英和和英

名詞

hold over

1. Misspelling of holdover.

動詞

hold over (third-person singular simple present holds over, present participle holding over, simple past and past participle held over)

1. (transitive, sometimes idiomatic) (Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limited period.

   These crisps should hold me over until supper.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To save, delay.

   We will have to hold over these files until tomorrow.

3. (intransitive) To remain in office, possession, residency etc., beyond a certain date.

   We should hold over this report until the new department lead comes in.

4. (transitive) To be in a position to harm (someone); to have damaging information on (someone).

   He's holding those allegations over my head.

同意語

• (to sustain someone): tide over, tide through, carry through

派生語

• holdover (noun)

関連する語

• hold over one's head

参考

アナグラム

• overhold

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈhoʊldˌoʊvɚ/

名詞

holdover (countable and uncountable, plural holdovers)

1. (countable) Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.

   That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.

   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:

     Castle Rock Middle School was a frowning pile of red brick standing between the Post Office and the Library, a holdover from the time when the town elders didn't feel entirely comfortable with a school unless it looked like a reformatory.

2. (firearms) The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.

   This rangefinder not only measures the distance to the target, but also provides a digital readout of the inches of holdover at that distance.

派生語

関連する語

アナグラム

• overhold