/hu:p; hup/
n
1 circular band of wood, metal, etc （木头、金属等做的）箍, 圈, 环
*a barrel bound with iron hoops 加有铁箍的桶.
2 large ring used at a circus for riders or animals to jump through （马戏团中供骑手或动物穿越的）大圈.
3 large (usu wooden) ring used (esp formerly) as a child's toy （尤指旧时）儿童游戏用的大环子（通常为木质的）.
4 (in croquet) small iron arch fixed in the ground, through which balls are hit （槌球戏中的）铁拱门.
5 (idm 习语) put sb/go through the `hoops make sb/be made to endure a test or an ordeal 使某人经受考验或磨链.

v [Tn] bind or encircle (a barrel, etc) with hoops 用箍箍（桶等）.

n[C]
[Language: Old English;Origin: hop]
a large ring made of wood, metal, plastic etc
a large ring that children used to play with in the past, or that circus animals are made to jump through
a) the ring that you have to throw the ball through to score points in basketball
b) hoops [plural]AmE informal the game of basketball
jump/go through hoops
if someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things before you are allowed to do what you want to do
alsohoop earrings
an earring that is shaped like a ring
→cock-a-hoop, hula hoop