holdup的词源

英文词源

hold up (v.)

also holdup, hold-up, late 13c., "to keep erect;" 1837 as "to delay." The verb meaning "to stop by force and rob" is from 1887, from the robber's command to raise hands. The noun in this sense is from 1851.

中文词源

holdup：停顿，阻塞；抢劫，拦截

词根词缀： hold占据 + up上

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