hitch up

1. She leapt from the car, hitched up her dress and sprinted down the road after him
   她从车上跳下来，提起连衣裙，对他一路紧追不放。
2. He hitched his trousers up over his potbelly.
   他将裤子向上提，盖住了自己的啤酒肚。
3. The cart is heavy and we need to hitch up a big mule.
   车太重，得用一匹大骡子驾辕。
4. An old friend told me years ago during a time of decline in my life to hitch up my girdle and stop feeling sorry for myself.
   多年前当我处于一次人生低潮期时，一位老朋友曾劝诫我抬头挺胸，别再怨天尤人。
5. So to test user-friendliness, you must hitch up a trailer.
   为了测试易用性，你们必须挂上一辆拖车。
6. She hitch up her skirt so as not to get it wet
   她把裙子往上提起，免得弄湿了
7. A tumour's ability to hitch a ride in the bloodstream and take up residence elsewhere in the body, a process known as metastasis, is the most insidious trait of cancer.
   肿瘤可通过血液扩散并定位到身体的其他部位的过程称为转移，这是癌症最隐蔽的特征。
8. For the project Hitch ( 2001), the photographer hitchhiked for two years across the United States, photographing the people who picked him up.
   对于项目希契（2001年），两个摄影师搭便车横跨美国多年，拍摄的人谁把他抱起来。

verb

1. pull up
   1. He hitched up his socks and pants

   Synonym:    hike up