英语词汇“holding up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1

as in postponing

to assign to a later time held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address

Synonyms & Similar Words

postponing
holding over
delaying
putting over
laying over
putting off
holding off (on)
deferring
shelving
waiting
remitting
hesitating
stretching (out)
suspending
pausing
slowing
retarding
staying
lengthening
prolonging
detaining
protracting
extending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

working (on)
dealing (with)
doing
deciding (upon)
acting

2

as in stopping

to bring (something) to a standstill traffic was held up for miles by the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

stopping
pulling up
halting
stalling
bringing up
drawing up
catching
fetching up
checking
blocking
staying
arresting
holding back
cutting off
stilling
hindering
holding
turning back
suspending
choking off
impeding
ending
obstructing
stemming
snagging
baffling
balking
detaining
clogging
blockading
concluding
damming
reining (in)
terminating
bottlenecking
suppressing
discontinuing
stunting
repressing
squashing
calling
squelching
stanching
staunching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

keeping (on)
keeping up
running on
continuing
following through (with)
carrying on
moving
proceeding
persisting
progressing
marching
advancing
going along
pushing
faring
wending
driving
stirring
actuating
propelling
spurring
goading
impelling
budging

3

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up, I can give you a ride

Synonyms & Similar Words

impeding
hampering
hindering
tying up
holding back
embarrassing
obstructing
tieing up
handicapping
giving a hard time
interfering (with)
cramping one's style
trammelling
cramping
inhibiting
delaying
manacling
clogging
encumbering
restraining
disrupting
hobbling
handcuffing
shackling
fettering
constraining
blocking
stymieing
trammeling
thwarting
frustrating
binding
short-circuiting
hog-tying
curbing
checking
tying
braking
reining
bogging (down)
balking
tethering
retarding
stifling
retaining
tieing
chaining
barricading
baffling
hedging (in)
strangling
hemming (in)
haltering
leashing
arresting
blockading
sabotaging
confining
derailing
foiling
choking
roadblocking
miring
stumping
suffocating
smothering
repressing
muzzling
suppressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

helping
assisting
facilitating
aiding
opening
making way
clearing
releasing
freeing
liberating
promoting
unplugging
smoothing
loosening
encouraging
unclogging
unstopping
furthering
untying
untieing

4

as in surviving

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

surviving
lasting
holding out
prevailing
keeping up
carrying on
hanging in
remaining
getting on
getting along
continuing
making out
persisting
going
holding on
bearing up
getting by
hanging on
running on
managing
drawing out
coping
enduring
stretching
lingering
persevering
faring
abiding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

running out
giving out
petering (out)
failing
breaking down
dying
going out
stopping
fizzling
breaking
collapsing
crashing
expiring
running down
conking (out)
stalling
cutting out
waning

5

as in remaining

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast

Synonyms & Similar Words

remaining
lasting
continuing
holding on
running on
keeping up
persisting
sticking around
staying
surviving
enduring
lingering
perduring
prevailing
abiding
biding
carrying through
tarrying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

dying
ending
finishing
passing
dying (down)
closing
stopping
leaving off
winding up
terminating
concluding
expiring
discontinuing
ceasing
lapsing
quitting
letting up
waning
desisting
moderating
subsiding
ebbing
abating

6

as in standing up

to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval an argument that won't hold up in court

Synonyms & Similar Words

standing up
flying
holding water
passing muster
working
going over
getting through
going down
going through
passing
washing
playing
taking

单词	holding up
释义	holdup 1 of 2 noun hold·up ˈhōld-ˌəp 1 : delay 2 : a robbery carried out at gunpoint hold up 2 of 2 verb held up; holding up; holds up transitive verb 1 : to rob at gunpoint 2 : delay, impede 3 : to call attention to : single out his work was held up to ridicule hold this up as perfection The Times Literary Supplement (London) intransitive verb : to continue in the same condition without failing or losing effectiveness or force she's holding up under the strain music that holds up twenty years later Synonyms Noun delay detainment detention holdback holding pattern wait Verb defer delay hold off (on) hold over lay over postpone put off put over remit shelve See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun There have been a series of holdups at local banks. a holdup in construction due to the weather Verb held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address traffic was held up for miles by the accident Recent Examples on the Web Noun The holdup happened at PNC Bank on 3501 Roosevelt Blvd. Carol Robinson \| Crobinson@al.com, al, 8 July 2022 The holdup of shipments because of the war has worsened rising food prices worldwide and threatened hunger and political instability in developing nations. Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022 The holdup of food shipments because of the war has worsened rising food prices worldwide and threatened hunger and political instability in developing nations. Susie Blann And Suzan Fraser, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2022 If that type of holdup persists, Waxenberg suggested the MARB may need to ask state lawmakers to pass special legislation and appoint a board or individual to run the city for the state. Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2022 The holdup has clouded U.S. investment plans for a number of big chip manufacturers. Dan Strumpf, WSJ, 24 July 2022 Authorities initially sought the serial violent robbers after a holdup occurred in Ontario just after midnight Monday, followed by a robbery at a 7-Eleven store in Upland about 40 minutes later. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022 Jagger Freeman, 28, planned the Feb. 12, 2019, holdup that resulted in Detective Brian Simonsen's death, Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz said. Fox News, 7 July 2022 Police are trying to track down an armed robbery suspect sought in connection with a holdup at a northwest Atlanta gas station last month. Matt Bruce, ajc, 21 June 2022 Verb If the Bobcats defensive front can’t hold up against OSU, the Beavers might run all day and never look back. oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2022 If Mayfield and Christian McCaffrey can hold up, the Panthers have a playoff shot. Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 The court gets slippery because of sandbags that players pile on the bottom of the poles to hold up that net, leading Clark to once slip like a cartoon character on a banana peel while running lines with the team. Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022 Although many aspects of the series’ effects work hold up regardless of the venue — the attack of a sea serpent in the second episode was a highlight for me — other pieces feel overlit and flat. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022 Congress should tighten the rules on standing so that activists can’t hold up safe infrastructure over minor issues. Mario Loyola, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022 While some herbs can hold up in the microwave, delicate herbs will wither and turn brown. Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022 But those networks have met a tough match in the covid era, when shortages on the other side of the world can hold up just about anything. Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022 For the Monaco National Day Celebration, the twins made sweet signs to hold up sharing their love for their mother, Princess Charlene, who was stuck for six months in South Africa due to a medical issue that prevented her from flying. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 23 July 2022 See More Word History First Known Use Noun 1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1851, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Kids Definition holdup noun hold·up ˈhōld-ˌəp 1 : robbery by an armed robber 2 : delay entry 1 Why aren't we moving? What's the holdup? Legal Definition holdup 1 of 2 noun hold·up : an attempted or completed robbery carried out with the use of force and especially at gunpoint hold up 2 of 2 transitive verb : to make the victim of a holdup : rob at gunpoint holding up 1 of 2 adjective as in holding on Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance holding on running on keeping up lasting enduring abiding persisting sticking around residual lingering staying biding remaining continuing carrying through perduring leftover surviving tarrying prevailing Antonyms & Near Antonyms dying (down) letting up waning winding up subsiding moderating abating ebbing dying ending passing finishing concluding closing stopping terminating leaving off lapsing expiring quitting discontinuing ceasing desisting See More holding up 2 of 2 verb present participle of hold up 1 as in postponing to assign to a later time held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address Synonyms & Similar Words postponing holding over delaying putting over laying over putting off holding off (on) deferring shelving waiting remitting hesitating stretching (out) suspending pausing slowing retarding staying lengthening prolonging detaining protracting extending Antonyms & Near Antonyms working (on) dealing (with) doing deciding (upon) acting 2 as in stopping to bring (something) to a standstill traffic was held up for miles by the accident Synonyms & Similar Words stopping pulling up halting stalling bringing up drawing up catching fetching up checking blocking staying arresting holding back cutting off stilling hindering holding turning back suspending choking off impeding ending obstructing stemming snagging baffling balking detaining clogging blockading concluding damming reining (in) terminating bottlenecking suppressing discontinuing stunting repressing squashing calling squelching stanching staunching Antonyms & Near Antonyms keeping (on) keeping up running on continuing following through (with) carrying on moving proceeding persisting progressing marching advancing going along pushing faring wending driving stirring actuating propelling spurring goading impelling budging See More 3 as in impeding to create difficulty for the work or activity of if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up, I can give you a ride Synonyms & Similar Words impeding hampering hindering tying up holding back embarrassing obstructing tieing up handicapping giving a hard time interfering (with) cramping one's style trammelling cramping inhibiting delaying manacling clogging encumbering restraining disrupting hobbling handcuffing shackling fettering constraining blocking stymieing trammeling thwarting frustrating binding short-circuiting hog-tying curbing checking tying braking reining bogging (down) balking tethering retarding stifling retaining tieing chaining barricading baffling hedging (in) strangling hemming (in) haltering leashing arresting blockading sabotaging confining derailing foiling choking roadblocking miring stumping suffocating smothering repressing muzzling suppressing Antonyms & Near Antonyms helping assisting facilitating aiding opening making way clearing releasing freeing liberating promoting unplugging smoothing loosening encouraging unclogging unstopping furthering untying untieing See More 4 as in surviving to continue to operate or to meet one's needs the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer Synonyms & Similar Words surviving lasting holding out prevailing keeping up carrying on hanging in remaining getting on getting along continuing making out persisting going holding on bearing up getting by hanging on running on managing drawing out coping enduring stretching lingering persevering faring abiding Antonyms & Near Antonyms running out giving out petering (out) failing breaking down dying going out stopping fizzling breaking collapsing crashing expiring running down conking (out) stalling cutting out waning See More 5 as in remaining to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast Synonyms & Similar Words remaining lasting continuing holding on running on keeping up persisting sticking around staying surviving enduring lingering perduring prevailing abiding biding carrying through tarrying Antonyms & Near Antonyms dying ending finishing passing dying (down) closing stopping leaving off winding up terminating concluding expiring discontinuing ceasing lapsing quitting letting up waning desisting moderating subsiding ebbing abating See More 6 as in standing up to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval an argument that won't hold up in court Synonyms & Similar Words standing up flying holding water passing muster working going over getting through going down going through passing washing playing taking
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holdup

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