lifts

英 [lɪfts]

美 [lɪfts]

v.  (被)提起，举起，抬高，吊起; 移开; 移动; 空运
n.  电梯; 升降机; 免费搭车; 搭便车; 较好的心情; 更大的信心
lift的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 提；抬；举；（尤指）向上移动
  If youliftsomething, you move it to another position, especially upwards.
  1. The Colonel lifted the phone and dialed his superior...
     上校拿起电话，拨通了上司的号码。
  2. She lifted the last of her drink to her lips.
     她将最后一点饮料送到唇边。
  3. Lift upmeans the same aslift.
     life up同lift
  4. She put her arms around him and lifted him up...
     她抱住他，把他举了起来。
  5. Curious shoppers lifted up their children to take a closer look at the parade.
     好奇的购物者把自己的孩子举起来，好让他们更清楚地看到游行的队伍。

Do not confuseliftandcarry. When youcarrysomething, you move it from one place to another without letting it touch the ground. When youliftsomething, you move it upwards using your hands or a machine. After you have lifted it, you maycarryit to a different place.
不要混淆lift和carry。carry指在不接触地面的前提下将某物从一处移动到另一处，而lift指用手或机器将某物往上移动。提起来（lift）之后，可将其拿到（carry）别的地方。

• VERB 抬起，举起（身体的一部分）
  If youlifta part of your body, you move it to a higher position.
  1. Amy lifted her arm to wave. 'Goodbye,' she called...
     埃米举起胳膊挥挥手。“再见，”她喊道。
  2. She lifted her foot and squashed the wasp into the ground.
     她抬起脚，把黄蜂踩扁。
  3. Lift upmeans the same aslift.
     lift up同lift
  4. Tom took his seat again and lifted his feet up on to the railing...
     汤姆又坐了下来，把双脚抬起搭到栏杆上。
  5. The boys lifted up their legs, indicating they wanted to climb in.
     男孩们抬起腿，示意想要爬进来。
• VERB 抬起（头或眼睛）
  If youliftyour eyes or your head, you look up, for example when you have been reading and someone comes into the room.
  1. 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。
• VERB 撤销，解除（法令等）
  If people in authoritylifta law or rule that prevents people from doing something, they end it.
  1. 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。
• V-ERG （使）（情绪）高涨；（使）（心情）振奋
  If somethingliftsyour spirits or your mood, or if theylift, you start feeling more cheerful.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. As soon as she heard the telephone ring her spirits lifted.
     她一听到电话铃响就立刻来了精神。
• N-SING 鼓舞；振奋
  If something gives you alift, it gives you a feeling of greater confidence, energy, or enthusiasm.
  1. My selection for the team has given me a tremendous lift.
     入选该队给了我极大的鼓舞。
• N-COUNT 电梯
  Aliftis a device that carries people or goods up and down inside tall buildings.
  1. They took the lift to the fourth floor.
     他们坐电梯到了五楼。

in AM, use 美国英语用 elevator


• N-COUNT 搭便车；搭顺风车
  If you give someone aliftsomewhere, you take them there in your car as a favour to them.
  1. He had a car and often gave me a lift home.
     他有车，经常让我搭他的车回家。
• VERB （尤指在战争中）空运（居民或货物）
  If a government or organizationliftspeople or goods in or out of an area, it transports them there by aircraft, especially when there is a war.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 提高；增加
  Toliftsomething means to increase its amount or to increase the level or the rate at which it happens.
  1. 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%。
  2. 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。
• VERB （雾、云等）上升，消散
  If fog, cloud, or mistlifts, it reduces, for example by moving upwards or by becoming less thick.
  1. 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。
• VERB 掘出，挖出，拔起（根菜或球茎）
  If youliftroot vegetables or bulbs, you dig them out of the ground.
  1. 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。
• tolift a finger→ see:finger

双语例句

• In such a condition the surgeon lifts the flap and scrapes out the epithelial growth from inside.
  在这种条件下，外科医生升降机皮瓣和擦伤了表皮生长内。
• When we plug the spout, the steam lifts the lid.
  当我们塞紧喷口，蒸汽提起了壶盖。
• Escalators and lifts have replaced conventional stairs in shopping centers, offices and apartment blocks.
  购物中心、办公大楼和公寓里传统的楼梯都换成了扶梯和电梯。
• In either case, for most of us the mood lifts and we continue with our life as usual.
  无论是哪种情况，对我们大多数人来说心情升降机及我们继续与我们的生活一切如常。
• They have been made possible by the development of light steel frames and safe passenger lifts.
  它们可能被轻钢结构的新生事物和安全的乘客升降机制造。
• The hinged seat lifts up to reveal a useful storage space.
  把用铰链连接的座位抬起来后，就会发现下面有一个实用的储物空间。
• There were lifts and escalators in all large building to prevent people from walking.
  所有的高层建筑里都装有电梯和自动扶梯，以避免人们步行。
• There are three ski lifts in operation.
  有3台滑雪缆车在运行。
• I look at Kevin, who lifts his shoulders and spreads his hands.
  我看了看凯文，他耸耸肩摊开手。
• Then he lifts me to his shoulder.
  接着他举起我，放在他的肩上。