/hɒp; hɑp/
v (-pp-)
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
(a) (of a person) move by jumping on one foot （指人）单足跳跃, 单足跳行
*He had hurt his left foot and had to hop along. 他左脚受伤了, 不得不单足跳行.
(b) (of an animal or a bird) move by jumping with both or all feet together （指鸟兽）双足或齐足跳行
*Several frogs were hopping about on the lawn. 有几只青蛙在草地上跳来跳去.
2 [Tn] cross (a ditch, etc) by jumping 跳过（沟等）.
3 [Ip] ~ across/over (to...) (infml 口) make a short quick trip to a place 作短途短期旅行
*I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末.
4 (idm 习语) hop it (sl 俚) go away 走开
*Go on, hop it! 快点走开!
* When the burglar heard their car he hopped it out of the window. 那窃贼听到他们汽车的声音就从窗口逃走了. hopping `mad (infml 口) very angry 极其愤怒的; 暴跳如雷的.5 (phr v) hop in/into sth; hop out/out of sth get into/out of (a car) 上[下]（汽车）
*Hop in, I'll give you a lift to the station. 上车吧, 我开车送你去车站. hop on/onto sth; hop off (sth) jump (esp quickly) onto/off (a bus, etc) 跳（尤指急忙地）上[下]（公共汽车等）.

n
1 act of hopping; short jump, esp on one leg （单足或齐足）跳跃; 短距离跳跃（尤指单足）.
2 (infml 口) short flight or one stage in a long-distance flight 短距离飞行; （长距离飞行中的）一段航程
*the long flight across the Atlantic, then the final hop from New York to Boston 先是横越大西洋的长距离飞行, 最後从纽约飞到波士顿
* We flew from London to Bombay in one hop. 我们从伦敦直接飞到孟买.
3 (infml 口) informal dance party （非正式的）舞会
*Are you coming to the hop tonight? 今晚你来跳舞吗?
4 (idm 习语) on the `hop (infml 口) active; busy 活跃的; 忙碌的
*I've been on the hop all day. 我一天到晚忙得团团转. (catch sb) on the `hop unprepared; taken by surprise 乘人不备的; 猝不及防的
*You've caught me on the hop, I'm afraid give me five minutes to get ready. 你弄得我措手不及--给我五分钟准备一下吧.

/hɒp; hɑp/
n
(a) [C] climbing plant with flowers growing in clusters 　草.
(b) hops [pl] dried flowers of this plant, used for giving a bitter flavour to beer （乾的）　草, 忽布花, 啤酒花（用以增加啤酒苦味的）. > hopper n = hop-picker.