• 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

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.

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.

1. I gave her a lift back out to her house.

我讓她搭我的便車回家。

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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。

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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。

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4. Can you just lift the table for a second?

你把桌子抬起來一下好嗎？

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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。

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