hitch
[hɪtʃ] noun countable
■a temporary difficulty which causes a short delay 临时故障，小问题•Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting half an hour late.由于出了一点小小的技术故障，音乐会将顺延半个小时开始。
[hɪtʃ] noun countable
go (off) without a hitch
■to happen successfully without any problems 顺利进行•To the bride's relief, the wedding ceremony went off without a hitch.令新娘松了一口气的是，婚礼一切顺利。
[hɪtʃ] verb
RIDE 乘
hitch a lift/ride informal
■to get a free ride in someone else's vehicle as a way of travelling 搭便车，免费搭车•They hitched a lift to Edinburgh from a passing car.他们搭乘一辆过路的车到了爱丁堡。
[hɪtʃ] verb
FASTEN 固定
transitive usually + adverb or preposition
■to fasten something to another thing by tying it with a rope or using a metal hook （用绳子）系住；（用钩子）挂住•The horses were hitched to a shiny black carriage.马匹被套在一辆黑亮的大车上。 •We just need to hitch the trailer (on)to the car and then we can go.我们只需把拖车挂在汽车后面，这样就可以走了。
[hɪtʃ] verb
Phrasal Verbs [M] hitch sth up
PULL STH UP
■to pull something, especially trousers or a skirt, upwards to a slightly higher position 挽起，提起（裤子或裙子）•She hitched her skirt up before wading across the stream.她趟过小溪之前，把裙子向上撩起。 CONNECT
■If you hitch up a vehicle, you connect it so that it can be pulled, and if you hitch up an animal to a vehicle, you connect it so that it can pull the vehicle 挂好（车辆）；套好（牲畜）•We watched as the farmer hitched up a team of oxen.我们看着农夫把一群牛套赶上车。 |