lift
英 [l?ft]
美[l?ft]
- vt. 舉起；提升；鼓舞；空運；抄襲
- vi. 消散；升起；聳立
- n. 電梯；舉起；起重機；搭車
CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中高頻詞基本詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?lifts;第三人稱單數(shù):?lifts;過去式:?lifted;過去分詞:?lifted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?lifting;
中文詞源
lift 舉起
來自Proto-Germanic*luftuz,空氣，天空，詞源同loft.可能進一步來自PIE*legwh,輕的，舉起，詞源同lever,light.
英文詞源
- lift
- lift: see loft
- lift (v.)
- c. 1200, from Old Norse lypta "to raise," from Proto-Germanic *luftijan (cognates: Middle Low German lüchten, Dutch lichten, German lüften "to lift;" Old English lyft "heaven, air," see loft). The meaning "steal" (as in shop-lift) is first recorded 1520s. Related: Lifted; lifting.
- lift (n.)
- late 15c., "act of lifting," from lift (v.). Meaning "act of helping" is 1630s; that of "cheering influence" is from 1861. Sense of "elevator" is from 1851; that of "upward force of an aircraft" is from 1902. Meaning "help given to a pedestrian by taking him into a vehicle" is from 1712.
雙語例句
- 1. I gave her a lift back out to her house.
- 我讓她搭我的便車回家。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The lift started off, juddered, and went out of action.
- 電梯開動了，接著劇烈震顫起來，然后就毫無反應了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A bit of exercise will help lift his spirits.
- 進行一點兒體育鍛煉能幫助他改善情緒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Can you just lift the table for a second?
- 你把桌子抬起來一下好嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He led the way to the lift. Fox played along, following him.
- 他朝電梯走去，福克斯只得緊隨其后。
來自柯林斯例句