| 词组 | lift |
| 释义 | verb | noun lift1 /lɪft/ verb 1. to move something or someone upwards or to another placenounslift the lid/top/cover She lifted the lid of the pan to see if the soup was ready.lift a suitcase/case/bag My case was so heavy I could hardly lift it.lift a box/container/coffin The last two boxes were lifted onto the ship.lift your head/hand/arm/leg/finger Katie lifted her hand to shade her eyes.lift your glass/cup His hand was shaking as he lifted the glass to his lips.adverbslift sb/sth carefully Lift the jug carefully, so that you don’t spill any of the liquid.lift sb/sth gently David gently lifted the child onto his shoulders.prepositions/adverbslift sb/sth up They lifted up the stone, to see what was underneath.lift sb/sth down Can you lift my bag down for me?lift sb/sth onto sth The nurses lifted Andrew onto the bed.THESAURUS: lift raisehead | hand | fist | finger | glass | cup | hat | gun | lid | bridge to lift something to a higher position, usually for a short time before lowering it again. Raise is more formal than lift: She raised her head and looked at him. | He raised a hand to wave goodbye. | The man raised his fists as if he intended to hit me. | He starts to speak and she raises her finger to her lips (=makes a sign that she wants him to be quiet). | “Cheers, everyone!” said Larry, raising his glass. | Mr Rutherford always raised his hat when he saw me. | Philip raised the gun to his shoulder and fired two shots. | They raised the lid of the tomb and looked inside. | The bridge can be raised to allow ships to pass under it.Raise or lift?Raise is more formal than lift. You often use raise in certain fixed expressions. If you raise your glasses, you lift them up and then drink some alcohol, in order to celebrate something or wish someone good luck. If you raise your eyebrows, you move them up because you are surprised. If you raise your hand, you put it in the air, especially because you want to speak in class or vote.You usually use raise when you lift something for a short time, for example your hat, your hand, a bridge etc. However, you can also use raise when talking about lifting up a ship that has sunk: They are planning to raise the ship from the bottom of the ocean.When talking about lifting things so that you can carry them, you usually use lift. You say lift a suitcase/bag (not ‘raise’ it). put your hand up/put up your hand to lift your arm into the air, for example because you want to speak in class or when voting: Put your hand up if you know the right answer. hoist to lift up something which is heavy and difficult to carry, or to lift someone up: Joe picked up the sack and hoisted it onto the truck. | The crowd hoisted him onto their shoulders and carried him down the main street.You also use hoist about pulling up a flag, sail etc using a rope: They hoisted the flag up the pole.2. to end an official order that stops someone from doing somethingTHESAURUS: lift → cancel verb | noun lift2 /lɪft/ noun BrE a machine that takes people and goods from one level to another in a buildingverbsthe lift goes up/down The doors closed and the lift went down.take the lift Take the lift to the fourth floor.use the lift He decided to walk up the stairs instead of using the lift.get into/out of the lift As I was getting into the lift, a voice shouted, “Wait for me!”step into/out of the lift Robert was waiting for her in the foyer as she stepped out of the lift.lift + nounsthe lift doors The lift doors opened.a lift shaft (=the passage in which a lift travels up and down) He was badly injured when he fell down a lift shaft.Lift is used in British English. In American English, people say elevator. |
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