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单词 holdup
释义 holdup
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: hold up
1. : the act or process of holding something up: as
 a. : a robbery at the point of a gun
 b. : a delay or a stopping of something
  < a week's holdup in the completion of the plans >
 specifically : the delay or keeping back of a liquid during fractional distillation or reflex extraction with solvents or of a gas in fluidization
 c. : the saving for later use of a card that could win the current trick in a bridge game
2. : an instance of extortion
3. : a place where livestock may be temporarily held on a range
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