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单词 hold-up
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hold up

phrasal verb
hold up
  1. to remain strong and working effectively支持住;承受住;支撑得住
    • She's holding up well under the pressure.她承受住了压力。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
hold somebody/something up [often passive]
  1. to support somebody/something and stop them from falling搀扶;支撑;举起;抬起
  2. to delay or block the movement or progress of somebody/something延迟;阻碍
    • An accident is holding up traffic.一场事故造成了交通阻塞。
    • The project was held up by various legal problems.这项工程因各种法律问题而受阻。
    related noun hold-up
  3. to use or present somebody/something as an example举出(例子);提出(作为榜样)
    • She's always holding up her children as models of good behaviour.她总是举例说自己的孩子表现如何好。
    • His ideas were held up to ridicule.他的想法被当成了笑料。
hold up something
  1. to steal from a bank, shop, etc. using a gun持枪抢劫(银行、商店等)
    • Masked men held up a security van in South London yesterday.几个蒙面男子昨天在伦敦南部抢劫了一辆押款车。
    related noun hold-up

hold-up

noun
/ˈhəʊld ʌp/
/ˈhəʊld ʌp/
  1. a situation in which something is prevented from happening for a short time停顿;阻滞;阻碍 synonym delay
    • What's the hold-up?遇到什么障碍了?
    • We should finish by tonight, barring hold-ups.倘若没有延误,我们应该在今晚完工。
    • (British English) Sorry I'm late. There was a hold-up on the motorway.抱歉,我来晚了。公路上堵车了。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lengthy
    • traffic
  2. (also also informal stick-up especially in North American English)
    an act of stealing from a bank, etc. using a gun持枪抢劫
    • a hold-up at the local supermarket在当地超市被拦
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • armed
    • bank
    verb + hold-up
    • carry out
  3. hold-ups [plural]
    (British English) stockings that are kept up by having a band of material that can stretch at the top紧口长筒袜
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