hitch
vt.& vi. (免費)搭乘他人之車; 猛拉; 蹣跚; (使)結婚
vt. (用環、鉤等)套住,鉤住(某物)
n. 故障,挫折; 繫住,勾住; 急拉
A hitch is a slight problem or difficulty which causes a short delay.
After some technical hitches the show finally got under way...
一些小技術故障解決後,演出終於開始了。
The five-hour operation went without a hitch.
5小時的手術進行得非常順利。
If you hitch ,hitch a lift, or hitch a ride, you hitchhike.
There was no garage in sight, so I hitched a lift into town...
放眼望去看不到修車廠,所以我就搭順風車進了城。
Jean-Phillippe had hitched all over Europe in the 1960s.
讓-菲利普在20世紀60年代曾搭便車遊遍歐洲。
If you hitch something to something else, you hook it or fasten it there.
Last night we hitched the horse to the cart and moved here.
昨晚我們套上馬車,拉著東西搬到了這裡。
If you get hitched, you get married.
The report shows that fewer couples are getting hitched.
報告顯示,結婚的人數呈下降趨勢。
1. a period of time spent in military service
2. the state of inactivity following an interruption;
3. an unforeseen obstacle
4. a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
5. a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it
6. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
7. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
1. to hook or entangle;
2. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;
3. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;
4. travel by getting free rides from motorists
5. connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
get hitched
(非正式)結婚
hitch one's wagon to a star
攀龍附鳳;試圖靠沾別人的光而成功
Let's hitch a ride.
讓我們免費搭車吧.
Hitch these two ropes together.
把這兩根繩子接起來.
We can hitch a ride to London on a lorry.
我們可以免費搭乘卡車去倫敦.
Can I hitch a lift with you as far as the station?
我可以搭乘你的便車到車站 嗎 ?
So far there was not a hitch.
到目前為止,一切進展順利.