5N-COUNT (非正式的)社交舞会 A hop is a social event at which people mix together and dance in an informal way. (非正式的)社交舞会 [informal]
They were afraid of being turned down when they asked girls to dance at high school hops.
他们在中学社交舞会上邀请女孩子跳舞时,害怕会遭到拒绝。
6N-COUNT [usually plural](干的)啤酒花Hops are flowers that are dried and used for making beer. (干的)啤酒花
7PHRASE [VERB inflects]走开;滚开 If you tell someone to hop it, you are telling them in a rude way to go away. 走开;滚开 [British, informal, feelings]
'Hop it', I snapped at the bloke. 'She's with me.'
“滚开,”我厉声对那家伙说,“她是和我一起的。”
8PHRASE [usually verb-link PHRASE]非常生气的;暴跳如雷的 Someone who is hopping mad is very angry. 非常生气的;暴跳如雷的 [informal]
The family's hopping mad that she left them nothing.
这家人因为她什么也没有给他们留下而气得跳脚。
9PHRASE 措手不及地;出其不意地 If you are caught on the hop, you are surprised by someone doing something when you were not expecting them to and so you are not prepared for it. 措手不及地;出其不意地 [British, informal]
His plans almost caught security chiefs and hotel staff on the hop.