释义 |
lift1 /lift/ transitive verb- To bring or take (often with up) to a higher or (with down) lower position
- To elevate
- To take up
- To elate, encourage
- To take and carry away
- To hold up, support
- To arrest (slang)
- To steal (informal)
- To plagiarize
- To remove or revoke
- In a foundry, to remove a pattern from a mould
- To take up for burial (Scot)
- To increase (in value, price, etc) (esp US)
intransitive verb To rise noun- An act of lifting
- Lifting power
- Vertical distance of lifting
- An enclosed platform or cagelike structure moving in a vertical shaft to carry people or goods up and down
- The shaft in which it works
- The component of the aerodynamic force on an aircraft acting upwards at right angles to the drag
- Something which is to be raised
- Something which assists in lifting
- One of the layers of material in a shoe heel, esp an extra one to increase the wearer's height
- A mechanism for raising or lowering a vessel to another level of a canal
- A step in advancement, promotion, etc
- A boost to one's spirits
- A feeling of elation
- A (usu free) journey in someone else's vehicle
ORIGIN: ON lypta, from lopt the air liftˈable adjective liftˈer noun - Someone who, or something which, lifts
- A thief (Shakespeare)
liftˈback noun A car with a sloping rear door lifting up from the bottom, a hatchback liftˈ-boy, liftˈ-girl or liftˈ-man noun A person whose job is to operate a lift in a hotel, store, etc lift gate noun A device at the rear of a lorry, etc for lifting items of cargo to the required height for loading liftˈing-bridge noun A bridge whose roadway can be raised bodily liftˈ-off noun - The take-off of an aircraft or rocket
- The moment when this occurs
lift pump noun Any pump that is not a force pump have one's face lifted To undergo an operation for smoothing and firming the skin of one's face lift a finger or hand (to) To make the smallest effort (to help, etc) lift a or one's hand (to) To raise it in hostility (to), to threaten physically lift off Of a rocket, etc, to take off, be launched |