hold-up

英 [ˈhəʊld ʌp]

美 [ˈhoʊld ʌp]

n.  停顿; 阻滞; 阻碍; 持枪抢劫

复数：hold-ups　

化学

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 停顿；阻滞；阻碍
  a situation in which sth is prevented from happening for a short time
  1. What's the hold-up?
     遇到什么障碍了？
  2. We should finish by tonight, barring hold-ups.
     倘若没有延误，我们应该在今晚完工。
  3. Sorry I'm late. There was a hold-up on the motorway.
     抱歉，我来晚了，公路上堵车了。
• 持枪抢劫
  an act of stealing from a bank, etc. using a gun

柯林斯词典

• 持械抢劫
  Ahold-upis a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables.
• 造成延搁的事物;阻碍;障碍
  Ahold-upis something which causes a delay.
• N-COUNT 交通阻塞
  Ahold-upis the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier.
  1. They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
     他们因高速公路交通堵塞迟到了。

双语例句

• Little's assertion is that the implementions hold-up is the most important impediment and that the development team would be wise to put some energy into seeing it removed.
  Little强调：无法实施是目前最重要的障碍，开发团队应该想办法投入一些精力来解决这个问题。
• The drift flux model was used to study gas hold-up in riser.
  用漂流通量模型描述了上流区的气含率；
• Then the man drove away, apparently in a great hurry. A wave of train robberies followed the Reno brothers 'startling hold-up.
  然后，劫车人迫不及待地急驰而去。雷诺兄弟抢劫火车得手之后，带动了一波火车劫案的风潮。
• The hold-up is just the beginning of the end.
  但这些仅仅是一个开头。
• They hit the hold-up alarms, I gotta get out before the cops show.
  他们按动警钟，我得在警察来之前离去。
• Nonetheless, it was taking the threat seriously, fearful that the lastest hold-up marks a significant increase in labour tensions that have been present for several months.
  尽管如此，政府仍严肃看待此次威胁，担心最新事件会标志着持续数月的劳资紧张关系严重加剧。
• Depending on the length of the hold-up, they require the carrier to provide meals and refreshments, communications and, if necessary, overnight accommodation.
  它们要求航空公司根据旅客的滞留时间，为他们提供餐食、点心与通讯手段，如有必要，还须提供住宿。
• Experimental Study and Similarity Analysis of the Axial Profile of Solid Hold-up in the Dense Region of a Coupled Fluidized Bed
  耦合流化床密相区固含率轴向分布及相似性分析
• Analysis on the Hold-up Mechanism in Inter-firm Network and Its Counter Measures
  企业间网络中敲竹杠行为机理及对策研究
• Police tried to stop them, unaware that an attempted hold-up was taking place.
  警察试图让他们停下来，可一场早已预谋的袭击事件发生了。