hoover
意味
- フーバー(Herbert Clark~;1874‐1964;米国第31代大統領1929‐33)
- 電気掃除機[もと商標名]
- 〈部屋など〉を電気掃除機で掃除する
- 電気掃除機をかける
例文
She bought a Hoover at the supermarket.
彼女はスーパーで掃除機を買った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
A genericized trademark of Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, which was sold by The Hoover Company. The American company was founded by William Henry Hoover (1849–1932) and his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr. (1877–1954). The surname Hoover is an Anglicized version of the German Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer.