- 1遺留下來的做法或想法；沿用下來的東西
A holdover is something that has stayed on from an earlier time, when the rest of the world has moved on. It can be a rule, a habit, a feeling, or an idea. Nobody sat down this year and invented it; it simply did not go away. The word is a little informal-to-neutral. You hear it in news and in conversation when someone wants to mark a time gap: this belongs to then, not to now. People also use it for a person who stayed in a job after a government or a boss changed — a holdover from the last team. The heart of the meaning is the same: it was held over; it continued. It is not a compliment or an insult by itself. A holdover rule might be wise, or it might be dusty and silly. The word just names the leftover.
組成Deverbal from the phrasal verb hold over: to keep something back or keep it going.
同家族的字
- holdfrom hold over — keep something for later, or keep it going
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
holdovernoun/ˈhoʊldˌoʊvɚ/
- 1
Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.
- That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.
- Castle Rock Middle School was a frowning pile of red brick standing between the Post Office and the Library, a holdover from the time when the town elders didn't feel entirely comfortable with a school unless it looked like a reformatory.
- 2
engineeringfirearmsgovernmentThe distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
- This rangefinder not only measures the distance to the target, but also provides a digital readout of the inches of holdover at that distance.
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