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

• They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
  他们因高速公路交通堵塞迟到了。
• An Experimental Study on the Liquid Hold-up of Gas-Liquid Biphasic Tilted Descending Pipelines
  气液两相流倾斜下降管持液率实验研究
• The major hold-up, said Stern, is the large costs involved.
  斯特恩表示，巨额成本是载人航天的主要障碍。
• My flight arrived very late because there was a hold-up at the airport.
  我航班到达的时候非常晚，因为在机场晚点了。
• After the hold-up, the Gang made their getaway in a stolen car.
  匪徒们打劫后，乘一辆盗来的汽车逃走了。
• A robber in New York came up with a disarming way to pull off his latest bank heist, approaching the teller's window with a large bouquet of flowers and handing over a hold-up note.
  为成功抢银行，纽约一名劫匪想出了一种非常忽悠人的办法。他举着一大捧花走向银行柜台，并递出一张纸条，上面写着“交出钱来”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The hold-up was a government connection?
  那次枪劫跟政府有关？