Hitch

[hɪtʃ]

解释:

(noun.) the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg.

(noun.) a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot.

(noun.) a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls.

(verb.) to hook or entangle; 'One foot caught in the stirrup'.

(verb.) connect to a vehicle: 'hitch the trailer to the car'.

格斯编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

(v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.

(v. t.) To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

(v. t.) To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.

(v. t.) To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.

(n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.

(n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.

(n.) A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.

(n.) A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.

(n.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.

(n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

巴尔托迪编辑

同义词及近义词：

v. n. Go by jerks.

v. a. Fasten, tie, attach.

n. [1]. Catch, impediment, obstacle, hinderance, check.[2]. Jerk, jerking motion.[3]. (Naut.) Knot, noose.

伊米莉亚整理

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Stick, stickle, oar, jam, catch, hang

ANT:Run, glide, elide, rotate, flow

鲍里斯校对

解释:

v.i. to move by jerks as if caught by a hook: to be caught by a hook: to be caught or fall into.—v.t. to hook: to catch: to fasten tether esp. to make fast a rope.—n. a jerk: a catch or anything that holds: an obstacle: a sudden halt: (naut.) a species of knot by which one rope is connected with another or to some object—various knots are the Clove-hitch Timber-hitch Blackwall-hitch &c.—n. Hitch′er.—adv. Hitch′ily.—adj. Hitch′y.—Hitch up to harness a horse to a vehicle.

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