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

• He may be delayed by some trifling hold-up in the department.
  他可能被局里的琐事耽搁了。
• 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
• The selection guideline of the electrolytic capacitor is given according to different key targets such as voltage ripple, capacitors life time and power supply hold-up time.
  根据电路的不同用途，分别从纹波、寿命、掉电维持时间等方面给出了电解电容的选型方法，并用产品实例作了详细说明。
• 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；
• There was a hold-up at the bank over on2nd street.
  在第二大街的银行里发生了一起抢劫案。
• I once facilitated a retrospective in which the developers had identified the UI experts as the biggest hold-up to their stories.
  在我主持的一次回顾中，开发人员识别出，UI专家是阻碍他们完成故事的最大障碍。
• 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。
• 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。
• I nearly missed my flight owing to a traffic hold-up.
  因为交通阻塞，我差一点没有赶上航班。
• A wave of train robberies followed the Reno brothers 'startling hold-up.
  雷诺兄弟抢劫火车得手之后，带动了一波火车劫案的风潮。