holding 976 |
0 holders of high office itjA&H’M 0 the holder of a French
passport # —see also record holder,
title-holder 2 a thing that holds the object mentioned
( l&tif# ) a
pen
holder 31M
—
picture o cup
— see also cigarette holder holding /‘hauldnj; NAmE 'hou-/ noun 1 ~ (in sth) a
number of shares that sb has in a company
J&ffr: She has a 40% holding in the company. M^MA^ 40% (ft flJHJh — see also fundholding 2 an amount of property
that is owned by a person, museum, library, etc. % MM?*; ( 1f tftt, )
ttlc: one of the most
important private holdings of Indian art 7J$1L’AW~# ft S W W fL M o 3 a piece of
land that is rented
by sb and used for farming # (ft ± M — see
also SMALLHOLDING
'holding
company noun a company that is formed to buy shares in other companies which it
then controls ]$
'holding operation noun a course of action that is taken so
that a particular situation stays the same or does not become any worse
'holding
pattern noun the route a plane travels in while it is flying above the landing
place, waiting for permission to land f
ffi iMf PW
Ift WfiR.)
hold-over /'hauldauvafr); NAmE 'houldouvar/ noun {NAmE) a person
who keeps a position of power, for example sb who had a particular position in
one administration and who still
has it in the next (vi£T
)
SMW'tM
'hold-up noun 1 a situation in which sth is prevented from
happening for a short time # $$; © # ; IS ETZ71 delay : What’s the hold-up? igfij#
& ® 5#7 ? 0 We should finish by tonight, barring hold-ups. mu, o{BrE) Sorry
I’m late. There
was a hold-up on the motorway, 3£AB&7,
o 2 (also 'stick-up especially in NAmE) an act of stealing from
a bank, etc. using a gun hole 0-* /haul; NAmE houl/ noun, verb ■ noun
►
HOLLOW SPACE 'v Ml?iXI 1 [C] a hollow space in sth
solid or in the surface of sth p; ?L; ifi: He dug a deep hole in the garden.
M&^ IS It IS 7XfitiLo 0 The bomb
blew a huge hole in the ground. 'j$#^Mi:77“AAi/L0
0 Water had collected in the holes in the road.
►
OPENING #13 2 [C] a space or opening that goes all the
way through sth P ; Jf P ; JL Bg :
to drill/bore/ punch/kick a hole in sth /fgAft/iHFO
There
were holes in the knees of his trousers. Mf‘)$TWlinP7'5&
p „ o The children climbed through a hole in the fence. imm«lft$qMT,M*o 0 a bullet hole if Bg o the hole
in the ozone layer J^flJlI^P — see also ozone hole
►
ANIMAL'S HOME ^ tl 3 [C] the home of a small animal PA;
HA: a rabbit/mouse, etc. hole ,
—see also bolt-hole
—compare foxhole,
PIGEONHOLE
►
UNPLEASANT PLACE ffftWMA 4 [C, usually sing.] (informal,
disapproving) an unpleasant place to live or be in
fit H (ftfilBf ( ) H771 dump:
I am
not going to bring
up my child in this hole. ;iA7^1MAf#W3£7
(ft0 — see also hellhole
►
IN GOLF Al$ 5 [C] a hollow in the ground that you
must get the ball into; one of the sections of
a golf course with the tee at the beginning and the hole
at the end p; i£Hf!jSjcp Eft The
ball rolled into
the hole and she had won. It'Mitt7P, MU70 o an
eighteen-hole golf course M WiSiiX o He
liked to play a few holes after work. MX iKJSlMA fT/lff
o She won the first hole. M^Elt—pBT^Ao
—
picture o golf
►
FAULT/WEAKNESS £tiH; Ifepg 6 [C, usually pi.] a fault
or
weakness in sth such as a plan, law or story ( it
$7 A fMjfit^W
) $fePI, MM: He was found not
guilty because of holes in the prosecution case. (Bf ^
M ^ XJ A o O I don’t believe what she
says—her story is full of holes. |£XWil MWi£ — $o£ISP'0'ii]o — see also loophole
—
EMPTY PLACE/POSITION SfcfeWMA / MS 7 [sing.] a place or position that needs to be filled because
sb/sth is no longer there XlkWMAf ( z&ikjt
) ; After his wife left, there was a gaping hole in his life. H7^i?f JB, MW A ^4^o 0 Buying the new equipment left a
big hole in the company’s finances. IPXlff iXIHn-As] W««^7it^AP0
nraia There are many other compounds ending in hole. You will find them at their place in the
alphabet.
$fij0
ITITCI in a 'hole (informal) in a difficult situation M 7 B ^ : He had got himself into a hole and it was going to be
difficult to get out of it. MMSBPIA7B ii, in the 'hole
{NAmE,
informal) owing
money j^ff; XU\ 7?i! E1771 in debt We start the current fiscal
year $30 million in the hole. ffcClAXWM ffAfiff ft# 3 000
//7cWio make
a 'hole in sth to use up a large amount of sth that you have, especially money ft it 16
f? (JttHU )
: School fees can make a big hole in your savings. 7 ft If <> — more at ace n., burn
v., dig v., pick v.
m verb
—
MAKE A HOLE £fp / ?L 1 [VN] [usually passive] to make a hole or holes in
sth, especially a boat or ship (
ns± ),nm,
—
IN GOLF 7 2 ~ (out) to hit a golf
ball into the
hole ^ $cAP: [VN] She holed a 25 foot putt.
Mf 17“ A 25 ^ R W B If itt
M o o[V] She holed out from 25 feet. MA 25 ^RMMSRt«P7o
fiiniPl .hole 'up | be .holed 'up {informal) to hide in a place |K. : He’ll hole up
now and move again tomorrow, after dark.
# gfj # o o We
believe the gang are holed up in the mountains.
.hole-and-'comer
adj. done in secret because you want to avoid
being noticed BfMMW; IftSfW: a hole-and-corner wedding MM Wfs WMA
hole-in-'one noun {pi. holes-in-one)
an
occasion in golf when a player
hits the ball from the tee into
the hole using only one shot (
.hole
in the 'heart noun {medical E£) a
condition in which a baby is born with a problem with the wall dividing the
parts of its heart, so that it does not get enough oxygen in its blood
hole in the ’wall noun
[sing.] {informal) 1 (BrE) = cash machine 2 {NAmE) a small dark shop/store or restaurant
PhBf/MS ( J&frtll ). ► ,hole-in-the-'wall adj. [only before noun] : hole-in-the-wall cash
machines/ restaurants
holey /'houli; NAmE 'hou-/ adj. a holey piece of clothing or material has
a lot of holes in it W
holi day On /'hDladei; NAmE 'hail-; BrE also -di/ noun, verb
m noun 1 [U] (also holi-days [pi.]) (both BrE) {NAmE vacation) a period of time when
you are not at work or school |? | : the
school/summer/Christmas, etc. holidays o
I’m afraid Mr
Walsh is away on holiday this week. 4.jA7il$3Mf§tA7o O The package
includes 20 days’ paid holiday a year. 20
AW^fr
fgG o holiday pay fx 0 0 a holiday job {- done
by students during the school holidays) (
(gift W ) fg $ X # 2 [C] {BrE) {NAmE vac-ation)
a
period of time spent travelling or resting away from home f§: fg M : a
camping/skiing/walking, etc. holiday ft®, itfg
O a family holiday A
U fg 0 a foreign holiday S M k fg O a holiday
cottage/home/resort /KM 0 the
holiday
industry ® fg M # ik 0 Where are you going for
your holidays this year? M A 7 H 3\ BP S fA
fg0 O They met while on holiday in