Why would you call it a hoover?

你为什么叫它胡佛？

No.I think the Hoover Dam is safe.

不。我认为, 胡佛水坝很安全。

Second example: " The hoover roared" , okay?

“吸尘器在咆哮”，行不？

It's certainly bigger than the Hoover Dam.

它肯定比胡佛水坝还大。

It's named after the American firm, Hoover.

它是以美国胡佛公司命名的。

He was never much of a one for hoovering.

他倒是不怎么爱打扫卫生。

The Hoover Dam workers make something else boom as well.

胡佛大坝建筑工人还带动了周围地区的发展。

That's what they did when they built the Hoover Dam.

这就是他们建造胡佛大坝时所做的。

Hoover Dam was built during the Great Depression of the 30s.

胡佛水坝建于30年代大萧条时期。

But that's just the beginning of the Hoover Dam.

但对于胡佛水坝来说 这只能算是开了个头。

Ice shelves surrounding the continent hold back ice like the Hoover Dam.

这些大陆边缘的冰保护着内部的冰，就像胡佛大坝那样。

Thomas Sowell, Harvard class of 58, now at Stanford, the Hoover Institute.

Thomas Sowell 哈佛58届学生 目前就职斯坦福的胡佛研究院。

" The hoover roared into life, domineering the room like a proud king."

“吸尘器咆哮着，像一位傲慢的国王一样在房间里横行霸道。”

The Hoover Dam is a huge dam standing at over 726 feet high.

胡佛大坝是一座高达 726 英尺的大坝。

But Hoover didn't scold the mechanic; he didn't even criticize him.

但是胡佛没有骂这位机械师，甚至都没有批评他。

J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's director, called theirs the trial of the century.

联邦调查局局长埃德加·胡佛称这是一场世纪审判。

Hoover's first act after the emergency landing was to inspect the plane's fuel.

胡佛紧急着陆以后，立刻就去检查飞机的燃料。

You're going to be doing the same with the " hoover" .

同样你也可以用在“吸尘器”上。

Upon returning to the airport, Hoover asked to see the mechanic.

回到机场以后，他就要求见那位机械师。

Today, Hoover Dam alone generates enough electricity to serve more than a million people.

如今，仅胡佛水坝一处就足以为100多万人提供电力。