英语词汇“hold up one's head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A cold that affects parts of the sufferer's head, such as the eyes or nasal passages

The accidental contact of a computer head with the surface of a hard disk, damaging the data stored on it

A display, usu visual, mounted inside the cockpit to supplement the head-up display

A wrestling hold made by putting one's arm round one's opponent's head and tightening the grip by interlocking the fingers of both hands

(usu in pl) an audio receiver worn in pairs over the ears, esp for listening to a radio, MP3 player, etc

A palm-leaf hair ornament worn by some black S African men as a symbol of manhood

A boost or advantage intended to overcome a disadvantage or give a better chance of success

Formerly a straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a forme, between the chase and the type

The presentation of data on the windscreen of an aircraft or car, etc enabling the pilot or driver to see the information without looking down at the instrument panel (abbrev HUD)

(of the ball in a rugby scrum, or the scrum itself) won by the team not putting the ball in

hold up one's head see under hold¹

keep (or lose) one's head

To keep (or lose) one's self-possession, calmness, control

keep one's head above water see under water

lay heads together

To confer and co-operate

off or out of one's head (informal)

Crazy
Very drunk or high on drugs

off the top of one's head see under top¹

on one's (own) head be it

One must, or will, accept responsibility for any unpleasant or undesirable consequences of one's actions

out of one's (own) head

Spontaneously
Of one's own invention
Crazy, mad (informal)
Very drunk or high on drugs (informal)

over head and ears

Deeply submerged or engrossed

over one's head

Beyond one's capacity for understanding
Beyond one's control

put heads together same as lay heads together (see above).

put one's head on the block (informal)

To stick one's neck out, run the risk of censure, etc

show one's head

To allow oneself to be seen

take it into one's head

To conceive the (esp wrong or foolish) notion, believe (with that)
To conceive the (esp misguided) intention of (with to)

turn someone's head see under turn

hold¹ /hōld/

transitive verb (hōldˈing; pat held; pap held, and obsolete hōldˈen)

To keep
To have
To grasp
To have in one's possession, keeping or power
To sustain
To defend successfully
To maintain
To assert authoritatively
To think, believe
To occupy
To pass on a title to
To bind
To contain
To have a capacity of
To enclose
To confine
To restrain
To detain
To retain
To reserve
To keep the attention of
To catch
To stop
To continue
To persist in
To celebrate, observe
To conduct
To carry on
To convoke and carry on
To esteem or consider
To aim, direct
To endure
To bet (archaic)

intransitive verb

To grasp
To remain fixed
To be true or unfailing
To continue unbroken or unsubdued
To remain valid
To continue, to persist
To adhere
To derive right
When making a telephone call, to wait, without replacing the receiver, eg to be connected to a person one wants to speak to (also hold the line)

noun

An act or manner of holding
Grip
Power of gripping
Tenacity
A thing held
A place of confinement
Custody
Stronghold
(a sign for) a pause (music)
An order to keep in reserve (a room, etc) or to suspend (operations) (N American)
A means of influencing or controlling

ORIGIN: OE haldan (WSax healdan); OHGer haltan, Gothic haldan

holdˈer noun

holdˈing noun

Anything held
A farm managed for its owner
Hold
Influence
Intensive embracing and prolonged eye contact as a technique for developing intimacy between parent (esp mother) and child, claimed by some to be a cure for autism (psychiatry)
Stacking (of aircraft waiting to land)
Tenure (Scots law)
The burden of a song (Shakespeare)
(in pl) property owned (eg land or investments)

holdˈall noun

An accommodating receptacle for clothes, etc, esp a large strong bag

holdˈback noun

A check
A strap joining the breeching to the shaft of a vehicle
Something withheld, esp money (see also hold back below)

hold 'em see Texas hold 'em under Texas

holdˈerbat noun (building)

A metal collar formed from two semicircular parts which can be clamped together round a pipe, with a projecting piece for fixing to a wall

holdˈfast noun

That which holds fast
A long nail
A catch
A plant's fixing organ other than a root

holding company noun

An industrial company that owns and controls part or all of one or more other companies, usu without having a direct hand in production

holding ground noun

Any part of the seabed where an anchor will hold

holding operation noun

A course of action designed to preserve the status quo

holding pattern noun

A specific course which aircraft are instructed to follow when waiting to land

holdˈout noun (informal)

Refusal to agree to something or to take part in an activity
A person who refuses in this way

holdˈover noun (N American)

Someone or something held over
A leftover, relic

holdˈ-up noun

An attack with a view to robbery
A highwayman
An act or state of holding up
A stoppage
(in pl) women's stockings worn without a suspender belt, supported by elasticated tops

get hold of

To obtain
To get in touch with

hold a call or put a call on hold

To delay completing a direct connection between a caller and the telephone number or person that they are trying to reach, keeping the caller waiting, eg until the line is clear, or the person sought can come to a telephone

hold against (informal)

To remember as a failing or as a misdemeanour on the part of

hold back

To restrain
To hesitate
To keep in reserve (holdˈback noun)

hold by

To believe in
To act in accordance with

hold down

To restrain
To keep (a job) by carrying out its duties efficiently, esp in spite of difficulties

hold forth

To put forward
To show
To speak in public, to declaim

hold good

To remain the case

hold hands

(of two people) to be hand in hand or clasping both of each other's hands
(of several people) each to clasp the hand of the person on either side, thus forming a line, circle, etc

hold hard!

Stop!

hold in

To restrain, check
To restrain oneself

hold it!

Keep the position exactly!
Stop!

hold of (Prayer Book)

To regard

hold off

To keep at a distance
To refrain (from)

hold on

To persist in something
To continue
To cling
To keep (with to)
Stop (imperative)
To wait a bit

hold one's hands up

To admit one is at fault

hold one's own

To maintain one's position
(in the course of an illness) not to fail or lose strength

hold one's peace or one's tongue

To keep silence

hold out

To endure, last
To continue resistance
To offer

hold out for

To wait determinedly for (something one wants or has asked for)

hold out on (informal)

To keep information, money, etc from

hold over

To postpone
To keep possession of (land or a house beyond the term of agreement)

hold (someone) in hand

To amuse in order to gain some advantage

hold the line

See hold (vi) above
To persist or maintain one's position while under pressure

hold the road

(of a vehicle) to remain stable and under the driver's control, eg in wet weather, at high speeds or on bends

hold to or hold someone to

To keep, or make someone keep (a promise), adhere to (a decision), etc

hold together

To remain united
To cohere

hold up

To raise
To keep back
To endure
To bring to, or keep at, a standstill
To stop and rob
To rob by threatening assault

hold up one's head

To face the world with self-respect

hold water see under water

hold with

To take sides with, support
To approve of

keep hold of

To maintain one's possession of or grip on

no holds barred

Not observing any rules of fair play (noˈ-holds-barredˈ adjective)

on hold

Postponed
In abeyance
Waiting to be connected

head /hed/

hold1 /hōld/

hold¹ /hōld/