hitch
英 [h?t?]
美 [h?t?]
- n. 故障；鉤；猛拉；急推；蹣跚
- vt. 搭便車；鉤住；套住；猛拉；使結(jié)婚
- vi. 被鉤住；急動；蹣跚；搭便車旅行；結(jié)婚
- n. (Hitch)人名；(英)希契(男子教名 Richard 的昵稱)
助記提示
1. 我女巫(witch)，掉水溝(ditch)，p 投擲(披頭士)(pitch)，高被溝(hitch).
2. hitchhike => hitch.
3. 拼車服務(wù)Hitch不僅能幫你省錢，還讓你交到新朋友.
4. 電影：《全民情敵》：《Hitch》：希什（Hitch）是紐約城的傳奇人物，隱姓埋名的他從事著極具夢幻色彩的職業(yè)——約會專家。因為大多數(shù)男人都會在求愛的過程中遇到困境，這種障礙來自于試圖討取歡心時迷失了自我。于是，“全民情敵”希什出現(xiàn)了，作為愛情戰(zhàn)術(shù)顧問。
5. hitch (from the notion of hitching a sled to a moving vehicle) + hike => hitchhike.
6. hook => hitch.
中文詞源
hitch 拴住，鉤住，搭免費車來自中古英語icchen,猛拉，猝動，引申詞義鉤住。詞義搭免費車縮寫自hitchhike.
英文詞源
- hitch (v.)
- mid-15c., probably from Middle English icchen "to move as with a jerk, to stir" (c. 1200). It lacks cognates in other languages. The connection with icchen may be in notion of "hitching up" pants or boots with a jerking motion. Sense of "become fastened," especially by a hook, first recorded 1570s, originally nautical. Meaning "to marry" is from 1844 (to hitch horses together "get along well," especially of married couples, is from 1837, American English). Short for hitchhike (v.) by 1931. Related: Hitched; hitching.
- hitch (n.)
- 1660s, "a limp or hobble;" 1670s, "an abrupt movement," from hitch (v.). Meaning "a means by which a rope is made fast" is from 1769, nautical. The sense of "obstruction" is first recorded 1748; military sense of "enlistment" is from 1835.
雙語例句
- 1. The shooting of The Maltese Falcon proceeded without a hitch.
- 《馬耳他之鷹》的拍攝進展順利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The five-hour operation went without a hitch.
- 5小時的手術(shù)進行得非常順利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.
- 所有報考者都能對答如流.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. It was done without a hitch.
- 事情辦得相當順手.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. There is a hitch somewhere.
- 什么地方出了毛病.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》