A holding is something you own and keep — most often land, or a piece of a company (shares). If a family has land holdings, they own fields or buildings. If a person has holdings in a company, they own some of that company.

A holding是 you own and keep你擁有並持有的 something東西——most often最常見的是 land土地，or或 a piece of a company一間公司的一部分（shares股份）。If如果 a family一個家族 has有 land holdings土地持份，they own他們擁有的 fields or buildings就是田地或建築物。If如果 a person一個人 in a company在一間公司 has holdings有持股，they own他們就擁有 some of that company那間公司的一部分。

The word feels a bit official and money-ish; you hear it in news about business, farms, and rich families, less in chat about a phone or a bike you own. You often meet it in the plural, holdings, when the meaning is property.

The word這個詞 feels聽起來 a bit official and money-ish有點官方、有點錢味；you你 in news about business, farms, and rich families會在講商業、農場和有錢人家的新聞裡 hear it聽到它，in chat about a phone or a bike you own在聊你自己的手機或腳踏車時 less比較少。when the meaning is property當意思是財產時，You你 often常常 in the plural以複數形 meet it遇到它：holdings。

There is a close business use too: a holding company is a company whose main job is to own other companies, not to sell bread or phones itself. The noun is simply hold + -ing: what you hold, in the sense of own. The set phrase holding company later travelled widely; Russian even has холдинг (xolding), a made-up-looking English word shortened from that phrase.

There is a close business use too商業上也有一個很近的用法：a holding company是 whose main job is主要工作是 to own other companies擁有其他公司 a company的公司，not to sell bread or phones itself而不是自己去賣麵包或手機。The noun這個名詞 is simply就只是 hold + -ing：what you hold你所持有的東西，in the sense of own取「擁有」的那個意思。The set phrase固定片語 holding company later後來 travelled widely傳到很多地方；Russian俄文 even甚至 has有 холдинг (xolding)，shortened from that phrase從那個片語縮短來的、a made-up-looking English word一個看起來像自創英文的詞。

Do not mix this noun up with the ordinary verb form. She is holding the baby is just hold happening now. That is not this word’s job.

Do not不要 this noun把這個名詞 with the ordinary verb form跟普通的動詞形式 mix up搞混。'She is holding the baby' is just只是 hold happening now「hold 正在發生」而已。That那 is not不是 this word’s job這個詞的工作。