late 12c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop, from Proto-Germanic *hopa-, a Low German-Frisian word (cognates: Old Frisian hop, Middle Dutch and Dutch hoep "hoop," Old Norse hop "a small bay"). As something someone jumps through (on horseback) as a circus trick, by 1793. Figurative use of jump through hoops by 1917. The verb is from mid-15c. Hoop-petticoat is attested from 1711. As a surname, Hooper, literally "maker of hoops" is early 13c.
例文
1. The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop .
木製鉢はすべて鉄のフープで締め付けられている.
2.The acrobat could bend himself into a hoop .
この曲芸師は体を丸く丸めることができる。
3.The child was rolling a hoop .
その子はリングを転がしている.
4. " Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop - stick. 「