lift
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sb/sth (up) raise sb/sth to a higher level or position 将某人[某物]抬起、 举起
Lift me up, mummy I can't see. 妈妈, 把我抱起来--我看不见.
Three men were lifted by helicopter from the burning ship. 直升飞机把三个男人从燃烧著的船上吊起.
(fig 比喻) This piece of luck lifted his spirits. 这一好运振奋了他的情绪.
2 [Tn.pr] take (sth) from its resting-place in order to move it 将(某物)从原地移开
lift a box into a lorry, out of a train, down from a shelf, etc 把箱子抬上卡车、 抬出火车、 从架子上抬下来等.
3 [I] (of clouds, fog, etc) rise; disperse (指云、 雾等)消失, 消散
The mist began to lift. 雾开始消散.
(fig 比喻) Her heart lifted at the sight of him. 她一看见他心里就高兴.
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、 拔萝卜.
5 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (from sb/sth) (infml 口)
(a) steal sth 偷窃某物
She was caught lifting make-up from the supermarket. 她在超级市场偷窃化妆品时被捉住了.
(b) copy (material) from another source without permission or acknowledgement 剽窃, 抄袭(资料)
Many of his ideas were lifted from other authors. 他的很多意念都是剽窃别的作者的.
6 [Tn] remove or abolish (restrictions) 解除或撤销(限制)
lift a ban, embargo, curfew, etc 解除禁令、 封锁、 戒严等.
7 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
transport (goods, livestock, people) esp by air 运送(货物、 牲畜、 人)(尤指空运)
fresh tomatoes lifted in from the Canary Islands 从加那利群岛空运的新鲜番茄.
8 (idm 习语) 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) 帮助(做某事)
He never lifts a finger round the house, ie never helps with the housework. 家里的事他从不帮忙. lift/raise a hand/one's hand against sb => hand1. lift (up) one's eyes (to sth) (rhet 修辞) 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)发射, 升空, 起飞. lift, n
1 [sing] lifting; being lifted 抬; 举
Give him a lift: he's too small to see anything. 把他抱起来; 他人矮, 什麽也看不见.
2 [C] (Brit) (US elevator) box-like device for moving people or goods from one floor of a building to another 电梯; 升降机
It's on the sixth floor let's take the lift. 在第六层--我们乘电梯吧.
3 [C] free ride in a private vehicle 免费搭私人车; 坐他人的顺路车
I'll give you a lift to the station. 我用车顺便送你到车站去吧.
thumb/hitch a lift, ie hitch-hike 用拇指示意求搭便车[免费搭他人车].
4 [U] upward pressure that air exerts on an aircraft in flight (空气作用於飞行器的)上升力. Cf 参看 drag1 2.
5 [sing] feeling of elation 鼓舞; 振奋
Winning the scholarship gave her a tremendous lift. 她获得奖学金後受到极大的鼓舞.
🔁 扩展释义
*[lift]n. 举起, 帮助, 昂扬, 电梯vt. 升高, 提高, 鼓舞, 清偿, 空运, 举起, 剽窃vi. 升起, 消散, 耸立【化】 扬程【医】 抬高, 负相关词组: thumb a lift lift the ban on lift off give sb a lift lift sb's face on the lift
But he has not promised to give you any of his blood.
但是他并没有答应给你他身上的任何一滴血。
Once he had done this, he had been able to turn on the supply.
一旦他接上了接头,他就能够打开供气阀。
Even before India won independence from its British rulers, it was clear that Gandhi was the key figure and leader in the struggle of 380 million Indians to govern themselves.