| 单词 | hitch |
| 释义 | hitch (once / 827 pages) 1vn 2n 3v 4vn 5n 6v A hitch is an obstacle or hindrance. You might be late because of a last minute hitch, like waiting for a family of ducks to cross the road. If things go well, they go off without a hitch. The word hitch has a gazillion meanings — it’s a hook, a limp, short for hitchhiking, slang for getting married — but the most common meaning is that a hitch is a little problem. If you’ve packed a picnic and then it rains, the weather is a hitch in your plans. Hitches include hang-ups, snafus, impediments, and other things that interfere. Often this term is used in the phrase "without a hitch" for things that go smoothly. WORD FAMILYhitch: hitched, hitches, hitching, unhitch+/unhitch: unhitched, unhitches, unhitching USAGE EXAMPLESOnce one of these books becomes a mega-hit, publishers look for ways to hitch their wagons to the lead horse. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) But here was the hitch: Viewers in the Eastern U.S. tuned in for his show at 11:30 a.m. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) Metro argues that the companies failed to inspect the bus before hitching it to the tow truck. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1v to hook or entangle Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper catch catch cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled unhitch unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch snag catch on a snag attach cause to be attached 2v connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car" Hyper connect, link, link up, tie connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces 3n a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls Hyper connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion an instrumentality that connects 4n a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot 2Hypo|Hyper Blackwall hitch a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook cat's-pawa hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked rolling hitcha hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope becket bend, sheet bend, weaver's hitch, weaver's knota hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) timber hitcha hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch magnus hitcha rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch knot any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object n a period of time spent in military service 3Syn|Hyper duty tour, enlistment, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty period, period of time, time period an amount of time v travel by getting free rides from motorists 4Syn|Hyper hitchhike, thumb ride be carried or travel on or in a vehicle 1v walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury Syn|Hyper gimp, hobble, limp walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 2n the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg 5Syn|Hyper hobble, limp gait a person's manner of walking 1n an unforeseen obstacle Syn|Hyper hang-up, rub, snag obstacle, obstruction something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted 2n any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome Syn|Hypo|Hyper encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive clog any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction speed bumpa hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor any structure that makes progress difficult 3n the state of inactivity following an interruption 6Syn|Hypo|Hyper arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage countercheck a check that restrains another check logjamany stoppage attributable to unusual activity inaction, inactiveness, inactivity the state of being inactive v jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched Syn|Hyper buck, jerk move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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