I was holding you up.开始是我抱着你

hold up:举起；支撑

The pillars hold up the masonry.

柱子支持着石头房屋。

The chair was too weak to hold up Tom.

这把椅子承受不起汤姆的体重。

常用短语:

hold back (v.+adv.) 阻碍,阻止
The police held back the crowd.警察挡住了人群。

hold down:限制,控制

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

我父亲发脾气时,没人能让他安静下来。

hold forth (v.+adv.) 长篇大论地讲; 侃侃而谈

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

我从没见过这么说话没完没了的人。

hold on:坚持

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

只要我的钱还能维持一天,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“认为”时，多个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.

我们认为他是错误的。

3.hold sb by sth指“抓住某人的什么东西”。

She held me by hand.

她抓住我的手