Word · Frequency #178
holding
握住；抓住
holding is the present participle of hold.
To grasp or grip.
- 1.
To grasp or grip.
握住或抓牢。
- 2.
To contain or store.
容纳或储存。
- 3.
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
保持位置或状态。
- 4.
To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
坚持特定观点、承诺或行动。
- 5.
To win one's own service game.
赢得自己的发球局。
- 6.
To take place, to occur.
发生,出现。
- 7.
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
组织(事件或会议)。
容纳；装有；保持；维持；坚持；信守；举办；召开；发生；进行
In use
The auditorium can hold 500 people.
How much water can this cup hold?
This box cannot hold all my clothes.
Verb forms
base hold · third person holds · -ing holding · past held · past participle held
不规则动词，过去式和过去分词为held
Connections
Collocations
- hold someone's hand
- 握住某人的手
- She held my hand as we walked through the crowd.我们穿过人群时，她握着我的手。
- hold your breath
- 屏住呼吸
- The water was so clear that I held my breath in awe.水太清澈了，我惊叹得屏住了呼吸。
- hold a record
- 保持纪录
- She still holds the world record in the 100 meters.她仍然保持着100米世界纪录。
- hold an opinion
- 持有观点
- Everyone is entitled to hold an opinion on the matter.每个人都有权在这件事上持有观点。
- hold a meeting
- 举行会议；开会
- The manager held a meeting to announce the new policy.经理开会宣布了新政策。
- hold serve
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想‘hold’像‘厚的’：东西很厚，所以要牢牢‘握住/保持’住。记住hold=抓住、维持、容纳。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面叙述 该义项为中性表达，通常用于描述用手抓住或握紧某物，在口语和书面语中都比较常见。
Grammar Note
可作及物动词（后接宾语）或不及物动词（如 hold still）
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均与 hold /həʊld/ 押韵。注意：could、should、would 拼写含有 -ould，但发音为 /ʊd/，并不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.