单词 | holdup |
释义 | holdup (hoʊldʌp ) also hold-up Word forms: holdups 1. countable noun A holdup is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables. What could have happened? A hold-up? There'd been no gunshot or scream. 2. countable noun A holdup is a delay. ...bureaucratic holdups and legal wrangles over the contract. 3. countable noun A holdup is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier. They arrived late due to a freeway holdup. Translations: Chinese: 持械抢劫, 持械抢劫, 持械抢劫 Japanese: 遅延, 追いはぎ, 強盗 量・程度 |
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