| 单词 | hob |
| 释义 | hob1[ hob ] / hɒb / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hob ON THESAURUS.COM nouna projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm. a rounded peg or pin used as a target in quoits and similar games. a game in which such a peg is used. Machinery. a milling cutter for gear and sprocket teeth, splines, threads, etc., having helically arranged teeth and fed across the work as the work is rotated. verb (used with or without object), hobbed, hob·bing.Machinery. to cut with a hob. Origin of hob11505–15; variant of obsolete hub hob (in a fireplace); perhaps identical with hub OTHER WORDS FROM hobhobber, nounWords nearby hobhoary marmot, hoast, hoatching, hoatzin, hoax, hob, Hoban, Hobart, Hobbema, Hobbes, Hobbesian Definition for hob (2 of 2)hob2 [ hob ] / hɒb / nouna hobgoblin or elf. Origin of hob21275–1325; Middle English, special use of Hob, for Robert or Robin OTHER WORDS FROM hobhoblike, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hobBritish Dictionary definitions for hob (1 of 2)hob1 / (hɒb) / nounBritish the flat top part of a cooking stove, or a separate flat surface, containing hotplates or burners a shelf beside an open fire, for keeping kettles, etc, hot a steel pattern used in forming a mould or die in cold metal a hard steel rotating cutting tool used in machines for cutting gears verb hobs, hobbing or hobbed(tr) to cut or form with a hob Word Origin for hobC16: variant of obsolete hubbe, of unknown origin; perhaps related to hub British Dictionary definitions for hob (2 of 2)hob2 / (hɒb) / nouna hobgoblin or elf a male ferret raise hob or play hob US informal to cause mischief or disturbance Derived forms of hobhoblike, adjectiveWord Origin for hobC14: variant of Rob, short for Robin or Robert Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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