, Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase; The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed- Nose and eyes only to the day exposed
  5. To trick or deceive. transitive
    — Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.
  6. To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content. slang,transitive
    — There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.
  7. To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call. transitive

词形变化

hoses plural hosen plural hoses present,singular,third-person hosing participle,present hosed participle,past hosed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.
The clothing senses were the original meaning, from which is derived the sense of a tube for fluids.
词源 2
From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.
The clothing senses were the original meaning, from which is derived the sense of a tube for fluids.
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