"stick up" in Chinese (Traditional)
突出持械搶劫
Definition
“Stick up” 可以指伸出或朝上,俚語中也指用武力或威脅搶劫某人或地方。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
這是非正式用語。'stick up' 可直譯(如 'My hair sticks up'),亦用作俚語指搶劫(如 'They tried to stick up the bank')。在犯罪語境中,'stickup' 也可作名詞。不要與 'stand up for'(為某人辯護)混淆。
Examples
Look, that branch is sticking up from the ground.
看,那根樹枝從地上**突出**出來了。
Your hair is sticking up in the back.
你的頭髮後面**翹起來了**。
Two men tried to stick up the store last night.
昨晚有兩個人試圖**持械搶劫**那家商店。
Don’t mind my hair, it just always sticks up after I wake up.
別在意我的頭髮,我一醒來它就總是**翹起來**。
Someone tried to stick up the gas station, but the clerk pressed the alarm.
有人試圖**持械搶劫**加油站,但店員按下了警報。
When he wears that hat, his ears always stick up a little.
他戴那頂帽子時,耳朵總是會有點**翹起來**。