紧握住：保持对某物的抓握。
等待：等待某事物（如电话连接）的到来；广义上指等待。
坚持：保持某种状态或位置。
hold on // [ holding held holds ]
动词词组 If you hold on, or hold onto something, you keep your hand on it or around it, for example to prevent the thing from falling or to support yourself. 握住
His right arm was extended up beside his head, still holding on to a coffee cup.
他的右臂向头的一侧伸开，手上还紧紧握着一只咖啡杯。
He was struggling to hold onto a rock on the face of the cliff.
他拼命挣扎着去抓悬崖壁上的一块岩石。
动词词组 If you hold on, you manage to achieve success or avoid failure in spite of great difficulties or opposition. 坚持不懈
The Rams held on to defeat the Nevada Wolf Pack in Reno, 32-28.
公羊队坚忍不拔，在雷诺市以32比28的比分击败了内华达狼群队。
动词词组 If you ask someone to hold on, you are asking them to wait for a short time. 稍等片刻
The manager asked him to hold on while he investigated.
经理让他稍等一会，他去调查一下。
不挂断电话，等一下；继续-引用次数：2
参考来源壮族民歌的当下境遇
... hold back阻止;控制;抑制 hold on握住不放;坚持;（打电话用语）等一会儿 hold up举起;耽搁，延迟 ...
...能表现(Show)出相互关怀，明显还有点相爱，为何不再尽心一点点，不再坚持(Hold on)部分些，或许只要再尽心一点点再坚持(Hold on)一会儿就不会是现在这样了。可惜了这婚姻，明显算相配的，女儿都小二了…
...曙光再来的梦想留在了每个（莫非年轻总是面对生命意志薄弱）对生活失去信心的脆弱的表白中，“坚持（Hang on）/ 继续（Hold on）”信许是生命里永久不变的誓言，简朴明朗的歌词与过往R.E.M.
... 坚持要求;坚持到底;守住;提出;伸出;主张;坚持;维持：hold out 坚持下去;等一等;别挂电话：hold on (to) 坚持到底;顶下去;忍耐到底：stick it out ...
Hold on! This isn't the right road.
等一下！这条路不对。
You should hold on to your oil shares.
你应该继续保留住你的石油股份。
Can you hold on? I'll see if he's here.
等一下行吗？我去看看他在不在。
I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down,down, just like one of those poor,tired leaves."
VOA : special.2009.08.01
Thank you. Hold on to that thought for second, I'm going to come back to it.
我再来回到问题上，并不是假定我在搜索。
计算机科学及编程导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
Sometimes the old aristocracy will be able to hold on for a very long time and to suppress any attempt to change things.
有时一些老贵族,会冥顽不灵,固执己见,试图遏止这些变革力量
古希腊历史简介课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
But the boat soon sank. Hundreds of passengers struggled to hold on to the floating wreckage.
VOA : special.2009.11.11
an American officer said, "is hold on to the hill and Santiago will be ours."
VOA : special.2010.07.15
Hold on to your seat, because the battle for cloud computing is just getting interesting.
Sharif's return could post a major challenge to Musharraf's somewhat shaky hold on power.
Go ahead -- hold on one second, we've got a mic coming over here.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds a Town Hall in New Hampshire