Hold
[həʊld] or [hold]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a cell in a jail or prison.
(noun.) a stronghold.
(noun.) power by which something or someone is affected or dominated; 'he has a hold over them'.
(verb.) keep from exhaling or expelling; 'hold your breath'.
(verb.) assert or affirm; 'Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good'.
(verb.) hold the attention of; 'The soprano held the audience'; 'This story held our interest'; 'She can hold an audience spellbound'.
(verb.) aim, point, or direct; 'Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames'.
(verb.) have or hold in one's hands or grip; 'Hold this bowl for a moment, please'; 'A crazy idea took hold of him'.
(verb.) be the physical support of; carry the weight of; 'The beam holds up the roof'; 'He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam'; 'What's holding that mirror?'.
(verb.) cover as for protection against noise or smell; 'She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate'; 'hold one's nose'.
(verb.) support or hold in a certain manner; 'She holds her head high'; 'He carried himself upright'.
(verb.) organize or be responsible for; 'hold a reception'; 'have, throw, or make a party'; 'give a course'.
(verb.) remain in a certain state, position, or condition; 'The weather held'; 'They held on the road and kept marching'.
(verb.) have as a major characteristic; 'The novel holds many surprises'; 'The book holds in store much valuable advise'.
(verb.) remain committed to; 'I hold to these ideas'.
(verb.) stop dealing with; 'hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting'.
(verb.) keep from departing; 'Hold the taxi'; 'Hold the horse'.
(verb.) take and maintain control over, often by violent means; 'The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week'.
(verb.) contain or hold; have within; 'The jar carries wine'; 'The canteen holds fresh water'; 'This can contains water'.
伊莉斯校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
(v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
(v. t.) To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
(v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
(v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
(v. t.) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
(v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
(v. t.) To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
(v. t.) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
(v. t.) To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
(v. t.) To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
(n. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
(n. i.) Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
(n. i.) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
(n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
(n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
(n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.
(n. i.) To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
(n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
(n.) The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
(n.) Binding power and influence.
(n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
(n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
(n.) A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
(n.) A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.
狄伦編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Grasp, clutch, clinch, gripe.[2]. Possess, retain, have, occupy, keep possession of.[3]. Restrain, confine, detain, imprison, shut in, shut up, hem in.[4]. Bind, fasten, unite, connect.[5]. Stop, stay, arrest, suspend, withhold, keep in check.[6]. Maintain, support, continue, sustain, prosecute, keep up, carry on.[7]. Embrace, entertain, cherish, take as true.[8]. Think, regard, consider, believe, judge, esteem, count, account, reckon.[9]. Contain, admit, take in, have a capacity for.[10]. Celebrate, solemnize.[11]. Assemble, convene, call together.
v. n. [1]. Be firm, be fast, continue unbroken, not break, not give way.[2]. Continue, remain, persist, last, endure.[3]. Adhere, cohere, cling, stick, cleave, remain attached.[4]. Be derived, derive title.[5]. Think, believe, be of opinion.[6]. Stand, be true, prove good, hold true.
n. [1]. Grasp, gripe.[2]. Support, stay, prop.[3]. Footing, vantage-ground.[4]. Fort, castle, fortress, fortification, fortified place.
編輯:珀西
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Keep, grasp, retain, support, restrain, defend, maintain, occupy, possess,sustain, regard, consider, cohere, continue, have
ANT:Drop, abandon, surrender, fail, release, desert, forego, vacate, concede,break, cease
編輯:弗吉尼亚
解釋/意思:
n. the interior cavity of a ship between the floor and the lower deck used for the cargo.
v.t. to keep possession of or authority over: to sustain: to defend: to maintain support: to occupy: to derive title to: to bind: to confine: to restrain: to stop as in 'to cry hold:' to continue: to persist in: to contain: to celebrate: to esteem: (Shak.) to endure: (arch.) to bet.—v.i. to remain fixed: to be true or unfailing: to continue unbroken or unsubdued: to adhere: to derive right:—pr.p. hōld′ing; pa.t. held; pa.p. held (obs. hōld′en).—n. act or manner of holding: seizure: power of seizing: something for support: a place of confinement: custody: a fortified place: (mus.) a mark over a rest or note indicating that it is to be prolonged.—ns. Hold′-all a general receptacle esp. a big carpet-bag; Hold′-back a check: a strap joining the breeching to the shaft of a vehicle; Hold′-beam one of the beams crossing a ship's hold and strengthening the framework.—Hold′en (B.) old pa.p. of hold.—ns. Hold′er; Hold′-fast that which holds fast: a long nail: a catch; Hold′ing anything held: a farm held of a superior: hold: influence: (Scots law) tenure.—Hold forth to put forward: show: to speak in public to declaim; Hold hard! stop! Hold in to restrain check: to restrain one's self; Hold of (Pr. Bk.) to regard; Hold off to keep at a distance; Hold on to persist in something: to continue: to cling; Hold one in hand to amuse in order to gain some advantage; Hold one's own to maintain one's position; Hold one's peace Hold one's tongue to keep silence; Hold out to endure last; Hold over to postpone to keep possession of land or a house beyond the term of agreement; Hold the market (see Market); Hold together to remain united: to cohere; Hold up to raise: to continue to go at the same rate; Hold water to be sound and firm to endure trial; Hold with to take sides with.
錄入:弗农
例句/造句/用法:
- I am to understand, then, that you hold by the determination expressed in your letter? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As long as we could hold our position the enemy was limited in supplies of food, men and munitions of war to what they had on hand. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Listen, said Tarzan, easing up a trifle, but not releasing his hold. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- General Sherman, leaving a force to hold Atlanta, with the remainder of his army fell upon him and drove him to Gadsden, Alabama. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- On the 12th of February I ordered Thomas to take Dalton and hold it, if possible; and I directed him to move without delay. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on; four angels guard-- Hold your tongue. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Affery, who had watched her in terror, darted to her in the middle of the room, caught hold of her dress, and went on her knees to her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Her colour burned deeper, but she held his gaze. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- There was a cry and a rush to rescue, but the right hand which all this while had lain hidden in Moore's breast, reappearing, held out a pistol. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- So, I presented Joe to Herbert, who held out his hand; but Joe backed from it, and held on by the bird's-nest. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He held his cap in his hand and looked at the elderly nurse. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The former now held out his hand to Harry Maylie; and hearty salutations were exchanged between them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- At last he grasped the manuscript upon which Jane Porter had been writing, and as cautiously withdrew his arm and hand, holding the precious treasure. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It was not, however, till the invention of telegraphs that anything approaching to the means of holding regular communication by signals was attained. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The servant who stood holding the door, asked no question of John, neither did he go before them or follow them as they went straight up-stairs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- With a man on each side holding these ropes, the mule was released from his other bindings and allowed to rise. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Half a dozen able-bodied men were standing in a line from the well-mouth, holding a rope which passed over the well-roller into the depths below. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- You can't stand holding the roof up with your hands, for ever. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Now he looked up at them, holding the pencil. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The marine-store merchant holds the light, and the law-stationer conducts the search. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Can a man help imitating that with which he holds reverential converse? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- And of the pleasures of love, and all other pleasures, the same holds good? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Mrs. Rouncewell, who holds the light, is giddy with the swiftness of his eyes and hands as he starts up, furnished for his journey. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In the Mannlicher gun, adopted by the German army, the clip which holds the cartridges is itself inserted into the magazine, along with the cartridges. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
校對:朱莉娅