| 单词 | to hold over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold over to hold over 1. intransitive (Law) To remain in occupation or in office beyond the regular term. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > have tenure of property [verb (intransitive)] > hold beyond regular term to hold over1647 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 201 If the Lord faile, he loses his tenure, and the tenant might thence forth disclaime, and hold over for ever. 1880 A. Brown New Law Dict. (ed. 2) Holding over, this is the phrase commonly used to denote that a tenant remains in possession of lands or houses after the determination of his term therein. 2. transitive. To retain or reserve till a later time; to keep for future consideration or action; to postpone. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxviii. 278 I will hold the matter over with him for any reasonable time. 1861 Temple Bar 3 321 Comes down a telegraphic message to us to hold over all our warrants against him. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vii. 63 You needn't be afraid of my disposing of you. I'll hold you over. That's a promise. 1885 Manch. Examiner 8 July 5/1 The Sixpenny Telegrams Bill is to be held over till next year. 1891 Illustr. London News 10 Jan. 54/1 Not to sell any sealskins..but to hold them over till next winter. 3. U.S. colloquial. (See quot. 18891.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage to have at avail1470 to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510 to gain of1548 to be to the forehand with1558 to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591 to get the sun of1598 to have (also get) a good hand against1600 to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612 to weather on or upon1707 to have the laugh on a person1767 to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781 to get to windward of1783 to have the bulge on1841 to give points to1854 to get (have) the drop on1869 to hold over1872 to have an (or the) edge on1896 to get (also have) the goods on1903 to get (or have) the jump on1912 to have (got) by the balls1918 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home 18 (Farmer) You ruther hold over me, pard. I reckon I can't call that hand. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms To hold over one is to have an advantage in some way or other. This particular usage probably comes from poker phraseology. 1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 xii. 127 Do we hold over Bowers? < as lemmas |
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