commit a stickup
stickup 为可数名词，commit a stickup 是表示“实施持枪抢劫”的常见搭配。
The gang committed a stickup at a jewelry store.
该团伙在一家珠宝店实施了一起持枪抢劫。
持枪抢劫
露出水面的树枝；在被淹没或浸水的林地中伸出水面的细树枝或树枝。；竖领；强盗；抢劫者
持枪抢劫
A robbery at gunpoint.
在被淹没或浸水的林地中伸出水面的细树枝或树枝。
A small-diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as in a lake or river.
The bank teller pressed the alarm as soon as the stickup began.
银行柜员在持枪抢劫刚开始时就按下了警报器。
用法提示：stickup 为名词，指持枪抢劫；在句中作主语，表示抢劫事件。
The police caught two men who had carried out a stickup at a gas station.
警察抓获了两名曾在加油站实施持枪抢劫的男子。
用法提示：stickup 为名词，指持枪抢劫；在句中作宾语，表示实施的行为。
The new security system is designed to prevent stickups after closing time.
新的安保系统旨在防止关门后发生持枪抢劫案。
用法提示：stickups 为 stickup 的复数形式，作宾语，表示多起抢劫事件。
stickup 为可数名词，commit a stickup 是表示“实施持枪抢劫”的常见搭配。
The gang committed a stickup at a jewelry store.
该团伙在一家珠宝店实施了一起持枪抢劫。
armed 与 stickup 搭配，强调抢劫者持有武器。
Detectives are investigating an armed stickup on the south side.
警探正在调查南区的一起武装抢劫案。
用 at 引出抢劫发生的具体地点。
The stickup at the convenience store lasted only a few minutes.
便利店的那起持枪抢劫只持续了几分钟。
grammar · medium
易错句子The police caught the men after a stick up at the bank.
正确表达The police caught the men after a stickup at the bank.
stickup 表示“持枪抢劫”时是名词，应连写成一个词；stick up 是动词短语，意为“伸出、举起”，不能放在冠词 a 后作名词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The store closed early after stickup last night.
正确表达The store closed early after a stickup last night.
stickup 表示一次可数的抢劫事件，单数泛指时需要不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词系统，容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were three stickup in one month.
正确表达There were three stickups in one month.
stickup 是可数名词，前面有基数词 three 时必须用复数形式 stickups；汉语名词本身不标复数，容易漏掉词尾 -s。
两者都可指持枪抢劫，但 holdup 更常作新闻或中性用词，还可表示“延误”；stickup 多用于美式口语，专指持枪抢劫，不表示延误。
robbery 是法律上泛指以暴力或威胁夺取财物的抢劫，不一定是持枪；stickup 特指持枪抢劫，且更口语。
mugging 指在街头等公共场所突然袭击路人并抢走财物，通常不指有预谋的商店或银行持枪抢劫；stickup 强调持枪威胁，地点可在商店、银行等。
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