holdout

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈhoʊldˌaʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.
    — If Facebook chooses to remain a holdout, it will not be as the head of a countercoalition but as a cranky recluse.
  2. A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.
    — He is probably working a vest or sleeve hold-out. Some clumsy or audacious sharpers will go so far as to hold out cards in their lap, or stick them in a "bug" under the table.

词形变化

holdouts plural

词汇关系

相关词
holdover nail house

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Etymology tree
English hold outdeverb.
English holdout
Deverbal from hold out.
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