lift
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sb/sth (up) raise sb/sth to a higher level or position 將某人[某物]抬起、 舉起
Lift me up, mummy I can't see. 媽媽, 把我抱起來--我看不見.
Three men were lifted by helicopter from the burning ship. 直升飛機把三個男人從燃燒著的船上吊起.
(fig 比喻) This piece of luck lifted his spirits. 這一好運振奮了他的情緒.
2 [Tn.pr] take (sth) from its resting-place in order to move it 將(某物)從原地移開
lift a box into a lorry, out of a train, down from a shelf, etc 把箱子抬上卡車、 抬出火車、 從架子上抬下來等.
3 [I] (of clouds, fog, etc) rise; disperse (指云、 霧等)消失, 消散
The mist began to lift. 霧開始消散.
(fig 比喻) Her heart lifted at the sight of him. 她一看見他心里就高興.
4 [Tn] dig up (vegetables); remove (plants) from the ground 挖掘(蔬菜); 拔去(植物)
lift potatoes, turnips, etc 刨土豆、 拔蘿卜.
5 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (from sb/sth) (infml 口)
(a) steal sth 偷竊某物
She was caught lifting make-up from the supermarket. 她在超級市場偷竊化妝品時被捉住了.
(b) copy (material) from another source without permission or acknowledgement 剽竊, 抄襲(資料)
Many of his ideas were lifted from other authors. 他的很多意念都是剽竊別的作者的.
6 [Tn] remove or abolish (restrictions) 解除或撤銷(限制)
lift a ban, embargo, curfew, etc 解除禁令、 封鎖、 戒嚴(yán)等.
7 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
transport (goods, livestock, people) esp by air 運送(貨物、 牲畜、 人)(尤指空運)
fresh tomatoes lifted in from the Canary Islands 從加那利群島空運的新鮮番茄.
8 (idm 習(xí)語) have one's face lifted => face1. lift/raise a finger/hand (to do sth) (infml 口) (usu negative 通常用於否定句) give help (with sth) 幫助(做某事)
He never lifts a finger round the house, ie never helps with the housework. 家里的事他從不幫忙. lift/raise a hand/one's hand against sb => hand1. lift (up) one's eyes (to sth) (rhet 修辭) look up 抬眼看.
9 (phr v) lift off (of a rocket or spacecraft) rise from the launching site (指火箭或航天器)發(fā)射, 升空, 起飛. lift, n
1 [sing] lifting; being lifted 抬; 舉
Give him a lift: he's too small to see anything. 把他抱起來; 他人矮, 什麼也看不見.
2 [C] (Brit) (US elevator) box-like device for moving people or goods from one floor of a building to another 電梯; 升降機
It's on the sixth floor let's take the lift. 在第六層--我們乘電梯吧.
3 [C] free ride in a private vehicle 免費搭私人車; 坐他人的順路車
I'll give you a lift to the station. 我用車順便送你到車站去吧.
thumb/hitch a lift, ie hitch-hike 用拇指示意求搭便車[免費搭他人車].
4 [U] upward pressure that air exerts on an aircraft in flight (空氣作用於飛行器的)上升力. Cf 參看 drag1 2.
5 [sing] feeling of elation 鼓舞; 振奮
Winning the scholarship gave her a tremendous lift. 她獲得獎學(xué)金後受到極大的鼓舞.
?? 擴展釋義
*[lift]n. 舉起, 幫助, 昂揚, 電梯vt. 升高, 提高, 鼓舞, 清償, 空運, 舉起, 剽竊vi. 升起, 消散, 聳立【化】 揚程【醫(yī)】 抬高, 負(fù)相關(guān)詞組: thumb a lift lift the ban on lift off give sb a lift lift sb's face on the lift
transfervt. 使轉(zhuǎn)移;使調(diào)動;轉(zhuǎn)讓(權(quán)利等);讓與;
vi. 轉(zhuǎn)讓;轉(zhuǎn)學(xué);轉(zhuǎn)乘;轉(zhuǎn)會(尤指職業(yè)足球隊);
n. 轉(zhuǎn)移;調(diào)動;換乘;(運動員)轉(zhuǎn)會;