| 单词 | lift |
| 释义 | lift (once / 58 pages) 1vn 2vn To lift something is to pick it up, or raise it in the air. You'll need to lift a flag before you start waving it. You can lift things literally, like when you lift your cat in the air to save it from your dog's slobbery tongue, or lift your glass for a New Year's Eve toast. You can also lift things figuratively, like when someone lifts your spirits, cheering you up, or when winning first prize in a contest lifts a writer from obscurity, elevating her position in the literary world. In Britain, lift is also another word for "elevator." WORD FAMILYlift: lifted, lifter, lifting, lifts+/lifter: lifters USAGE EXAMPLESGreaves, 23 in 1989, who now runs a courier company in his native Heswall, said the verdicts lifted a weight of 27 years. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) “I remember looking up from my phone and my body kind of lifting,” Grogan said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The temporary closure blocked all traffic except residents and lift ticket holders at the resort about 40 miles from Las Vegas. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v raise from a lower to a higher position Lift a load Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bring up, elevate, get up, raise bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down move something or somebody to a lower position get up cause to rise jack, jack uplift with a special device shoulderlift onto one's shoulders kick upcause to rise by kicking hoist, windraise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help trice, trice upraise with a line hoist, run upraise hoistmove from one place to another by lifting pumpraise (gases or fluids) with a pump levitatecause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity underlayraise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type skidelevate onto skids pinnacleraise on or as if on a pinnacle chin, chin upraise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar leaven, prove, raisecause to puff up with a leaven heightenincrease the height of boost, hike, hike upincrease gather up, lift up, pick uptake and lift upward erect, rearcause to rise up trice, trice uphoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope pitch, set uperect and fasten cock up, prick, prick upraise displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 2v move upwards lift one's eyes Syn|Hyper raise displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 3v move upward The fog lifted Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way scend, surge rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave climb, climb up, go up, mountgo upward with gradual or continuous progress soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoomrise rapidly go upbe erected, built, or constructed rocket, skyrocketshoot up abruptly, like a rocket bubblerise in bubbles or as if in bubbles upliftlift up from the earth, as by geologic forces chandelleclimb suddenly and steeply steamrise as vapor ascend, come up, rise, uprisecome up, of celestial bodies scaleclimb up by means of a ladder escaladeclimb up and over rampcreep up -- used especially of plants mountaineerclimb mountains for pleasure as a sport billow, wallowrise up as if in waves rideclimb up on the body go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 4v take hold of something and move it to a different location lift the box onto the table Hypo|Hyper heave, heave up, heft, heft up lift or elevate fork, pitchforklift with a pitchfork upheavelift forcefully from beneath weigh anchor, weigh the anchorheave up an anchor in preparation for sailing displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 5v raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help Syn|Hypo|Hyper hoist, wind trice, trice up hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope bring up, elevate, get up, raise raise from a lower to a higher position 6v fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means Syn|Hyper airlift fly transport by aeroplane 7v invigorate or heighten lift my spirits lift his ego Syn|Hyper raise ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 8v raise in rank or condition The new law lifted many people from poverty Syn|Hypo|Hyper elevate, raise dignify raise the status of exaltraise in rank, character, or status deifyexalt to the position of a God alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 9v rise up Syn|Hypo|Hyper rear, rise hulk, loom, predominate, tower appear very large or occupy a commanding position appear, look, seem give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect 10v rise upward, as from pressure or moisture The floor is lifting slowly Hyper buckle, heave, warp bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat 11v make audible He lifted a war whoop Hyper emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 12v take off or away by decreasing lift the pressure Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 13v pay off (a mortgage) Hyper liquidate, pay off eliminate by paying off (debts) 14v put an end to lift a ban Syn|Hyper raise end, terminate bring to an end or halt 15v cancel officially lift an embargo Syn|Hypo|Hyper annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on fail to fulfill a promise or obligation cancel, strike down declare null and void; make ineffective 16v call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs Hyper call, send for order, request, or command to come 17v make off with belongings of others Syn|Hyper abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe steal take without the owner's consent 18v take illegally Syn|Hyper rustle steal take without the owner's consent 19v take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property Syn|Hypo|Hyper plagiarise, plagiarize crib take unauthorized (intellectual material) steal take without the owner's consent 20v remove from a surface the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 21v take (root crops) out of the ground lift potatoes Hyper dig, dig out create by digging 22v remove from a seedbed or from a nursery lift the tulip bulbs Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 23v remove (hair) by scalping Hyper scalp remove the scalp of 24n the act of raising something he responded with a lift of his eyebrow Syn|Hyper heave, raise actuation, propulsion the act of propelling 25n the event of something being raised upward Syn|Hyper elevation, raising ascension, ascent, rise, rising a movement upward 26n the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity Syn|Hypo|Hyper aerodynamic lift ground effect apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground aerodynamic force forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids) 27n a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground Syn|Hyper rise moving ridge, wave one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) 28n the act of giving temporary assistance Hyper aid, assist, assistance, help the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose 29n a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill Syn|Hypo|Hyper ski lift, ski tow chair lift, chairlift a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable rope towa ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto surface lifta ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground Alpine lift, T-bar, T-bar lifta surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis conveyance, transport something that serves as a means of transportation 30n one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot Hypo|Hyper top lift the bottom layer of a heel bed, layer single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance 31n a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg Hyper device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 32n lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building Syn|Hypo|Hyper elevator dumbwaiter, food elevator a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another freight elevator, service elevatoran elevator designed for carrying freight paternostera type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor lifting device a device for lifting heavy loads 33n transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) Syn|Exp|Hyper airlift Berlin airlift airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation the act of moving something from one location to another 34n a ride in a car 2he gave me a lift home Hyper drive, ride a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) 1v perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face Syn|Hyper face-lift operate, operate on perform surgery on 2n plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised Syn|Hypo|Hyper cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty nose job, rhinoplasty cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
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