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hitch

verb
🔊/hɪtʃ/
🔊/hɪtʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hitch
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he / she / it hitches
🔊/ˈhɪtʃɪz/
🔊/ˈhɪtʃɪz/
past simple hitched
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past participle hitched
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-ing form hitching
🔊/ˈhɪtʃɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhɪtʃɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to get a free ride in a person’s car; to travel around in this way, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop免费搭车；搭便车
    • hitch something They hitched a ride in a truck.他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。🔊🔊
    • (British English also) They hitched a lift.他们搭了便车。🔊🔊
    • They tried to hitch a lift back to London.他们试图搭电梯返回伦敦。
    • We hitched a ride with a travelling salesman.我们和一个旅行推销员搭便车。
    • (+ adv./prep.) We spent the summer hitching around Europe.我们借搭便车在欧洲各地旅行了一个夏天。🔊🔊
    • They hitched across the States.他们在美国各地搭便车。
    • We didn’t take the bus—we hitched.我们没有坐公共汽车-我们搭便车了。
    see also hitchhikeTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
  2. [transitive] hitch something (up) to pull up a piece of your clothing提起，拉起（衣服） synonym hike up
    • She hitched up her skirt and waded into the river.她提起裙子，蹚进河里。🔊🔊
  3. [transitive] hitch yourself (up, etc.) to lift yourself into a higher position, or the position mentioned攀上；跃上
    • She hitched herself up.她爬了上去。🔊🔊
    • He hitched himself onto the bar stool.他一跃坐上酒吧高脚凳。🔊🔊
    • She hitched herself into a sitting position.她束手无策。
  4. [transitive] hitch something (to something) to tie or fasten something to something else with a rope, a hook, etc.拴住；套住；钩住
    • She hitched the pony to the gate.她把小马拴在大门上。🔊🔊
    5. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense 2): of unknown origin.
Idioms
get hitched
  1. (informal) to get married结婚Topics Life stagesc2

hitch

noun
🔊/hɪtʃ/
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  1. a problem or difficulty that causes a short delay暂时的困难（或问题）；故障；障碍
    • without a hitch The ceremony went off without a hitch.仪式进行得很顺利。🔊🔊
    see also technical hitch
    Extra Examples
    • There are always a few last-minute hitches at the dress rehearsal.彩排时总会在最后时刻出现几个问题。
    • There's been a hitch in the plans.计划中一直有一个障碍。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slight
    • last-minute
    • legal
    • …
    preposition
    • without a hitch
    • hitch in
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  2. a type of knot（某种）结 (= a join made by tying together two pieces or ends of rope, etc.)
    • a clove hitch卷结
    see also half hitch
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense 2): of unknown origin.