lift

noun

1. the act of raising something

e.g. he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

Synonym: raiseheave

2. a ride in a car

e.g. he gave me a lift home

3. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

Synonym: airlift

4. 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

e.g. some actresses have more than one face lift

Synonym: face liftfaceliftface liftingcosmetic surgeryrhytidectomyrhytidoplastynip and tuck

5. the act of giving temporary assistance

6. 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

Synonym: elevator

7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

8. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

9. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

Synonym: ski towski lift

10. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

Synonym: rise

11. the event of something being raised upward

e.g. an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity

Synonym: elevationraising

12. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

Synonym: aerodynamic lift

verb

1. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

Synonym: face-lift

2. remove from a surface

e.g. the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table

3. take off or away by decreasing

e.g. lift the pressure

4. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

e.g. lift the tulip bulbs

5. remove (hair) by scalping

6. put an end to

e.g. lift a ban
raise a siege

Synonym: raise

7. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

e.g. The floor is lifting slowly

8. raise in rank or condition

e.g. The new law lifted many people from poverty

Synonym: raiseelevate

9. invigorate or heighten

e.g. lift my spirits
lift his ego

Synonym: raise

10. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

11. cancel officially

e.g. He revoked the ban on smoking
lift an embargo
vacate a death sentence

Synonym: revokeannulcountermandreverserepealoverturnrescindvacate

12. make audible

e.g. He lifted a war whoop

13. take (root crops) out of the ground

e.g. lift potatoes

14. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

e.g. Food is airlifted into Bosnia

Synonym: airlift

15. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

e.g. hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car

Synonym: hoistwind

16. take hold of something and move it to a different location

e.g. lift the box onto the table

17. move upward

e.g. The fog lifted
The smoke arose from the forest fire
The mist uprose from the meadows

Synonym: risearisemove upgo upcome upuprise

18. move upwards

e.g. lift one's eyes

Synonym: raise

19. raise from a lower to a higher position

e.g. Raise your hands
Lift a load

Synonym: raiseelevateget upbring up

20. make off with belongings of others

Synonym: pilfercabbagepurloinpinchabstractsnarfswipehooksneakfilchnobble

21. take illegally

e.g. rustle cattle

Synonym: rustle

22. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech
of intellectual property

Synonym: plagiarizeplagiarise

23. pay off (a mortgage)

24. rise up

e.g. The building rose before them

Synonym: riserear

1. 提；抬；举；（尤指）向上移动
If you lift something, you move it to another position, especially upwards.

e.g. The Colonel lifted the phone and dialed his superior...
上校拿起电话，拨通了上司的号码。
e.g. She lifted the last of her drink to her lips.
她将最后一点饮料送到唇边。

2. 抬起，举起（身体的一部分）
If you lift a part of your body, you move it to a higher position.

lift

e.g. Amy lifted her arm to wave. 'Goodbye,' she called...
埃米举起胳膊挥挥手。“再见，”她喊道。
e.g. She lifted her foot and squashed the wasp into the ground.
她抬起脚，把黄蜂踩扁。

3. 抬起（头或眼睛）
If you lift your eyes or your head, you look up, for example when you have been reading and someone comes into the room.

e.g. When he finished he lifted his eyes and looked out the window.
他完成之后抬起眼睛往窗外看去。

4. 撤销，解除（法令等）
If people in authority lift a law or rule that prevents people from doing something, they end it.

e.g. The European Commission has urged France to lift its ban on imports of British beef.
欧盟委员会敦促法国解除进口英国牛肉的禁令。

5. （使）（情绪）高涨；（使）（心情）振奋
If something lifts your spirits or your mood, or if they lift, you start feeling more cheerful.

e.g. He used his incredible sense of humour to lift my spirits...
他用自己不可思议的幽默感逗我开心。
e.g. A brisk walk in the fresh air can lift your mood and dissolve a winter depression...
在清新的空气中轻快地散散步，会让你心情愉快，一扫冬日的抑郁。

6. 鼓舞；振奋
If something gives you a lift, it gives you a feeling of greater confidence, energy, or enthusiasm.

e.g. My selection for the team has given me a tremendous lift.
入选该队给了我极大的鼓舞。

7. 电梯
A lift is a device that carries people or goods up and down inside tall buildings.

e.g. They took the lift to the fourth floor.
他们坐电梯到了五楼。

8. 搭便车；搭顺风车
If you give someone a lift somewhere, you take them there in your car as a favour to them.

e.g. He had a car and often gave me a lift home.
他有车，经常让我搭他的车回家。

9. （尤指在战争中）空运（居民或货物）
If a government or organization lifts people or goods in or out of an area, it transports them there by aircraft, especially when there is a war.

lift的解释

e.g. The army lifted people off rooftops where they had climbed to escape the flooding...
军队空运转移了为躲避洪水而爬到房顶的群众。
e.g. The helicopters are designed to quickly lift soldiers and equipment to the battlefield.
这些直升机是为将士兵和装备快速空运到战场上而设计的。

10. 提高；增加
To lift something means to increase its amount or to increase the level or the rate at which it happens.

e.g. The bank lifted its basic home loans rate to 10.99% from 10.75%...
银行将基本房屋贷款利率从10.75%提高到10.99%。
e.g. A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.
一道拦河坝将会在上游拦住水流，抬升水位。

11. （雾、云等）上升，消散
If fog, cloud, or mist lifts, it reduces, for example by moving upwards or by becoming less thick.

e.g. The fog had lifted and revealed a warm, sunny day.
雾已经散了，看来是温暖晴朗的一天。

12. 掘出，挖出，拔起（根菜或球茎）
If you lift root vegetables or bulbs, you dig them out of the ground.

e.g. Lift carrots on a dry day and pack them horizontally in boxes of damp sand.
晴天时把胡萝卜挖出来，平放在装有湿沙的盒子里。

13. to lift a finger -> see finger

相关词组：lift offlift up

1. 电梯：顺序功能流程图(SFC)内的动作也是以同样周期被执行. 我们现在用SFC 编写一个工业电梯(lift)程序. 电梯通过一个电动绞车控制上升或下降,门微动开关(Floor Switches)起作用并将门打开. 该工业电梯(lift)的MFC 程序如图所

2. 提升：自适应式空气悬架采用空气弹簧元件,具有舒适(comfort)、自动(automatic)、运动(dynamic)和提升(lift)四种不同的模式. 四种模式之间既可以通过汉化多媒体交互系统(MMI)根据路况及车速进行手动调节,也可以实现自适性调节.

3. 升力：提升力:(lift)空气对球施加的向上的力拖延力:(drag)空气对球向前行程中产生的阻力杆面倾角一变,底面角(bounce angle)也随之改变. 杆面角增加一度,底面角也增加一度,反之亦然. 但对性能影响不是很显著. 还要注意杆头重量会影响挥杆重量.

4. lift：logically integrated fortran translator; 逻辑综合Fortran 翻译程序

5. lift在线翻译

5. lift：length of intervals of travel; 行程