"stick up" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 突出
• 持械抢劫

Definition

“Stick up” 可以指伸出或朝上，俚语中也指用武力或威胁抢劫某人或地方。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是非正式表达。'stick up' 可字面用（如 'My hair sticks up'），也可用作俚语表示抢劫（如 'They tried to stick up the bank'）。作为犯罪常用词，'stickup' 也可作名词。不要与 'stand up for'（为某人辩护）混淆。

Examples

Look, that branch is sticking up from the ground.

看，那根树枝从地上**突出**出来了。

Your hair is sticking up in the back.

你的头发后面**翘起来了**。

Two men tried to stick up the store last night.

昨晚有两个人试图**持械抢劫**那家商店。

Don’t mind my hair, it just always sticks up after I wake up.

别在意我的头发，我一醒来它就总是**翘起来**。

Someone tried to stick up the gas station, but the clerk pressed the alarm.

有人试图**持械抢劫**加油站，但店员按下了警报。

When he wears that hat, his ears always stick up a little.

他戴那顶帽子时，耳朵总是会有点**翘起来**。