hitch
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A sudden pull.
- 2.
Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
- 3.
A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.
- 4.
(informal)A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
The banquet went off without a hitch
- 5.
A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.
The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?
Đồng nghĩa: catch
- 6.
(slang)(military, slang) A period of time spent in the military.
She served two hitches in Vietnam.
U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED
- 7.
A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.
- 8.
(mining) A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.
A coal cutter and conveyor is used along the face, and after each cut the hitch had to be crossed at a new point.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To pull with a jerk.
She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.
- 2.
(transitive)To attach, tie or fasten.
He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.
Đồng nghĩa: affix, join, put together, accouple, affix, assemble, associate, attach, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, construct, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, hook, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, piece together, piecen, pinion, put together, splice, unite, wed, yoke
- 3.
(informal)To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
Đồng nghĩa: splice, wed, bewed, conjoin, couple, espouse, handfast, hitch, join, marry, splice, spouse, wed
- 4.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping, informal, transitive)Clipping of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
to hitch a ride
- 5.
(intransitive)To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
- 6.
(intransitive)To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
Frank’s breath hitched in his throat when he saw the knife being pointed at him.
- 7.
(UK, intransitive)To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
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Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (to move; to move as with a jerk), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.