hold的意思是：v.拿着；控制；容纳；握住；持有；保持；掌握；认为；举行；n.握住；控制；把握；立足点；延误；影响。hold的词语用法是v.(动词)hold的基本意思是“保持某一位置或状态”,指因个人心愿或被迫滞留或耽误不放。引申可指“托住,支持”“掌握权力,担任职务”“容纳,包含有”“正式举行〔办〕”“拥有财产,占据,守住”“持…见解,怀有激情”“认为,相信”“抑制,保留”“遵守诺言”等 。hold过去式:held；过去分词:held；现在分词:holding；第三人称单数:holds。
一、详尽释义点此查看hold的详细内容
二、英英释义
"he released his clasp on my arm"
"he has a strong grip for an old man"
"she kept a firm hold on the railing"
"he has a good grasp of accounting practices"
"he has a hold over them"
"instant replay caused too long a delay"
"he ordered a hold in the action"
"his detention was politically motivated"
"the prisoner is on hold"
"he is in the custody of police"
"he grabbed the hammer by the handle"
"it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
"keep clean"
"hold in place"
"She always held herself as a lady"
"The students keep me on my toes"
"Hold this bowl for a moment, please"
"A crazy idea took hold of him"
"hold a reception"
"have, throw, or make a party"
"give a course"
"She has $1,000 in the bank"
"He has got two beautiful daughters"
"She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
"take for granted"
"view as important"
"hold these truths to be self-evident"
"I hold him personally responsible"
"bear a grudge"
"entertain interesting notions"
"harbor a resentment"
"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"
"About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"
"The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"
"The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
"The landlord retained the security deposit"
"I reserve the right to disagree"
"She bears the title of Duchess"
"He held the governorship for almost a decade"
"The beam holds up the roof"
"He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"
"What's holding that mirror?"
"The jar carries wine"
"The canteen holds fresh water"
"This can contains water"
"This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"
"The theater admits 300 people"
"The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
"The weather held"
"They held on the road and kept marching"
"She holds her head high"
"He carried himself upright"
"This theory still holds"
"Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good"
"The novel holds many surprises"
"The book holds in store much valuable advise"
"This box won't take all the items"
"The flask holds one gallon"
"reserve me a seat on a flight"
"The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"
"please hold a table at Maxim's"
"Hold that position behind the trees!"
"Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
"He's held by a contract"
"I'll hold you by your promise"
"The soprano held the audience"
"This story held our interest"
"She can hold an audience spellbound"
"I hold to these ideas"
"The politician defied public opinion"
"The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"
"The bridge held"
"The same laws apply to you!"
"This theory holds for all irrational numbers"
"The same rules go for everyone"
"hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting"
"moderate your alcohol intake"
"hold your tongue"
"hold your temper"
"control your anger"
"Hold the taxi"
"Hold the horse"
"The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"
"Halt the engines"
"Arrest the progress"
"halt the presses"
"She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate"
"hold one's nose"
"He can hold his liquor"
"he had drunk more than he could carry"
"Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames"
"She was declared incompetent"
"judge held that the defendant was innocent"
"We agreed on the terms of the settlement"
"I can't agree with you!"
"I hold with those who say life is sacred"
"Both philosophers concord on this point"
"hold your breath"
三、词典解释
身体接触;支承;容纳（PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORT-ING, OR CONTAINING）
1.拿着;握住;托住
When youhold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms.
e.g. Hold the knife at an angle...
斜握住刀。
e.g. She is holding her journal and a pen...
她手里拿着日记和一支笔。
2.（紧紧的）拿，握
Hold is used in expressions such asgrab hold of ,catch hold of, andget hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
e.g. I was woken up by someone grabbinghold of my sleeping bag...
有人猛地抓住了我的睡袋，把我惊醒了。
e.g. A doctor and a nurse caughthold of his arms...
一名医生和一名护士抓住了他的双臂。
3.（通常为表示喜爱或安慰而）拥抱，抱住
When youhold someone, you put your arms round them, usually because you want to show them how much you like them or because you want to comfort them.
e.g. If only he wouldhold her close to him.
要是他能将她拥入怀中就好了。
4.用力使（某人）不得动弹
If youhold someone in a particular position, you use force to keep them in that position and stop them from moving.
e.g. He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived...
然后他反扭住那名男子的手臂让他动弹不得，直到警察赶到。
e.g. I'd got two nurses holding me down.
两名护士按着我不让我乱动。
5.（使某人不得动弹的）抓住，夹住
Ahold is a particular way of keeping someone in a position using your own hands, arms, or legs.
e.g. ...use of an unauthorizedhold on a handcuffed suspect.
对戴手铐的嫌疑犯使用非法的擒拿方式
6.（常指疼伤痛而）按住，捂住
When youhold a part of your body, you put your hand on or against it, often because it hurts.
e.g. Soon she was crying bitterly about the pain and was holding her throat.
很快她痛得大哭起来，同时用手捂着自己的喉咙。
7.使（身体部位）保持（某种姿势）
When youhold a part of your body in a particular position, you put it into that position and keep it there.
e.g. Hold your hands in front of your face...
把双手举在面前。
e.g. He walked at a rapid pace with his back straight and his head held erect.
他昂首挺胸地快步而行。
8.把…固定住
If one thingholds another in a particular position, it keeps it in that position.
e.g. ...the wooden wedge which held the heavy door open...
卡住沉重的门不让它关上的木楔
e.g. They used steel pins tohold everything in place.
他们用钢钉将所有东西都固定住。
9.存放;盛放;装
If one thing is used tohold another, it is used to store it.
e.g. Two knife rackshold her favourite knives.
两个刀架上存放着她最心爱的刀具。
e.g. ...the large cardboard and wooden cases used tohold my new appliances.
用来装我新买的家用电器的几个大的纸箱和木箱
10.（船、飞机等的）货舱，行李舱
In a ship or aeroplane, ahold is a place where cargo or luggage is stored.
e.g. A fire had been reported in the cargohold.
行李舱内报称起火了。
11.储备;储存
If a placeholds something, it keeps it available for reference or for future use.
e.g. The Small Firms Service holds an enormous amount of information on any business problem...
小型企业服务处备有关于各种商务问题的海量信息。
e.g. We have reviewed the data that wehold for the area.
我们已经审核过为该地区保存的数据了。
12.容纳得下
If somethingholds a particular amount of something, it can contain that amount.
e.g. The small bottles don't seem tohold much...
这些小瓶子好像装不下多少。
e.g. One CD-ROM disk canhold over 100,000 pages of text.
一张光盘可以存储十多万多页的文字资料。
13.大量喝（酒）而不醉
If you canhold your drink, you are able to drink large quantities of alcohol without becoming ill or getting drunk.
e.g. ...but you had to be able tohold your liquor.
但你得能喝酒才行。
14.（车辆）抓（地）
If a vehicleholds the road well, it remains in close contact with the road and can be controlled safely and easily.
e.g. I thought the car held the road really well.
我认为这辆车抓地性能真的非常好。
15. see also: holding
拥有；做（HAVING OR DOING）
Hold is often used to indicate that someone or something has the particular thing, characteristic, or attitude that is mentioned. Therefore it takes most of its meaning from the word that follows it.1.持有，怀有（观点、信念等）
Hold is used with words and expressions indicating an opinion or belief, to show that someone has a particular opinion or believes that something is true.
e.g. He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own...
他对自己的观点坚定不移，而这些观点通常和我的相左。
e.g. He holds certain expectations about the teacher's role...
他对教师的角色抱有某些期待。
2.带给人，使人感到（害怕、神秘等）
Hold is used with words such as 'fear' or 'mystery' to indicate someone's feelings towards something, as if those feelings were a characteristic of the thing itself.
e.g. Death doesn'thold any fear for me...
死亡对我来说并不可怕。
e.g. It held more mystery than even the darkest jungle...
它甚至比最黑暗的丛林还更令人感到神秘。
3.担任（职务）;掌握（权力）;负有（责任）
Hold is used with nouns such as 'office', 'power', and 'responsibility' to indicate that someone has a particular position of power or authority.
e.g. She has never held ministerial office...
她从未担任过部长级职务。
e.g. I'd seen it before in people who held immense power.
我以前曾在掌握大权的人身上看到过这种情况。
4.持有（许可、票证等）;拥有（学位等）
Hold is used with nouns such as 'permit', 'degree', or 'ticket' to indicate that someone has a particular document that allows them to do something.
e.g. Applicants should normallyhold a good Honours degree...
申请人通常应该拥有优秀荣誉学位。
e.g. He did nothold a firearm certificate...
他没有持枪许可。
5.举行（聚会、会议、会谈、选举、审判等）
Hold is used with nouns such as 'party', 'meeting', 'talks', 'election', and 'trial' to indicate that people are organizing a particular activity.
e.g. The country willhold democratic elections within a year...
该国将在一年之内举行民主选举。
e.g. The German sports federation said it wouldhold an investigation.
德国体育联合会称它将进行调查。
6.进行（谈话、采访、会商等）
Hold is used with nouns such as 'conversation', 'interview', and 'talks' to indicate that two or more people meet and discuss something.
e.g. The Prime Minister, is holding consultations with his colleagues to finalise the deal...
首相正在和同僚进行磋商，以敲定该协议。
e.g. The engineer and his son held frequent consultations concerning technical problems...
工程师和他的儿子经常就技术问题互相征求意见。
7.持有（股份、股票等）
Hold is used with nouns such as 'shares' and 'stock' to indicate that someone owns a particular proportion of a business.
hold的反义词
e.g. The group said it continues tohold 1,774,687 Vons shares...
该集团称其继续持有1,774,687股冯氏公司的股份。
e.g. The Fisher family holds 40% of the stock.
费希尔家族持有40%的股份。
8.占有（领先地位、优势等）
Hold is used with words such as 'lead' or 'advantage' to indicate that someone is winning or doing well in a contest.
e.g. He continued tohold a lead in Angola's presidential race...
他继续在安哥拉总统大选中占据领先地位。
e.g. Mestel holds a slight advantage.
梅斯特尔占有微弱优势。
9.吸引住（注意力）;保持（兴趣）
Hold is used with nouns such as 'attention' or 'interest' to indicate that what you do or say keeps someone interested or listening to you.
e.g. If you want tohold someone's attention, look them directly in the eye but don't stare...
如果想吸引住某人的注意力，就要直视他们的眼睛，但别死盯着。
e.g. Couldn't Ihold Philippe's interest?
我难道就不能让菲利普一直感兴趣吗？
10.认定（…负有责任）;归（咎）于
If youhold someone responsible, liable, or accountable for something, you will blame them if anything goes wrong.
e.g. It's impossible tohold any individual responsible.
不可能归咎于任何个人。
e.g. ...shareholders who want tohold corporate directors more accountable for their actions.
想让公司董事为自己的行为负更大责任的股东们
控制；保持（CONTROLLING OR REMAINING）
1.关押;扣留
If someoneholds you in a place, they keep you there as a prisoner and do not allow you to leave.
hold
e.g. The inside of a van was as good a place as any tohold a kidnap victim...
小货车内是关押被绑架人的好地方。
e.g. Somebody is holding your wife hostage...
有人挟持了你妻子作为人质。
2.（军队、暴乱人群等）占据，控制
If people such as an army or a violent crowdhold a place, they control it by using force.
e.g. Demonstrators have been holding the square since Sunday.
示威者从周日起就占领了广场。
3.（因握有某人把柄或掌握权力而形成的）控制力，支配力
If you have ahold over someone, you have power or control over them, for example because you know something about them you can use to threaten them or because you are in a position of authority.
hold的意思
e.g. It's always useful to have ahold over a fellow like Carl May...
能支配像卡尔·梅这样的人总是很有用的。
e.g. He had ordered his officers to keep an exceptionally firmhold over their men...
他已经命令军官要倍加严格地管住自己的手下。
4.（接电话时让对方）稍等，不要挂断
If you ask someone tohold, or tohold the line, when you are answering a telephone call, you are asking them to wait for a short time, for example so that you can find the person they want to speak to.
e.g. Could youhold the line and I'll just get my pen...
能否请您稍等一会儿，我拿支笔？
e.g. A telephone operator asked him tohold.
电话接线员让他不要挂断。
5.代接（电话）并向受话人转告通话内容
If youhold telephone calls for someone, you do not allow people who phone to speak to that person, but take messages instead.
hold的翻译
e.g. He tells his secretary tohold his calls.
他让秘书代接电话。
6.（使）保持（在一定价值或水平）
If somethingholds at a particular value or level, oris held there, it is kept at that value or level.
e.g. OPEC production is holding at around 21.5 million barrels a day...
石油输出国组织的石油产量保持在每天约2,150万桶。
e.g. They were expecting the jobless rate tohold steady...
他们预计失业率会保持稳定。
7.持续发出（声音、音符）
If youhold a sound or musical note, you continue making it.
e.g. ...a voice which hit and held every note with perfect ease and clarity.
非常自如清晰地唱出并拉长每个音符的歌喉
8.延迟;推迟
If youhold something such as a train, a lift, or an elevator, you delay it.
e.g. A London Underground spokesman defended the decision tohold the train until police arrived.
伦敦地铁公司的发言人为推迟发车直到警方赶来的决定作了辩解。
9.（提议、邀请等）有效
If an offer or invitation stillholds, it is still available for you to accept.
e.g. Does your offer stillhold?
你的提议仍然有效吗？
10.（好形势）保持不变，持续
If a good situationholds, it continues and does not get worse or fail.
e.g. Our luck couldn'thold for ever...
我们不会永远走运。
e.g. Would the weatherhold?...
天气会保持晴好吗？
11.（论点、理论等）站得住脚，成立
If an argument or theoryholds, it is true or valid, even after close examination.
e.g. Today, most people think that argument no longer holds...
今天，大多数人认为那个论点已经站不住脚了。
e.g. The theory could stillhold.
该理论有可能仍然成立。
12.（在重压下）保持不倒，支撑住
If part of a structureholds, it does not fall or break although there is a lot of force or pressure on it.
hold的翻译
e.g. How long would the roofhold?
房顶能支撑多久？
13.（法规等）适用，有效
If laws or ruleshold, they exist and remain in force.
e.g. These laws alsohold for universities.
这些法律也适用于各大学。
14.坚持（观点或信念）
If you say that youhold to a particular opinion or belief, you are stating firmly that you continue to have that opinion or belief.
hold在线翻译
e.g. Ihold to my belief that people should be allowed to have private lives...
我坚信应该允许人们拥有自己的私生活。
e.g. Would you stillhold to that view?
你仍会坚持那个看法吗？
15.遵守，恪守（承诺或高尚的行为准则）
If youhold to a promise or to high standards of behaviour, you keep that promise or continue to behave according to those standards.
e.g. Will the President be able tohold to this commit-ment?...
总统能恪守此承诺吗？
e.g. Not all men are as honorable orhold to the same standards as Sam.
不是所有的人都像萨姆那样品德如此高尚，抑或恪守同样的道德准则。
16.使遵守，使恪守（承诺或高尚的行为准则）
If someone or somethingholds youto a promise orto high standards of behaviour, they make you keep that promise or those standards.
e.g. I would say it's almost time tohold him to that promise...
我认为已经差不多是时候让他兑现那个承诺了。
e.g. Don'thold me to that...
我不能百分百保证。
短语（PHRASES）
1.（尤指当众）滔滔不绝地说
If youhold forth on a subject, you speak confidently and for a long time about it, especially to a group of people.
hold的近义词
e.g. Barry was holding forth on politics.
巴里正在滔滔不绝地谈论政治。
2.（通常指好不容易）得到，获得
If youget hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
e.g. It is hard to gethold of guns in this country.
在这个国家里要搞到枪支是很困难的。
3.领会;弄懂
If youget hold of a fact or a subject, you learn about it and understand it well.
e.g. He first had to gethold of some basic facts.
他首先得弄清一些基本事实。
4.设法和…取得联络
If youget hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
e.g. The only electrician we could gethold of was miles away.
我们唯一能够联络到的电工离这里有好几英里远。
5.停下;慢着
If you say 'Hold it', you are telling someone to stop what they are doing and to wait.
e.g. Hold it! Don't move!
停下！别动！
6.延迟;暂缓;搁置
If you put somethingon hold, you decide not to do it, deal with it, or change it now, but to leave it until later.
hold
e.g. He put his retirement onhold until he had found a solution...
他推迟了退休，直到他找到了解决办法。
e.g. He described their foreign policy as onhold.
他将他们的外交政策称为缓兵之计。
7.（面对攻击、反对等）顶住，坚持住
If youhold yourown, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you.
e.g. The Frenchman held his own against the challenger.
这名法国人顶住了挑战者的进攻。
8.与…相匹敌;不比…逊色
If you can do something well enough tohold yourown, you do not appear foolish when you are compared with someone who is generally thought to be very good at it.
hold在线翻译
e.g. She canhold her own against almost any player.
她几乎能和任何一名选手一较高下。
9.不动
If youhold still, you do not move.
e.g. Can't youhold still for a second?
你一秒钟不动都做不到吗？
10.完全控制;彻底影响
If somethingtakes hold, it gains complete control or influence over a person or thing.
hold在线翻译
e.g. She felt a strange excitement takinghold of her...
她浑身感到一股莫名的兴奋。
e.g. She was determined not to let the illness takehold again.
她决心不让疾病再次击垮自己。
11.抓紧;抓牢;扶好（以站稳）
If youhold tight, you put your hand round or against something in order to prevent yourself from falling over. A bus driver might say 'Hold tight!' to you if you are standing on a bus when it is about to move.
e.g. He held tight to the rope...
他牢牢抓住绳子。
e.g. Climb on to my back andhold tight.
爬到我背上抓紧了。
12.暂不行动
If youhold tight, you do not immediately start a course of action that you have been planning or thinking about.
e.g. The unions have circulated their branches, urging members tohold tight until a national deal is struck.
各工会已经在其分支机构中作了宣传工作，敦促会员等到达成全国性协议后再行动。
13. tohold something at bay -> see bay
tohold your breath -> see breath
can'thold a candle to -> see candle
tohold something in check -> see check
tohold court -> see court
tohold fast -> see fast
tohold the fort -> see fort
what the future holds -> see future
tohold your ground -> see ground
tohold your peace -> see peace
tohold someone to ransom -> see ransom
tohold sway -> see sway
tohold your tongue -> see tongue
短语动词（PHRASAL VERBS）
相关词组：hold againsthold backhold downhold inhold offhold onhold on tohold outhold overhold togetherhold uphold with
四、例句
I want you to stand beside me and hold the torch.
我要你拿着手电筒站在我旁边。
He has been trying hard to hold his temper.
他一直尽力控制自己不发脾气。
The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.
新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
I'll always be the one to firmly hold your hands.
我永远都会坚定地握住你的手。
They hold different views on this matter.
他们对这个问题持有不同的观点。
I fear that this fine weather won't hold much longer.
我担心这样的好天气保持不了多久。
Executive power is held by the president.
执行权由董事长掌握。
We hold that all nations should be equal.
我们认为所有国家都应一律平等。
We held a party to celebrate our success.
我们举行宴会庆祝我们的成功。
His hold on her arm tightened.
他把她的胳膊抓得更紧了。
Their forces had consolidated their hold on the area.
他们的军队加强了对这一地区的控制。
You have to get a good hold of this idea.
你得好好把握这个观点。
When you are climbing, you need to find a good hold to prevent you from falling.
攀登时,你需要找一个好的立足点来避免摔落。
There was an aeroplane hold again due to the heavy fog.
由于大雾天气,飞机又一次延误了。
He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother.
他对他弟弟很有影响。
五、常见句型
六、经典引文
The hold was generally firm when the fissures were not filled with ice.
出自：L. StephenLeslie Stephen's hold on his..daughter's imagination was the result..of the education he gave her.
出自：L. GordonMy father..tried to break the Conservative hold on the Royal Borough.
出自：A. McCowenThe ship was simultaneously unloading cargo from three holds.
出自：T. HeggenOyia held her in a vice-like grip.
出自：E. AmadiShe held his hand.
出自：R. Ingalls七、常见错误
误 He had hold over his younger brother.
正 He had a hold over his younger brother.
析 have a hold over〔upon〕中的冠词a不能省略。
hold的相关近义词
believe、clasp、clutch、conduct、consider、contain、detain、grasp、grip、guess、have、hold up、judge、keep、maintain、own、possess、retain、think
hold的相关反义词
hold的相关临近词
holder、HOL、holds、Holdo、Holda、Holde、Holdt、holdin、holdup、holdor、Holdos、Holdar