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

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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

• Axial Mixing and Gas Hold-Up of Gas-Liquid in Multistage Agitated Column The chromosphere is a frothy layer churned up by gases in the photosphere.
  多级搅拌塔气液体系的轴向混合和气含率色球层在光球层气体的搅拌下是个多泡层。
• The hold-up is just the beginning of the end.
  但这些仅仅是一个开头。
• Later he was identified as a notorious hold-up man.
  后来认出他是个劣迹昭彰的拦路抢劫犯。
• The hold-up was a government connection?
  那次枪劫跟政府有关？
• 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。
• 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。
• A man was killed in a convenience store hold-up last night.
  昨晚在一家便利商店的抢劫案中，一位男子被杀害了。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。