a situation in which something is prevented from happening for a short time 停顿；阻滞；阻碍 What's the hold-up? 遇到什么障碍了？ 🔊🔊 We should finish by tonight, barring hold-ups. 倘若没有延误，我们应该在今晚完工。 🔊🔊 - (British English)
Sorry I'm late. There was a hold-up on the motorway. 抱歉，我来晚了。公路上堵车了。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lengthy
- traffic
- (also also informal stick-up especially in North American English)
an act of stealing from a bank, etc. using a gun 持枪抢劫 a hold-up at the local supermarket 在当地超市买东西
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- armed
- bank
- carry out
- hold-ups [plural](British English)
stockings that are kept up by having a band of material that can stretch at the top 紧口长筒袜