hitch

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英語

A hitch (knot that attaches to an object)

詞源

可能源自中古英語 hicchen、hytchen、icchen (「猛地移動」)，詞源不詳，其他語言中難以找到同源詞。對比itch、hike。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/hɪtʃ/

• （美國）音頻

  （文檔）

• 韻部：-ɪtʃ

名詞

hitch (複數 hitches)

1. 猛扯，猛拉
2. （將繩子接到物體上的）繩結
3. （拖車的）連接處

   His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.

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4. (非正式) 問題，麻煩

   The banquet went off without a hitch ― 宴會順利舉行。

   • 1961 July, 「Glasgow emergency - the restoration of Clydeside steam suburban services」, 出自 Trains Illustrated，頁號 432:

     The service operated according to plan on the Monday morning with only a few hitches.

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   • 2008 October, Davy Rothbart, 「How I caught up with dad」, 出自 Men's Health, 卷 23, 期 8, →ISSN，頁號 110:

     Over the next week, the hitch in my dad's stride eased a bit. But we'd run out of things to talk about.

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5. 暗地里的條件

   近義詞： catch

   The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?

   這生意好得不像真的。那麼條件是什麼呢？

6. (軍事，俚語) 服役期

   She served two hitches in Vietnam.

   她在越南服役過兩次。

   • 2004, June 3, Stephen J. Hedges & Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune; Orlando Sentinel; page pg. A.1

     U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED

下義詞

• Magnus hitch
• midshipman's hitch
• rigger's hitch
• rolling hitch
• taut-line hitch
• tent-line hitch

動詞

hitch (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 hitches，現在分詞 hitching，一般過去時及過去分詞 hitched)

1. (及物) 猛拉，猛扯

   She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.

   她把牛仔褲一把扯上來，然後系上皮帶。

2. (及物) 接上，綁上，連上，拴住

   近義詞： affix、join、put together；亦參見Thesaurus:join

   He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.

   他把鋪蓋卷固定到背包上，然後去露營了。

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, 章號 8, 出自 Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

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   • 2020 12月 3, Cade Metz, Daisuke Wakabayashi, 「Google Researcher Says She Was Fired Over Paper Highlighting Bias in A.I.」, 出自 The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The company has hitched its future to artificial intelligence — whether with its voice-enabled digital assistant or its automated placement of advertising for marketers — as the breakthrough technology to make the next generation of services and devices smarter and more capable.

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3. (非正式) 結婚 （常作get hitched）

   近義詞： splice、wed；亦參見Thesaurus:marry

4. (非正式，及物) hitchhike 的截斷形式，搭便車

   to hitch a ride

   搭便車

5. (不及物) 纏住，連接，附着，結合
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6. (不及物) 斷斷續續，不暢

   Frank’s breath hitched in his throat when he saw the knife being pointed at him.

   Frank看到刀對着他的時候，他的呼吸在喉嚨中開始變得不暢。

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     To ease themselves […] by hitching into another place.

7. (不及物，英國) 絆到 （指馬走路時雙腿撞到）
   • 1686, London Gazette:

     Stolen […] A brown Gelding […] all his paces, and hitches a little in his pace.

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衍生詞彙

• hitch one's wagon to a star
• unhitch
• unhitched

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