hoop
n
1 circular band of wood, metal, etc (木頭、 金屬等做的)箍, 圈, 環
a barrel bound with iron hoops 加有鐵箍的桶.
2 large ring used at a circus for riders or animals to jump through (馬戲團中供騎手或動物穿越的)大圈.
3 large (usu wooden) ring used (esp formerly) as a child's toy (尤指舊時)兒童游戲用的大環子(通常為木質的).
4 (in croquet) small iron arch fixed in the ground, through which balls are hit (槌球戲中的)鐵拱門.
5 (idm 習語) put sb/go through the `hoops make sb/be made to endure a test or an ordeal 使某人經受考驗或磨鏈. hoop, v [Tn]
bind or encircle (a barrel, etc) with hoops 用箍箍(桶等).