held

held — verb

1. describes an action or state that occurred at an earlier time — held is both the

1.動詞及物 / 不及物A2
釋義

describes an action or state that occurred at an earlier time — held is both the past tense form and the past participle of the verb hold

例句

Mira held the umbrella over her grandmother's head while they walked.

past simple: held + direct object

The meeting was held in the library because the main hall was being repaired.

passive: be held + place phrase

文法句型

held + object

be held + adverbial

have/had held

用法筆記

Held is an irregular past form — it does not end in -ed. It serves as both the simple past (I held the door open) and the past participle (She has held that job for years). To form negatives and questions in simple past, use did not hold / Did ... hold?, since held is already in past form.

常見錯誤

❌He holded the trophy tight.
✅He held the trophy tight.
💡hold is irregular; do not add -ed.
❌She has hold my hand before.
✅She has held my hand before.
💡after have/has, the past participle held is required, not the base form.

held — adjective