hold-up

名詞

口語 複数形

(colloquial) A delay or wait. / A robbery at gunpoint. / (bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.

日本語の意味

遅延、待ち時間 / 銃を使用した強盗 / （カードゲームにおける）勝てるトリックを後に使用するためにカードを温存する戦略

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We experienced a small hold-up at the airport security, so we arrived late to the meeting.

空港の保安検査で少し遅れがあったため、会議に遅れて到着しました。

詳細

意味（1）

(colloquial) A delay or wait.

What is the hold-up?

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意味（2）

A robbery at gunpoint.

This is a hold-up! Give us all your money.

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意味（3）

(bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.

This was another hand on which a holdup caused declarer to lose control and to go down in a sensational way: […]

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意味（4）

(in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.

意味（5）

(military) The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant.

And to the left is a portable gamma counter that tells us the holdup of plutonium recovery facilities.

詳細

hold-ups （ plural ）