- 1解開、鬆開（尤指把拖車、馬車等跟牽引的東西分開）
To undo something that has been or tied to something else, especially when one thing was being pulled by the other. You unhitch a trailer from a car, a caravan from a van, a horse from a cart, a boat from a post.
To undo something把東西鬆開 that has been fastened or tied to something else已經被固定或綁在另一樣東西上的, especially尤其是 when one thing was being pulled by the other當其中一樣正被另一樣拖著的時候. You unhitch你會unhitch a trailer from a car拖車和汽車, a caravan from a van露營拖車和廂型車, a horse from a cart馬和馬車, a boat from a post船和柱子.
The key idea is not just 'untie' — it is 'separate the thing that was being towed or held'. That is why the word smells of farms, horses, camping trips and country roads.
The key idea關鍵的想法 is not just 'untie'不只是「解開繩子」 — it is 'separate the thing that was being towed or held'是「把原本被拖著或抓著的東西分開」. That is why這就是為什麼 the word smells of farms, horses, camping trips and country roads這個字帶著農場、馬、露營和鄉間道路的味道.
In city life you will meet it mostly around trailers and boats. 'Hitch' as a verb means to with a rope, hook or metal joint; the hitch on the back of a car is the metal ball a trailer sits on. So unhitch simply reverses that.
In city life在城市生活裡 you will meet it mostly你比較會遇到 around trailers and boats在拖車和船附近. 'Hitch' as a verb「Hitch」當動詞用 means意思是 to fasten with a rope, hook or metal joint用繩子、掛鉤或金屬接頭固定住; the hitch on the back of a car車子後面那個hitch is是 the metal ball a trailer sits on拖車掛上去的那顆金屬球. So所以 unhitch simply reverses thatunhitch就是把那個動作反過來.
It is an ordinary, everyday verb, not formal, and it is nearly always used with a physical object.
It is an ordinary, everyday verb這是個普通的日常動詞, not formal不正式, and幾乎總是用在 it is nearly always used with a physical object實體物件上.
Writers sometimes stretch it: 'she unhitched herself from the group', meaning she quietly separated from people she had been travelling with. This is not common, but it is understood, and it keeps the same picture — you were joined and being pulled along; now you are not.
Writers作家 sometimes stretch it有時候會延伸這個字的用法: 'she unhitched herself from the group'「she unhitched herself from the group」, meaning意思是 she quietly separated她悄悄地分開了 from people she had been travelling with跟原本一起旅行的人. This is not common這種用法不常見, but但 it is understood看得懂, and保留了同樣的畫面 it keeps the same picture — you were joined and being pulled along你原本連著、被一起拖著走; now you are not現在不是了.
core核心畫面
組成un- (undo the action) + hitch (拴上、掛上). Unhitch = undo the hitching.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
unhitchverb
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To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched.
- There is no knowing what further mischief she might have done, had not York promptly sat himself down flat on her head, to prevent her struggling, at the same time calling out, "Unbuckle the black horse! run for the winch and unscrew the carriage pole; cut the trace here—somebody, if you can't unhitch it."
- Yet had the whole train and all its bombs gone, had the engine crew merely jumped from the train and run as simple self-preservation would have suggested, or unhitched just the engine to make their escape faster, the whole town would have gone and most of the people with it, leaving just a smoking wasteland. Hundreds would have died.
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