I was holding you up.開始是我抱著你

hold up:舉起；支撐

The pillars hold up the masonry.

柱子支持著石頭房屋。

The chair was too weak to hold up Tom.

這把椅子承受不起湯姆的體重。

常用短語:

hold back (v.+adv.) 阻礙,阻止
The police held back the crowd.警察擋住了人群。

hold down:限制,控制

When my father is in bad temper, no one can hold him down.

我父親發脾氣時,沒人能讓他安靜下來。

hold forth (v.+adv.) 長篇大論地講; 侃侃而談

I've never seen anyone who could hold forth so long.

我從沒見過這么說話沒完沒了的人。

hold on:堅持

I'll stay in Mexico as long as my money holds on.

只要我的錢還能維持一天,我就在墨西哥呆一天。

hold的用法:

1.take hold of指“抓住”，比take hold(up)on常用；

2.hold表示“認為”時，多個句子可表示相同意思。

We hold him innocent.We hold him to be innocent.We hold that he is innocent.

我們認為他是錯誤的。

3.hold sb by sth指“抓住某人的什么東西”。

She held me by hand.

她抓住我的手