withstand，stand up to，hold out against ；

[例句] 这名法国人顶住了挑战者的进攻。 The Frenchman held his own against the challenger.

[例句] 天黑前我们应当顶住敌人的进攻. We must keep the enemy's attack off until dark.

bite ，grip with one's teeth，grip，seize ；

[例句] 还剩4圈的时候，他紧紧咬住领先者。 With four laps to go, he kept pace with the leaders.

[例句] 猫咬住幼崽的后颈把它叼了起来. The cat picked up her kitten by the scruff of its neck.

seizing，seizing-up，seizure，detention，lock ；

[例句] 墙上出现了裂缝，一扇门卡住打不开了。 Cracks appeared in the wall and a door jammed shut.

[例句] 机器老是卡住，马达隔不了几分钟就突然熄火。 Every few minutes the motor cut out as the machinery became jammed.

turn back，ward，ward off ；

[例句] 他走到她前面，挡住了她的去路。 He stepped in front of her, barring her way.

[例句] 屋子内部被挡住了，以防路人好奇地张望。 The interior was shielded from the curious gaze of passersby.

nip，bite，dog down，nipping ；

[例句] 他夹住了对手的手臂。 He had him in an armlock.

[例句] 他夹住了他的头。 He had him in a headlock.

catch up，handhold，hold，take hold of，fasten upon ；

[例句] 当好运来临时，他充分把握住了。 When fortune smiled on him, he made the most of it.

[例句] 他跪在她的旁边，双手握住她的一只手。 He knelt beside her and caught her hand in both of his.

buckle，button，[机] button up，fasten ；

[例句] 各部分相互扣住。 The parts interlock.

[例句] 他的食指扣住扳机,然后又松开了. His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again.

lodge ；

[例句] 你能让我借住一宿 吗 ? Could you put me up for the night?

[例句] 哦, 我借住在那边车站附近的一户人家里. " Oh , I am staying with a family down near the station. "

slewing，[电子] lock-in，[讯] latching，chain up，lockup ；

[例句] 未经许可停放的车辆将会被轮夹锁住或拖走。 Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away.

[例句] 他把囚犯用铁链锁住. He chained the prisoners.

plug up，stem ；

[例句] 阿姆斯特朗在离目的地还有300米的地方被堵住不能动弹。 Armstrong was boxed in with 300 metres to go.

[例句] 检验结果是肺部被厚厚的黏液堵住了。 The result is that the lungs clog up with a thick mucus.

arrest，trap ；

[例句] 警察们一路狂追后截住了他。 The officers pulled him over after a high-speed chase.

[例句] 卢顿未能在罚球区的边缘截住对方的任意球。 Luton conceded a free kick on the edge of the penalty area.

bury ；

[例句] 他赶紧捂住嘴，不让自己笑出声来。 His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.

[例句] 她深深地叹了一口气，用手捂住了自己的脸。 She sighed deeply and covered her face with her hands.

pose，stump ；

[例句] 我承认我一度被难住了。 I admit I was foxed for some time.

[例句] 她紧张地咽了一下, 似乎那问题把她难住了. She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her.

shut out，estop ；

[例句] 她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。 She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.

[例句] 通过调整照相机的角度，他的脸将被巧妙地遮住。 His face will be discreetly concealed by camera angles.

[医]catalepsy ；

[例句] 当手电筒的光照到她身上时她僵住了。 She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.

[例句] 她害怕得全身僵住了. She was rigid with fear.

endurable，put up with，bearable ；

[例句] 把这鸡眼切除了吧, 再疼我也忍得住. Please excise the corn. i can stand the pain.

[例句] 最后谁都没法忍得住笑. Finally no one couldn't resist laughing.

cover；

[例句] 太多的盐会盖住食物本来的味道。 Too much salt masks the true flavour of the food.

[例句] 把植物靠墙摆放，用泥煤盖住根部。 Lean the plants against a wall and cover the roots with peat.

ceaselessly，continuously ；

[例句] 人们总会沉不住气，为任何事感到担忧。 People will work themselves up into a state about anything.

[例句] 感到自己的观点站不住脚，玛丽于是换了个话题。 Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject.

vise，vice ；

[例句] 我游泳时,一只螃蟹钳住了我的脚指头. A crab nipped my toe while I was swimming.

[例句] 亚瑟毫不畏惧,也钳住雕的爪子,于是二者盘旋而下. Undaunted Arthur grabbed the Eagle's claws and the two spiraled downward.

grapple，hitch，hook，hook on to ；

[例句] 当地渔民的渔网老是被水下的东西钩住。 Local fishermen's nets kept snagging on underwater objects.

[例句] 荆棘把他的西服钩住了。 Brambles snagged his suit.