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

• 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 hold-up is just the beginning of the end.
  但这些仅仅是一个开头。
• 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。
• 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
• They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
  他们因高速公路交通堵塞迟到了。
• The main parameters of gas-liquid two-phase flow, such as flow patterns, pressure drop and liquid hold-up, are investigated in this paper.
  研究了不同流型下压力降与持液率的特点，以及压降脉动信号的方差与持液率、气、液相流量之间的关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Albanese said any hold-up of ships carrying ore to China for spot market sales had not had "any material impact" on Rio.
  艾尔巴尼斯表示，阻碍船舶将铁矿石运往中国用于现货市场销售，对力拓没有“任何实质性影响”。
• The hold-up was a government connection?
  那次枪劫跟政府有关？