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单词 to hold on
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to hold on
to hold on
1. transitive. To keep (something) on; to retain in its place on something.
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the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > keep (something) on
to hold ona1529
a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 118 Why holde ye on yer cap, syr, then?
1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 106 Henry VIIIth's Charter to Stephen Tucker for holding on his Hat before the King.
1899 N.E.D. at Hold Mod. I can't keep on a bicycle unless somebody holds me on.
2. To continue, keep up, carry on. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > continue (an action) [verb (transitive)]
i-haldOE
to hold fortha1325
sustainc1325
containc1330
continuea1340
maintainc1385
carrya1393
keepc1425
to keep upa1535
to stick by ——1551
to hold on1568
to hold out1595
to carry on1609
subsist1633
to keep at ——1825
1568 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 252 Hald on thy intent.
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxiiii Thus bountifull House-keepers hold on their set ordinary provision.
1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. ccxlv. 187 I..am pleased to find, that you still hold on a Correspondence with her.
1809 R. Cumberland John de Lancaster I. 150 In order to hold it [the harangue] on.
3. intransitive. To keep one's hold or grasp on something; to cling on; also figurative. Also in jocular phrases.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold or grip [verb (intransitive)]
holdc1305
to hold on1830
1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 508 The rolling and tossing of the ship oblige us to ‘hold on’.
1861 Temple Bar 3 509 I found myself holding on to a piece of plank.
1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 361 As though he held on by his teeth.
1930 ‘Sapper’ Finger of Fate 35 Having to hold on by one's eyebrows whenever one moves gets a bit monotonous after a time.
4. To maintain a course of action or movement; to keep on, continue, go on (rarely reflexive).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)]
to hold a wayOE
to hold forthc1200
to hold ona1225
reignc1300
lasta1325
continuea1340
to continue doing or to doc1384
pursuea1425
perseverec1425
to hold one's wayc1480
prosecute1528
to go on1533
to run on1533
keep1548
to follow on1560
insist1586
to keep on1589
to carry on1832
to carry on1857
string1869
a1225 Leg. Kath. 434 He heold on to herien his heaðene maumez.
1405 Bidding Prayer ii, in Lay Folks Mass Bk. 65 For thaim that first began and langest haldis on.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. iii. 41 Now haldis on.
1630 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 264 If we hold on as we do, in pampering every man his own flesh.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 633 But still I see the tenor of Mans woe Holds on the same. View more context for this quotation
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 18 The Gale held still.
a1822 P. B. Shelley There is no Work 7 O Man! hold thee on in courage of soul.
1889 J. A. Froude Two Chiefs Dunboy xv. 218 He held on till they were less than a mile apart.
5. imperative. Stop! wait! (colloquial) Cf. 27, to hold hard at Phrasal verbs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it! > stop! or take no action!
stop1570
not so fasta1593
hold your horses!1843
to hold on1846
hold it!1926
hold everything!1930
1846 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings (new ed.) 45 ‘But hold on a little till I tell ye!’ interposed Master George.
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word)Hold on a minute’, originally a sea phrase.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hold on a minute, wait or stop.
1883 Bread-Winners 62Hold on’, he burst out; ‘Don't talk to me that way..I can't stand it’.
6. In shooting: see 28.
7. Telephony. To keep the line open.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate by telephone [verb (intransitive)] > keep connection
to hold on1892
to hold the line1912
to hang on1936
1892 R. Kipling in Times 29 Nov. 8/1 A..millionnaire,..clawing wildly at the telephone..‘Hello!..I told you to hold on. What?..No. Hold on.’
1919 V. Woolf Night & Day xxiv. 327 ‘I'll look at my engagements... Hold on.’ She dropped the machine.
1920 Punch 1 Sept. 176/3 ‘What is your number, please?’..‘Just hold on a minute while I look it up.’
1920 R. Macaulay Potterism iii. i. 104 You mustn't ring off yet... Hold on while I tell daddy.
1949 J. B. Priestley Home is Tomorrow 38 (into telephone) Yes, I'll hold on.
1971 ‘A. Cross’ Theban Myst. (1972) xi. 165 She did go to the phone, but she got the doctor's exchange, which said, ‘Hold on,’ and then went off the line.
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