品牌名，来自其创始人W.H.Hoover.后该词小写用于真空吸尘器的代名词，读音也很好的吻合了吸尘器发出的声音。

1. Hoover was building his reputation as a crime-buster.

胡佛作为罪犯克星的名头越来越响。

2. to hoover the carpet

用吸尘器清扫地毯

3. I started with Hoover 26 years ago in sales and rose up through the ranks.

我26年前加入胡佛公司时做的是销售工作，后来级级攀升。

4. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover organized the federal Farm Board.

1929年, 赫伯特-胡佛总统组建了联邦农业委员会.

5. The Republicans called it trickle - down when Hoover tried it.

胡佛尝试这个办法时,共和党人称之为“渗透效应”.