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holding forth

/hohld/US // hoʊld //UK // (həʊld) //

娓娓道来,娓娓道来的,娓娓动听,娓娓道来的故事

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    held; held or hold·en; hold·ing.

    • : to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
    • : to set aside; reserve or retain: to hold merchandise until called for; to hold a reservation.
    • : to bear, sustain, or support, as with the hands or arms, or by any other means.
    • : to keep in a specified state, relation, etc.: The preacher held them spellbound.
    • : to detain: The police held him at the station house.
    • : to engage in; preside over; carry on: to hold a meeting.
    • : to keep back from action; hinder; restrain: Fear held him from acting.
    • : to have the ownership or use of; keep as one's own; occupy: to hold political office.
    • : to contain or be capable of containing: This bottle holds a quart.
    • : to bind or make accountable to an obligation: We will hold you to your promise to pay back the money.
    • : to have or keep in the mind; think or believe: We hold this belief.
    • : to regard or consider: to hold a person responsible.
    • : to decide legally.
    • : to consider of a certain value; rate: We held her best of all the applicants.
    • : to keep forcibly, as against an adversary: Enemy forces held the hill.
    • : to point, aim, or direct: He held a gun on the prisoner. The firefighter held a hose on the blaze.
    • : Music. to sustain.
    • : to omit from the usual order or combination: Give me a burger well-done—hold the pickle.
v.无主动词 verb
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    held; held or hold·en; hold·ing.

    • : to remain or continue in a specified state, relation, etc.: Hold still while I take your picture.
    • : to remain fast; adhere; cling: Will this button hold?
    • : to keep or maintain a grasp on something.
    • : to maintain one's position against opposition; continue in resistance.
    • : to agree or side: to hold with new methods.
    • : to hold property by some tenure; derive title.
    • : to remain attached, faithful, or steadfast: to hold to one's purpose.
    • : to remain valid; be in force: The rule does not hold.
    • : to refrain or forbear.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip: Take hold. Do you have a hold on the rope?
    • : something to hold a thing by, as a handle; something to grasp, especially for support.
    • : something that holds fast or supports something else.
    • : an order reserving something: to put a hold on a library book.
    • : Finance. a security purchased or recommended for long-term growth.
    • : a controlling force or dominating influence: to have a hold on a person.
    • : Wrestling. a method of seizing an opponent and keeping him in control: a toe hold.
    • : Music. fermata.
    • : a pause or delay, as in a continuing series: a hold in the movements of a dance.
    • : a prison or prison cell.
    • : a receptacle for something: a basket used as a hold for letters.
    • : Rocketry. a halt in the prelaunch countdown, either planned or unexpectedly called, to allow correction of one or more faults in the rocket or missile.
    • : a fortified place; stronghold.
    • : a feature that enables a person to maintain a connection on one line while answering another line.
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    • : hold back, to restrain or check: Police held back the crowd.to retain possession of; keep back: He held back ten dollars.to refrain from revealing; withhold: to hold back information.to refrain from participating or engaging in some activity: He held back from joining in the singing because he felt depressed.Photography.dodge.
    • : hold down, to restrain; check: Hold down that noise!to continue to hold and manage well: She held down that job for years.
    • : hold forth, to extend or offer; propose.to talk at great length; harangue: When we left, he was still holding forth on World War II.
    • : hold in, to restrain; check; curb.to contain oneself; exercise restraint: He was raging inside, but held himself in for fear of saying something he would regret.
    • : hold off, to keep at a distance; resist; repel.to postpone action; defer: If you hold off applying for a passport, you may not get one in time.
    • : hold on, to keep a firm grip on.to keep going; continue.to maintain, as one's opinion or position.to stop; halt: Hold on now! That isn't what I meant at all.to keep a telephone connection open by not hanging up the receiver: The operator asked us to hold on while the number we'd dialed was being checked.
    • : hold out, to present; offer.to stretch forth; extend: Hold out your hand.to continue to exist; last: Will the food hold out?to refuse to yield or submit: The defenders held out for weeks.to withhold something expected or due: He was suspected of holding out information important to the case.
    • : hold over, to keep for future consideration or action; postpone.to remain in possession or in office beyond the regular term.to remain beyond the arranged period: The movie was held over for a week.Music.to prolong from one measure to the next.
    • : hold up, to offer; give: She held up his father as an example to follow.to present to notice; expose: to hold someone up to ridicule.to hinder; delay: The plane's departure was held up because of the storm.to stop by force in order to rob.to support; uphold: to hold up farm prices.to stop; halt: They held up at the gate.to maintain one's position or condition; endure: They held up through all their troubles.
    • : hold with, to be in agreement with; concur with: I don't hold with his pessimistic views.to approve of; condone: They won't hold with such a travesty of justice.

Phrases

  • hold a candle to, not
  • hold against
  • hold a grudge
  • hold a gun to someone's head
  • hold all the aces
  • hold at bay
  • hold back
  • hold court
  • hold down
  • hold everything
  • hold forth
  • hold good
  • hold it
  • hold no brief for
  • hold off
  • hold on
  • hold one's breath
  • hold one's end up
  • hold one's fire
  • hold one's head high
  • hold one's horses
  • hold one's own
  • hold one's peace
  • hold one's temper
  • hold one's tongue
  • hold on to
  • hold on to your hat
  • hold out
  • hold out on
  • hold over
  • hold someone's feet to the fire
  • hold still for
  • hold sway over
  • hold the bag
  • hold the fort
  • hold the line
  • hold the phone
  • hold the purse strings
  • hold to
  • hold true
  • hold up
  • hold water
  • hold with
  • hold your
  • (hold) at bay
  • bear (hold) a grudge
  • get hold of
  • hang (hold) on to your hat
  • have a hold over
  • lay hold of
  • leave holding the bag
  • no holds barred
  • on hold
  • (hold the) purse strings
  • stand (hold) one's ground
  • take hold

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
chant吟诵,吟唱,诵读,诵经communicate传达,传达信息,传递,传达意见declaim朗诵,朗诵会,朗读,朗朗上口deliver交付,提供,送达,递送enumerate列举,枚举,枚举了,详述explain解释,说明,解释一下,解说interpret解释,解读,翻译,诠释mention提及,提到,提,说起perform执行,进行,履行,演戏recount详述,叙事,叙述,复述reel off收线,收缩,收线期,收线时rehearse排练,预演,排演,排练时repeat重复,复述,重述,重复说reply回复,回答,答复,答问speak说,讲,讲话,说话utter彻底的,彻底地,彻底解决,出声address地址,讲话,网址,讲话稿answer答案,答案是,答案是什么convey输送,运送,输送带,输送机delineate划定,勾勒出,勾画出,划线describe描述,描写,描绘,形容detail细节,详细介绍,详细情况,详细说明discourse论述,话语,话语权,言论dramatize戏剧化,演绎,渲染,戏剧化处理enact颁布,制定,颁布了,制定了enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化expatiate夸大其词,阐释,夸大其辞,阐释一下impart传授,灌输,传递,传输itemize逐项列出,逐项说明,逐项列明,逐项列举parrot鹦鹉,鹦鹦鹉,鹦鹉学舌,鹦鹦picture图片,照片,画面,图画portray描写,描绘,刻画,描画quote引述,引文,引语,引证recapitulate重述,概括地说,重述一下,重报relate有关的,有关,有关方面,有关的问题render渲染,呈现,渲染器,渲染的report报告,报道,报导,举报retell复述,传述,复述内容,复述了soliloquize自言自语,独白,独语,自述state国家,国家的,国家的情况tell告知,讲述,告诫,告知对方account for负责,帐户,账目,解释为give a report作报告,打报告,报导,报告give an account讲述,讲述情况,讲解,交代give verbal account口述,口头交代,口头叙述,口头说明hold forth坚持不懈,吐露心声,坚持,坚守
as indiscourse
as indiscuss

Examples

  • Observations they had planned for the spring were put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • They are readily available, and I never have to wait on hold for an hour.

  • Hartman said he was told the hold was due to unspecified operational issues.

  • His factory, which employs 14 people, was shut for more than two months, with most first-half orders put on hold.

  • In March, as the Coronavirus crisis was beginning to take hold, agencies conducted tests to see how viable remote work was before sending employees home for what many thought would be just a few weeks.

  • Blacks would hold about 13 percent of the seats and Latinos 17 percent.

  • Tomorrow they should hold placards of the cartoons Charlie Hebdo had printed.

  • Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.

  • But how much they have regained or how durable their hold is remains unclear.

  • But that would now have to be put on hold because he had been shot in the Bronx.

  • Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

  • He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.

  • One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.

  • Not being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.

  • He was well set in the form of a man now, the months since his imprisonment having brought him much to fasten upon and hold.