| 单词 | to hold up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold up to hold up 1. transitive. To keep raised or erect, keep from falling, support, sustain. ( to hold up one's head: see 30b.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] to bear upeOE underbearc950 bearOE holdc1000 weighc1200 to hold up1297 upholda1300 sustainc1330 undersetc1330 comforta1382 underbear1382 upbear1390 sustaina1398 upkeepc1412 carrya1425 supporta1425 chargea1500 convey1514 avoke1529 confirm1542 stay1548 to carry up1570 bolster1581 lift1590 upstay1590 atlas1593 sustent1605 statuminatea1628 firm1646 appui1656 establish1664 shoulder1674 to keep up1681 upheave1729 withhold1769 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 455 Ȝour ryȝt honden holdeþ vp to God..And byhoteþ hym to be stable. 1455 E. Clere in Four C. Eng. Lett. 5 Then he hild up his hands and thankid God therof. 1558 B. Traheron Answ. Priv. Papiste sig. Biii I yeld vnto you this noble victorie, & hold vp my handes. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 43 Who name but Charles, hee comes aloft for him, But holds up his Malignant leg at Pym. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 157 Four great Pillars of Iasper..hold vp the back of this Altar. 1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 49 The river..is held up in levels by 34 locks. 1894 Daily News 26 May 2/5 Four men..ordering the President..and the clerks to hold up their hands under threats of death, seized a sum of 2,500 dollars. 2. figurative. To support, sustain, maintain, keep up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (transitive)] > preserve in existence or maintain at-holdc1220 to hold upc1290 maintaina1325 sustainc1390 sustent?a1425 preserve1427 sustentate1542 c1290 Beket 229 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 113 Swyþe wel bi-gan þis Ercedekne holi churche bi-lede, And stifliche heold op hire riȝte. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 6 To holde vp & meyntene þe poyntes. ?1465 J. Wymondham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 313 How þat euer ye do, hold vp your manship. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 240 Winke each at other, holde the sweeete ieast vp. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys Diary 28 Jan. (1974) VIII. 35 He tells me gold holds up its price still. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 147 Austria, whose arms alone held up the petty despots. 3. To offer or present to notice; to exhibit, display; to present in a particular aspect; to put up as a candidate (quot. 1813). ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > offering for inspection or consideration > offer for inspection or consideration [verb (transitive)] i-taechec888 to lay … beforec1000 showlOE givec1175 to lay outc1440 produce1459 propose1548 cite1549 product1563 broach1573 offer1583 to hold up1604 to bring in1608 project1611 to bring ona1715 to trot out1838 to bring up1868 muster1904 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > propose as candidate purposea1382 nominate1560 propound1573 to put up1573 propose1675 run1765 to hold up1813 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 22 To holde as twere the Mirrour vp to nature. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 556 What colour for my Visitation, shall I Hold vp before him? View more context for this quotation 1808 E. Inchbald in Brit. Theatre XIV. 4 To hold up to detestation vices, now no longer to be tolerated. 1813 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 293 William was held up for Congress, and..lost his election. 1860 Temple Bar 1 30 Bacon..has been held up to opprobrium. 1892 Sat. Rev. 30 Apr. 497/1 [He] held up the Government..to hatred and contempt. 4. To let alone, resign, give up (quot. a1529 for to hold on 1 at Phrasal verbs); to keep back, withhold; in Cards, to keep in one's hand, refrain from playing. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] forsakec893 forlet971 to reach upOE agiveOE yield?c1225 uptake1297 up-yield1297 yield1297 deliverc1300 to-yielda1375 overgivec1384 grant1390 forbeara1400 livera1400 forgoc1400 upgive1415 permit1429 quit1429 renderc1436 relinquish1479 abandonc1485 to hold up?1499 enlibertyc1500 surrender1509 cess1523 relent1528 to cast up?1529 resignate1531 uprender1551 demit1563 disclaim1567 to fling up1587 to give up1589 quittance1592 vail1593 enfeoff1598 revoke1599 to give off1613 disownc1620 succumb1632 abdicate1633 delinquish1645 discount1648 to pass away1650 to turn off1667 choke1747 to jack up1870 chuck up (the sponge)1878 chuckc1879 unget1893 sling1902 to jack in1948 punt1966 to-leave- the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > keep what is due to or desired by another ofholdOE withholdc1200 abstaina1387 keep?1463 to hold up?1499 refrain?1504 outhold1512 detainc1535 to keep back1535 subtracta1538 substract1542 to hold out1907 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics to hold up?1499 decardc1555 to turn up1580 discard1591 pulla1625 to sit out1659 face1674 to make out1680 to lay out1687 to throw away1707 lead1739 weaken1742 carry1744 to take in1744 force1746 to show down1768 throw1866 blank1884 block1884 cover1885 unblock1885 pitch1890 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics pass1599 pluck1606 pulla1625 to play high1640 to follow suit1643 to play at forsat1674 lead1677 overdrawc1805 stand1813 retract1823 underplay1850 to hold up1879 to throw in one's hand1893 build1901 build-down1983 ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Aviv Holde vp the helme loke vp & lete god stere. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Esdras v. 72 The Heithen in the londe..helde vp the buyldinge from them. 1807 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 70 We..hold it up until we know the result of the instructions of February the 3rd. 1879 ‘Cavendish’ Card Ess. 111 You may make a trump by holding up. 1879 ‘Cavendish’ Card Ess. 198 Prone to hold up ace, knave. 1894 14th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 70 When..a cow holds up her milk there is some disturbing element. 5. (U.S.) To stop by force and rob on the highway. (From the robbers' practice of commanding their victims to hold up their hands on pain of being shot; = Australian to stick up.) Also, to arrest the progress of, obstruct the passage of (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > cause to be arrested or intercepted in progress warna1250 foreclosec1290 dit1362 stayc1440 stopc1440 set1525 suppress1547 bar1578 frontier1589 stay1591 intercepta1599 to cut off1600 interpose1615 lodgea1616 obstruct1621 stifle1629 sufflaminate1656 stick1824 to hold up1887 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > hinder or delay bestayc1330 tarry1340 delaya1393 to put aback1450 to pull backa1470 retard1490 tarde1524 retary1526 to throw back1562 forslow1570 backward1594 detain1600 to set back1600 slug1605 retardate1613 tardya1616 taigle?1635 backen1649 remore1652 remorate1657 to cast back1671 to hold up1887 to knock back1945 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > hold up to stick up1838 to hold up1887 1887 A. A. Hayes Jesuit's Ring 228 Any man could hold up a wagon. 1894 Times 22 Oct. 5/4 At noon yesterday four unmasked men ‘held up’ a Texas Pacific train near that place. 1904 Philadelphia Evening Telegr. 15 Nov. 1 Out of the 900 steerage passengers that came over on the Merion, 135 failed to pass the immigration inspectors, and were held up. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 16 Mar. 1 Another landslide has occurred..and nine passenger trains are held up in the mountains. 1906 N.Y. Herald 5 Mar. 5 It is thought the Senate Finance Committee will seek to devise new excuses for holding up the investigation of the State Banking Department, which it has succeeded in smothering for five weeks. 1909 H. N. Casson C. H. McCormick: Life & Work 146 One bill for £15 was held up for a week because it was not properly drawn. 1972 Daily Hampshire Gaz. (Northampton, Mass.) 9 May 1/3 A passing motorist asked Witkos if he was ‘going to let them hold up the traffic all day?’ 6. intransitive (for reflexive). To keep up, not to fall: usually addressed to a horse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > incite a horse by shouting or making a noise to stand up1656 chuck1824 to call on ——1832 to hold up1860 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Holmby House xviii. 266 ‘Hold up!’ exclaimed Humphrey, as the sorrel cleared a high wall, with a drop into a sandy lane. 1890 A. Conan Doyle Firm of Girdlestone xxxiii. 264 ‘Hold up, will ye!’ The last remark was addressed to the horse, which had stumbled. 7. To maintain one's position or state; to endure, hold out; in Hunting, to keep up the pace. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > be permanent [verb (intransitive)] > remain, continue bidec893 ofstandeOE astandc1000 restOE holdc1175 dure1297 akeepc1300 lastc1300 arrest1393 containc1400 perseverec1425 reserve1529 to run on1533 to stick by ——1533 persist1538 persist1539 to hold up1582 retaina1631 persist1659 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (intransitive)] > keep up the pace to hold up1892 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Acts iv. (annot.) Let no Catholike man be scandalized that this heresie holdeth vp for a time. a1694 J. Tillotson Wks. (1820) I. 457 Some few stout and obstinate minds, which, without the assistance of philosophy, could have held up pretty well of themselves. 1708 S. Ockley Conquest of Syria 270 The Saracens..made Shift to hold up till Night parted them. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 89 ‘O pray God that he hold up’ she thought ‘Or surely I shall shame myself and him’. 1888 Mrs. Notley Power of Hand I. xii. 144 If this wind holds up..we shall catch the coast..in six hours. 1892 Field 23 July 124/1 Having arrived at the starting point..Prince is told to ‘hold up’—an order which he obeys with alacrity. 8. To give in, submit, surrender (obsolete); to check oneself, refrain, ‘pull up’ (U.S. colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] to let bec1000 fastOE withdraw1297 letc1374 forbearc1375 abstaina1382 sparec1386 respitea1393 to let alonea1400 refraina1402 supersede1449 deport1477 to hold one's handa1500 spare1508 surcease1542 detract1548 to hold back1576 hold1589 to stand by1590 to hold up1596 suspend1598 stickle1684 to hold off1861 to bottle it1988 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in benda1400 sink?a1513 to give over1530 to cry creak?1562 yield1576 to hold up1596 succumb1604 to give in1616 to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629 to cry cravena1634 to give up or cross the cudgels1654 incumb1656 to fall in1667 to knock under1670 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 chuck up (the sponge)1864 to throw in one's hand1893 to sky the wipe (or towel)1907 to drop one's bundle1915 to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915 to buckle up1927 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 195 How lang thair lyfe was in, tha neuer held vp. 1843 M. F. Maury in D. F. M. Corbin Life M. F. Maury (1888) 46 The doctor said I was destroying myself with over-much head-work, and..I have had to hold up somewhat. 1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook (1882) I. xii. 170 I see your difficulty plainly enough, and I think you're quite right in proposing to hold up. 9. To keep from raining (when there is a threatening of rain); rarely, to cease raining, clear up. (Said of the weather, the day; also of the rain.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > remain fine to hold up1601 hold1893 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 213 They may then cause it to hold vp, when it should raine, and to raine, when it should hold vp. 1700 S. Sewall Diary 17 May (1973) I. 431 It rains hard. Holds up about 5 p.m. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xi. 184 Perhaps..it [sc. the weather] may hold up . View more context for this quotation 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiv. 302 Jack, my boy, go out and see if the evening holds up. 1891 Field 21 Nov. 791/2 The day held up wonderfully, in spite of lowering clouds. < as lemmas |
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