hitch

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hitch1 /hɪtʃ/ verb  1  [intransitive, transitive] informalTTTRAVEL to get free rides from the drivers of passing cars by standing at the side of the road and putting a hand out with the thumb raised 搭便车，搭顺风车 SYN hitchhikehitch across/around/to He plans to hitch right round the coast of Ireland. 他计划就环绕爱尔兰海岸搭便车旅行。hitch a ride/lift (with somebody) We hitched a ride with a trucker. 我们搭乘了一位卡车司机的便车。2  [transitive] (also hitch up) to move a piece of clothing you are wearing so that it is higher than it was before 把 〔衣物〕向上拉 She hitched her skirt above her knees and knelt down. 她把裙子提到膝盖上，然后跪了下来。3  get hitched informal to get married 结婚 They got hitched without telling their parents. 他们没有告诉父母就结婚了。4  [transitive] (also hitch up) to lift yourself into a higher position by pushing with your hands 攀上，爬上hitch yourself (up) onto/on something Gail hitched herself up onto the high stool. 盖尔爬上了高凳。5  JOIN something TOGETHER a) [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to fasten something to something else, using a rope, chain etc 〔用绳子、链条等〕将…拴于，套住hitch something to something He hitched our pick-up to his trailer. 他把我们的小卡车挂在他的拖车上。 a goat hitched to a fence 拴在篱笆上的山羊 b) [transitive] (also hitch up) to fasten an animal to something with wheels so that the animal can pull it forwards 把〔动物〕套上〔车等〕 I hitched up the horse and drove out into the fields. 我把马套上车，赶着它往田里走。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

hitch• The soldier hitched a ride on the boat with the youngest princess and her prince.• To hitch hike right round the coast of Ireland and to write a book about his experiences.• Baseball also has become an endless exercise in hitching, pulling and staring in the batter's box and on the mound.• Farrelly rented a house nearby and she would play truant, hitching the eight miles there to rehearse.• The women, who wore sweaters under their low-cut dresses, hitched their clothes and staggered with their partners.• Bees and wasps hitch their fore and hind wings together with hooks to make, in effect, a single surface.• He was unsteady, but he managed to hitch up his jeans and zip them.• On Sunday, Ellingwood hitched up the wagon.hitch across/around/to• She was just as trapped as if she was hitched to a tree.• I caught a ride as far as Columbus, then hitched to Athens.• From New York I hitched to Boulder.• They spent the summer hitching around Europe.• It took an entire day of buses and hitching to get back to camp and when I did they'd finished supper.• In contrast, Jane Alexander as the elder sister and Robert Klein as her bulky beau are hitched to plows.• Lightly hitched to society, he imagined himself bound to grander forces.• His staff were about him; their horses... were hitched to the trees and fences.• Most of the Guernseys are hitched to their stalls, but one is in a special stall.hitch2 noun [countable]  1  PROBLEMa small problem that makes something difficult or delays it for a short time 〔短暂的〕故障，障碍technical/slight/last-minute hitch In spite of some technical hitches, the first program was a success. 尽管出现了一些小小的技术故障，第一个节目还是很成功。 The whole show went without a hitch. 整场演出进行得非常顺利。► see thesaurus at problem RegisterIn written English, people usually prefer to use (small/minor) problem rather than hitch, which sounds slightly informal: 在英语书面语中,人们一般更喜欢用 (small/minor) problem ,而不用hitch，hitch听上去略微有些不正式There were some minor technical problems when the product was first released. 该产品刚推出时出现一些小小的技术问题。2  a type of knot 〔某种〕结 a half hitch 半结

Examples from the Corpus

hitch• The plan has a hitch: drilling holes for the owls in the trees will kill the trees.• That was the plan if there was a hitch.• There was a hitch - about half the employees did not want to move to a different city.• The shuttle landed without a hitch at Edwards Air Force Base.• The parade went off without a hitch, despite concern about protestors.• And just as the deal started coming together, the first hitch came: Original drummer Dusty Denham left.• Nelson refused to comment on reports of a last-minute hitch in the negotiations.• Come Sunday you're more withdrawn and reticent so any hassle or hitch will prove too much to cope with.• Organic hitch Recently my local baker told me the stoneground organic loaf I was buying would be the last.• There's been a slight technical hitch, so we'll have to postpone the video until later.• This tiny hitch would be discovered only five weeks later, when the first steel columns arrived on site.• a trailer hitch• The operation had not gone without hitches because adequate amphibious shipping and transport aircraft were not yet available.technical/slight/last-minute hitch• However, technical hitches plagued the first night.• However, Rita calmly carried on in spite of this rather inconvenient technical hitch.• Regardless of technical hitches Pathfinders in Space was judged a great success, leading to a second series being commissioned in 1960.• Clinton appeared unruffled by the last-minute hitch, delivering his hour-long address in a crisp and fluid style.• These technical hitches failed to disguise the quality of the music.

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hitch¹ /hɪtʃ/ verb
1. [intransitive and transitive] informal to get free rides from the drivers of passing cars by standing at the side of the road and putting a hand out with the thumb raised
   SYN  hitchhike
    hitch across/around/to
    He plans to hitch right round the coast of Ireland.
    hitch a ride/lift (with somebody)
    We hitched a ride with a trucker.
2. [transitive] (also hitch up) to move a piece of clothing you are wearing so that it is higher than it was before:
    She hitched her skirt above her knees and knelt down.
3. get hitched informal to get married:
    They got hitched without telling their parents.
4. [transitive] (also hitch up) to lift yourself into a higher position by pushing with your hands
    hitch yourself (up) onto/on something
    Gail hitched herself up onto the high stool.
5.
  a. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to fasten something to something else, using a rope, chain etc
    hitch something to something
    He hitched our pickup to his trailer.
    a goat hitched to a fence
  b. [transitive] (also hitch up) to fasten an animal to something with wheels so that the animal can pull it forwards:
    I hitched up the horse and drove out into the fields.

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hitch² noun [countable]
1. a small problem that makes something difficult or delays it for a short time
    technical/slight/last-minute hitch
    In spite of some technical hitches, the first program was a success.
    The whole show went without a hitch.
  REGISTER
    In written English, people usually prefer to use (small/minor) problem rather than hitch, which sounds slightly informal:
   ▪ There were some minor technical problems when the product was first released.
2. a type of knot:
    a half hitch
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ setback a problem that stops you from making progress: The space program suffered a major setback when the space shuttle, Discovery, exploded.
   ▪ snag informal a problem, especially one that you had not expected: There’s a snag – I don’t have his number.
   ▪ hitch a small problem that delays or prevents something: There have been a few last-minute hitches.
   ▪ trouble when something does not work in the way it should: The plane developed engine trouble.
   ▪ hassle spoken a situation that is annoying because it causes problems: Just trying to store all this stuff is a hassle.

III

hitch‧hike /ˈhɪtʃhaɪk/ (also hitch) verb [intransitive]
to travel to places by getting free rides from drivers of passing cars
    hitchhike around/to/across etc
    She spent her gap year hitchhiking around the world.
—hitchhiker noun [countable]:
    I picked up a hitchhiker on our way back.