hold up

• After a while two or three street cars were held up by the fight .
  一会儿工夫，有二、三辆汽车被这场格斗阻塞了。
• He held up the crystal and looked through it at the sun's reflections .
  他拿起了晶体，通过它来观察反射来的阳光。
• I shook my head and held up a finger indicating that i was willing to pay a pound .
  我摇摇头，伸出一个指头表示我愿付一英镑。
• "what's this?" said miss ophelia, holding up the saucer of pomade .
  “这是什么？”奥菲丽亚小姐拿起一只装着生发油的盘子来问道。
• If he did nothing else by its aid he at least held up his head .
  即使他没有做其它任何事情，凭借了它的帮助，至少他不会垂头丧气。
• The kirchhoff theory has held up remarkably well under this kind of scrutiny .
  这种详尽的研究也对基尔霍夫理论提供了很好的支持。
• One night bufflehead, while on duty, accidentally interrupted a hold up of a grocery store .
  一天夜里，巴福尔黑德在值勤时无意中碰上一起抢劫杂货店事件。
• He had held up his big hands which were trembling under the influence of her eager enthusiasm .
  他举起两只粗大的手，这两只手受了她恳切的热诚的影响在发抖。
• Indeed, the roman world is falling; yet we still hold up our heads instead of bowing them .
  罗马人的天下的确在土崩瓦解，然而我们不但不垂头丧气，却依然趾高气扬。
• Oh, they will buy your papers-to hold up at breakfast or to line the trash can or to light a fire .
  啊，他们还会买你们的报纸--用来在早餐时拿在手里，或用来垫衬垃圾桶或引火。