| 单词 | holdup |
| 释义 | holdup (once / 16169 pages) n WORD FAMILY holdup: holdups USAGE EXAMPLESGun deaths are common in heists, holdups and in confrontations among police, drug gangs and other criminals in Brazil, but targeted mass shootings are rare. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) Riverside authorities are looking for a would-be bank robber accused of spitting gasoline on a teller during a holdup. Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016) Couch, 40, was shot Feb. 13, while investigating a grocery store holdup. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1n the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time Syn|Hypo|Hyper delay break, disruption, gap, interruption an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity demurragedetention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure forbearancea delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting deferment, deferral, postponementact of putting off to a future time cunctation, procrastination, shillyshallythe act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time lag, retardation, slowdownthe act of slowing down or falling behind dalliance, dawdling, triflingthe deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working filibuster(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches lingering, tarriancethe act of tarrying cut-in, insert(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film cut-in, insert(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program adjournmentthe act of postponing to another time or place interjection, interpellation, interpolation, interpositionthe action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts abruption, breaking offan instance of sudden interruption barracking, hecklingshouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree inactivity being inactive; being less active 2n robbery at gunpoint Syn|Hyper armed robbery, heist, stickup robbery larceny by threat of violence |
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