英 [h?ld] 美 [hold]
vt. 持有；擁有；保存；拘留；約束或控制
vi. 支持；有效；持續
n. 控制；保留
1拿著; 托住
例：
Hold the knife at an angle.
斜握著刀。
2.N-COUNT Hold is also a noun. 拿; 托住
例：
He released his hold on the camera.
他松開了握著照相機的手。
3.N-UNCOUNT Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling. 抓住
例：
I was woken up by someone grabbing hold of my sleeping bag.
有人抓住我的睡袋把我弄醒了。
A doctor and a nurse caught hold of his arms.
壹名醫生和壹名護士抓住了他的雙臂。
4.V-T When you hold someone, you put your arms around them, usually because you want to show them how much you like them or because you want to comfort them. (常因想表示喜愛和安慰而) 抱住
例：
If only he would hold her close to him.
他要是緊緊抱住她就好了。
5.V-T If you hold someone in a particular position, you use force to keep them in that position and stop them from moving. 按住; 使不動
例：
He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived.
然後他反扭手臂將那人按住，直到警察趕來。
6.N-COUNT A hold is a particular way of keeping someone in a position using your own hands, arms, or legs. 按住 (使某人不得動彈)
例：
The man wrestled the Indian to the ground, locked in a hold he couldn't escape.
那人把印第安人摔倒在地，並將他死死按住，使他無法逃脫。
7.V-T When you hold a part of your body, you put your hand on or against it, often because it hurts. (常指因疼痛而) 捂住
例：
Soon she was crying bitterly about the pain and was holding her throat.
不壹會兒她就疼得捂著喉嚨哭了。
8.V-T When you hold a part of your body in a particular position, you put it into that position and keep it there. 使 (自己身體某部位) 保持某種姿勢
例：
Hold your hands in front of your face.
把雙手放在面前。
9.V-T If one thing holds another in a particular position, it keeps it in that position. 使…保持 (在某位置) 不動
例：
...the wooden wedge which held the heavy door open.
…卡住沈重的門使之洞開著的木楔。
10.V-T If one thing is used to hold another, it is used to store it. 存放
例：
Two knife racks hold her favourite knives.
兩個刀架上放著她最喜愛的刀。
11.N-COUNT In a ship or aeroplane, a hold is a place where cargo or luggage is stored. (船、飛機等的) 貨艙
例：
A fire had been reported in the cargo hold.
據報告貨艙失火了。
12.V-T If a place holds something, it keeps it available for reference or for future use. 儲備; 儲存
例：
The Better Business Bureau holds an enormous amount of information on any business problem.
商業信用局存儲著有關任何商務問題的大量信息。
13.V-T If something holds a particular amount of something, it can contain that amount. 容納得下
例：
One CD-ROM disk can hold over 100,000 pages of text.
壹張CD光盤能容納10萬多頁的文字資料。