“hoop、la”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

hoop-la

释义

▪ I. hoop-la|ˈhuːplɑː|
Also houp-la.
[f. hoop n.¹ + la int.]
A game in which persons throw rings on to a surface containing a number of articles, the object being to gain any of these as a prize by throwing a ring so as to encircle it completely. Also attrib.
[1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 1031/1 Hoopla!.. The players endeavour to throw balls..through circles poised on the Clown's head and hands.]1909London Mag. Sept. 26 A new game: Hoop-la!1910Daily Chron. 14 Jan. 3/5 A showman placed his ‘hoopla’ near the Promenade at Whitley, Northumberland, and invited the public to throw rings (at so many a penny) for prizes.1912A. S. M. Hutchinson Happy Warrior v. i. 279 All Maddox's smaller-fry—coker-nut shies, hoop-la's, Living Mermaid.1924Other Lands Jan. 68/2 Houp-la stalls are a great attraction.1927Blackw. Mag. Sept. 358/2 We..finally sought refuge from the mob in a ‘hoopla’ stall, where we tried our luck.1935Punch 18 Sept. 319/1 One also tried one's hand at clock-golf, Houp-là! and throwing little balls into a bucket from which they instantly sprang out again.1959P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xlviii. 329 His wife..had the hoop-la [stall at a fête].1964K. Rosewall in A. Trengove Art of Tennis 26 Most people do things like dealing cards, and playing table tennis and hoop-la backhanded.1973P. Moyes Curious Affair of Third Dog x. 135 You will not turn down my heartfelt appeal to you to preside over the Hoop-La stall.
▪ II. hoop-la
var. houp-la int.

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